EIT- KIC Energy

What will the future bring in terms of energy? Will we produce electricity from renewable sources such as wind and sun? Or from waste? The Master in Energy addresses students who wish to implement modern energy technologies for end-users of the electrical value chain. 

KU Leuven organizes regular online info sessions. You can find more information on the KU Leuven website.

About the program

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.

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 an KIT-EIT Energy certificate in recognition of the extra activities accomplished.

program strenghts

• Mobility and international exposure, including attendance to top international events related to the topic.

• Innovation and close relations with industryin joint activities and project-based learning.
• Unique double degree programin Belgium and forging pioneering role in Europe.

• Diverse group of part-timeguest professors from industry with specific, in-demand knowledgeon energy topics

A European collaboration

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.

Career perspectives

You will be a truly multi-disciplinary smart city expert: well qualified to work in industry or research, or to take on policy-making roles in energy issues related to secure, sustainable urban living and working. Energy engineers are in high demand by industry and society and most students have an industry contract before they officially get their degree.

Courses include:

• Power Systems

• Power Electronics

• Power System Calculations

• Energy Markets and Regulation

• Energy Economics

• Smart Distribution Systems

• Hands-on integrated Project on Innovative Energy Systems

• Numerical Methods in Energy Sciences

• Nuclear Energy: Basic Aspects

You are fascinated by energy technology and interested in environmental and socio-economic factors, as well as the electrical and thermo-mechanical aspects of the urban environment.