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To achieve climate neutrality by 2050 and mitigate the effects of climate change, it is necessary to carry out an intense decarbonization process, exponentially increasing the use of renewable energies and energy efficiency to the detriment of fossil fuels. The 

Master in Renewable Energy in Thermal Systems

 professional training in thermal energy systems

The master's degree will provide engineering expertise and skills to evaluate, design and simulate renewable energy based thermal systems, including:

Capture of the renewable energy source, focusing on fluid-thermal aspects: solar energy, bioenergy, geothermal, wind, hydro and marine energies.

Transformation into the desired type of energy: thermodynamic power cycles, heat pumps, heat engines, combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, digestion, hydrogen production, fuel cells and thermal storage.

Energy end uses or applications: industrial and building uses, energy simulations, energy efficiency and decarbonization.

The master's degree is taught by professors from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid with extensive teaching and research experience at the highest level, and has the collaboration of relevant companies in the sector. The objective of the master's degree is to train professionals who will contribute to the necessary energy transition to achieve the ambitious goal of climate neutrality.

The Master in Renewable Energy in Thermal Systems is oriented towards advanced professional training in thermal energy systems, including renewable energy sources, transformations and energy uses. This is a sector with a very high employability and great social support.

Access to the master's degree is open to those who have a bachelor's degree in the following fields of knowledge:

Industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, automatic engineering, industrial organization engineering and navigation engineering. Within this scope, only degrees associated with industrial engineering and mechanical engineering will be considered, not including degrees associated with automatic engineering, industrial organization engineering and navigation engineering.

Chemical engineering, materials engineering and environmental engineering

Examples of specific bachelor's degrees that give preferential access to the master's degree are the Bachelor's Degree in Energy Engineering, the Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Technologies Engineering, the Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and the Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering or their equivalents.

Those with a degree in Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Technical Engineering in Mechanics or Industrial Chemistry may also apply for the master's degree.

The selection of students will be made on the basis of:

Check the general language requirements required to study a Master’s at UC3M, depending on whether it is in Spanish, English or bilingual.

Once admitted to the Master’s, students with university degrees issued by a higher education institution belonging to an educational system outside the EHEA, must provide, for enrolment, the diploma, legalized by diplomatic procedures or by means of The Hague Apostille. They must also submit the transcript of records, with the grade point average, duly legalized.

Ordinary Phase from December 2, 2024 until May 31, 2025

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Projects of Renewable Energy Power Plants

Seminars by Companies and R&D Professionals

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it will be paid once the student receives notification of admission to the master’s, and deducted from the first tuition payment

the reservation fee will only be refunded if the master program is cancelled

EU students: €4,800 (€80/ECTS credit)

Non EU students: €7,200 (€120/ECTS credit)

NOTE: the indicated public prices do not include in any case, neither the ECTS corresponding to the Formative Complements that the student must take (only master's degrees with previous Formative Complements), nor the cost of issuing the master’s degree certificate.

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Energy Studies

Energy

Renewable Energy

UC3M is a Spanish public university that excels in research, teaching and innovation. It is among the best universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2025 and among the best institutions in employability, according to The Global University Employability Ranking and Survey (Geurs2024). In the latest edition of THE Impact Rankings, it was ranked 24th in the world for its commitment to peace and justice. It has more than 780 agreements with universities in 57 countries, among which there are some of the best universities in the world according to the Shanghai University ranking. 27,8% of its students are international. The University is one of the promoters of the Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) alliance, one of the networks selected by the EU in its European Universities Initiative. UC3M is the first university in Europe to obtain the ACEEU dual accreditation for its contribution and impact on the industrial and social fabric, and it also has other accreditations and distinctions of quality such as the EUR-ACE seal in the field of engineering or the AACSB accreditation in business and finance programs. 

Master in Renewable Energy in Thermal Systems

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