EIT-KIC Master in Energy (Leuven et al)

The Master in Energy for Smart Cities program balances exciting technological opportunities in energy with environmental and socio-economic aspects of smart cities, such as energy efficiency in buildings, electric transportation, energy economics, smart lighting, and other city services. The program aims at maintaining a multidisciplinary approach to energy technology while allowing you ample freedom to shape your personal profile.

The program is a collaboration between KU Leuven and the Grenoble Institute of Technology (INP), Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC). You spend your first year at one university, your second year at another, and you have the possibility to complete an internship at a third.

During the program, you have the opportunity to engage directly with major industry players and research institutes, small specialist companies, and innovative start-ups in the field of smart cities and buildings. The program aims at maintaining a multidisciplinary approach to energy technology while allowing you ample freedom to shape your personal profile.

After successfully completing the program, you receive a double degree, one from each university you attended during the two years, as well as a KIT-EIT Energy certificate in recognition of the extra activities accomplished.

Strengths

• Mobility and international exposure, including attendance to top international events related to the topic.
• Innovation and close relations with industry in joint activities and project-based learning.
• The unique double degree program in Belgium and forging pioneering role in Europe.
• A diverse group of part-time guest professors from industry with specific, in-demand knowledge on energy topics

Please consult our website for recent information on this program.

Program outline

The master's program consists of 120 credits, organized in two stages of 60 credits. The first stage consists of compulsory courses that cover a broad base of electrical, thermo-mechanical, and techno-economic subjects. In the second year, you continue working towards writing a master's thesis and attend elective courses: general, broadening, and option-specific.

• Master 1: you can choose to attend either KU Leuven or KTH in Stockholm. In your first year, you combine electrical and mechanical engineering courses with energy-related socio-economic subjects.
• Master 2: you choose to attend KU Leuven, KTH, INP, or UPC. You have the opportunity to take general and option-specific elective courses that enable you to specialize in the areas that interest you most.

The master's thesis is a second-year research project on electrical or thermo-mechanical energy, or on one of the energy's technical-economic aspects. Here you learn to integrate and apply the knowledge and skills acquired in your first year.