Developers for Smart Energy Solutions
Are you interested in smart energy systems, a combination of new technologies and business models? Do you wish to have capabilities for creating innovative and sustainable energy solutions for the future?
Changes and disruption of traditional power and energy systems require a new set of skills in order to realize the transition to smarter, more flexible and renewable energy systems. Next generation electrical power engineers need to understand the increasing amount of different interdisciplinary interactions ranging from new technologies to customer needs and different energy policies. The Programme is completely new, started 2019/2020, and therefore has not been accredited yet.
The new, multidisciplinary Master’s Programme in Smart Energy offers students the latest knowledge in ongoing energy transitions and excellent capabilities to renew the industry and create future-proof solutions for sustainable and smart energy systems.
The University of Vaasa has close ties with the businesses of the region and we use actual case studies in our teaching combining theoretical knowledge with practical examples.Vaasa is the largest energy technology hub in the Nordic countries, with 140 companies and 11,000 employees in the energy industry. The employment rate in Vaasa is the best in Finland.
Teaching outcomes
The programme consists of three blocks:1) Smart and Flexible Energy Systems2) Digitalisation3) Business studies
and provides its students good analytical skills and wide expertise about key smart energy systems enabling technologies (such as battery energy storages, microgrids, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, 5G, hybrid AC/DC systems with power electronics), future market and business models.
In order to apply for admission to the Master’s Programme, the applicants should have completed a Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate field (e.g. electrical engineering, energy technology, automation technology, telecommunications engineering).
The two-year programme leads to a Master of Science in Technology degree.