8 Energy Degree Programs in Portugal

This MSc Programme in Mechanical Engineering - Energy, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration provide a solid professional engineering specialization, strengthening the graduates’ innovation capacities as well as their ability to integrate knowledge in complex problem-solving with firm autonomy.

The Master's in Sustainable Energy Systems comprises integrated study in the fields of energy technologies, the environment, and sustainable development. A multi- and cross-disciplinary approach is adopted to energy and environmental problems, their solutions and the economic and social dimensions of sustainable development.

Provide the knowledge, techniques and systemic vision required to produce scientifically relevant contributions involving the design, analysis, control and operation of systems that support energy, material and information flows, in particular regarding, conversion transport, storage and use of energy, taking into account the availability of natural resources and their relation to climate change, including the study of their mitigation and resilience factors for adaptation to climate change. The main characteristic of this doctoral program is its holistic view, integrating areas of engineering and environment with those of economics and management, providing an analysis of the energy systems in the perspective of sustainable development. It is also an objective of the doctoral program to gradually qualify students for the autonomous development of research and development work by integrating them into research teams with a special emphasis on the preparation and elaboration of the thesis.

The degree in Engineering Renewable Energy aims to train human resources with the right skills to the wide range of needs of emerging industries in the country (and the region) in the renewable energy sector, promoting their competitiveness and sustainability. Its main objectives are: To train senior technicians in the field of renewable energy, with expertise in the application and integration of technologies associated with renewable energy, with a view to use, rationalization and energy production (thermal and / or electrical) | Contributing to development of renewable energy in Portugal and meet the need of senior an area in need of qualified training offer, particularly in the area where you insert this higher education institution | Contributing to the reduction of negative environmental effects from the use of fossil fuels, the senior technicians who know how to harmonize the form most appropriate and environmentally sustainable energy solutions for each situation | Generate business opportunities in the energy market liberalization environment.

The Master in Engineering and Energy Management in Industry and Buildings (MEGE) aims to train specialists in Energy Auditing and Management, with a special focus on Services, Industry and Transport Buildings, taking into account the requirements set out in the Energy Certification System of Buildings, Management System for Intensive Energy Consumption (essentially industry) and Regulation for the Management of Energy Consumption for the Transport Sector.

The main objective of the PhD program in Engineering is to train highly qualified technicians and researchers, particularly specialized in Mechatronics or in Energy, who are able to carry out independent research or experimental work, in a corporate environment, as well as within the university context. The offer of a third Cycle in Mechatronics Engineering and Energy is the natural sequence of second Cycles, namely those offered by the University of Evora, MSc in Mechatronics Engineering and MSc in Solar Energy Engineering, and it results from the developed research at the University of Evora, particularly in the Research Centers evaluated by the FCT, where the cycle Professors are integrated as researchers, namely the ICT-Institute of Earth Sciences with its connection to the Renewable Energy Chair of the University of Evora and the LAETA-Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics. This PhD program provides advanced specialization areas, with a remarkable interdisciplinary potential in emerging fields, from product design engineering, instrumentation, automatic control and Process supervision, to the development of a range of technologies applied to Mechatronics engineering, energy efficiency in processes, energy capture, conversion and concentration.

The Master in Energy Resource Engineering (MERE) program is concerned with the production, transformation, and impacts of energy resources, including renewable and fossil fuels. The MERE provides students with knowledge, methods, and tools relevant to the challenges that will be necessary to face in a near future and that allow the characterization and modeling of the properties and processes that occur in the earth's subsurface, especially those related to fluids flow, such as water, hydrocarbon, and gas.

The Master in Technologies for Environmental Enhancement and Energy Production aims to give graduates, in different areas of engineering, skills in the fields of recovery and treatment of waste and the production of energy from renewable sources that are alternatives to more traditional sources, namely fossil fuels.