Materials Engineering - Materials of Energy Technology

In the Master’s Degree program in Materials Engineering - Materials of Energy Technology specialisation track at the University of Turku, you will grow to be an expert in the field and learn to navigate in the vast field of energy technology and its applications.

The program will give you a general overview of the field of energy storage materials. The contents of the program can be tailored towards your interests with suitable choices of thematic or minor studies, for example specializing in batteries.

The questions we are looking to answer are:

• What kind of renewable energy production and storage methods are there?
• How to choose the materials for these systems?
• How do these choices affect the performance of the systems?
• How to design renewable energy production and storage systems from both technical and economical points of view?

All of these questions are in the centre of the development of new materials and applications in the field of energy that is at the core of both the strategy of the University of Turku as well as the wide expertise cluster in materials research in the Turku region.

Job options

The renewable energy sector is one of the crucial industries in the world for sustainable development. Materials in energy technologies cover wide range of applications, focusing on materials for renewable energy production and storage. Developing new materials and solutions in these areas contributes to realise sustainable electricity generation.

You will be equipped with skills that provide you with multiple career options. You will be able to join the industry in Finland or abroad or enter the public sector, for example, in various authoritative duties. Possible job titles are:

• validation and verification engineer,
• materials engineer,
• technology manager,
• development manager,
• researcher.

Career in research

The Master of Science degree completed in this program will qualify you for PhD studies in Turku, elsewhere in Finland or universities worldwide.

You will be eligible to apply for a position in the University of Turku Graduate School, UTUGS. The Graduate School consists of doctoral programs that cover all disciplines and doctoral candidates of the university.

Courses includes:

• Joint materials engineering studies

• Materials of energy technology studies

• Bifacial solar cells for Nordic conditions

• Extreme sensitivity of dye solar cells to UV-induced degradation

• Bioinspired vitamin B6 -based organic redox flow batteries for stationary energy storage

• Optimization of the composition of solid boosters for redox flow batteries

• Converting an organic light-emitting diode from blue to white with bragg modes