Study location	Austria, Wels
Type	Master courses, full-time
Nominal duration	2 years
Study language	English
Awards	Msc

Entry qualification

Undergraduate diploma (or higher) Bachelor’s degree or comparable higher education at university level (at least 180 ECTS) which covers the following fields: - Knowledge in Engineering (with the subject area Power Engineering) – min. 30 ECTS For example; Technical Mathematics, Physics, etc. - Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics – min. 10 ECTS - Electrical Engineering – min. 10 ECTS - Business, Social Skills, Project Management – min. 10 ECTS Examples of acceptable previous degree programmes: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Process Engineering, Technical Physics, Automation Engineering, Materials and Design Engineering, Eco Energy Engineering, Chemistry The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / German. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. Attention: if given preliminary admission, international applicants MUST provide legalised documents translated to German or English for the following documents: - Bachelor Degree - Transcript of Records for Bachelor Degree Legalisation confirms the authenticity of documents, signatures and authorities that issued the document. Three scenarios are possible depending on the issuing country: - no legalisation is required, - legalisation in the form of the Apostille - full diplomatic legalisation To see if and what legalisation you would need for your diploma, please refer to this Legalization of Foreign Documents in Higher Education document.

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: FCE or CAE, IELTS 6+, TOEFL 79+ or CAE result B2 TOEFL minimum score – Internet-Based Test 78.

Other requirements

A motivation letter must be added to your application. Your application must contain scans of the following documents: - Bachelor Certificate - Transcript of Records (of your Bachelor degree) - Secondary School Leaving Certificate (“A-levels”, High School Diploma) - Passport and Birth Certificate - CV - Filled prerequisites form Interview If you meet all of the formal requirements, you will be invited for an interview via Skype (approximately 20-30 minutes) Specific requirements for Non-EU applicants: Please be aware that the visa process can take up to 3 months, therefore you should send your application as early as possible! For more details on the visa application please visit the following webpage: www.oead.at

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Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

The Master of Sustainable Energy Systems programme is designed to provide students from various engineering disciplines with a deeper understanding on how to develop, plan and market efficient technologies for sustainable energy production and conversion, while also equipping students with the necessary skills in order to become an international engineer.

The core of the programme is focused around renewable energy sources, such as photovoltaics, wind, hydropower, and biomass, and how to use them efficiently. As such, the programme provides students with both a technical and practical approach that is needed when dealing with a variety of different issues. For example, you would have the appropriate skills in order to communicate with a process engineer at the steel manufacturing plant or solar facility, and would be able to accurately provide an energy-efficient (saving) solution.

Career opportunities

Due to the international scope of this programme, a part of the courses will be focused on international negotiation, intercultural communication and adaptation, and the development of language skills. Together with courses that will strengthen our students’ soft skills as well as a module on business administration, this study programme will enable graduates to produce, distribute and develop goods and consult companies in terms of projects in the area of power engineering and sustainable energy in an (inter)national field.

Graduates will be able to:

-Combine technical know-how with economic principles
-Implement and manage research projects according to modern management methods
-Consult banks/insurance companies on matters containing civil law, contract law, business law, patent law, competition regulations and liabilities issues.

Graduates will work as (senior) Engineers or project leaders in the field of energy efficiency, in which they will be able to identify potential energy-saving and/or energy efficiency or project planning, and the realisation of sustainable energy power plants.

Graduates of this programme will be able to find jobs in:

-Energy-intensive industries such as utility companies
-Energy consulting
-Energy Engineering for systems (e.g. in power plants or photovoltaics)
-Fields of energy technology

Graduates’ tasks could be:

-Planning and understanding large-scale energy generators, working with wind-power, hydro-power
-Identification of energy saving potential through optimisation and recommendation of appropriate products/systems
-Implementation of energy efficient projects
-Operating and maintaining energy systems