Master of Engineering: Energy
Leuven, Belgium
M.Eng. (Master of Engineering)
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English, Dutch
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
16 Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 9,493 **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* there is no strict application deadline | for the most recent – and only official – information on application deadlines, please check the KU Leuven webpage
** for non-EEA; EUR 1181.40 for EEA | for the most recent – and only official – information on tuition fees, please check the KU Leuven webpage
Key Summary
About: The Master of Science in Engineering: Energy at KU Leuven covers mechanical and electrical energy engineering in an integrated, multidisciplinary way, including socio-economic, environmental and economic aspects. A core team of full-time professors and industry guest lecturers teach the programme, and EnergyVille supports it, collaborating with UHasselt, VITO and imec. It has international scope with partner universities and prepares students to work on energy technologies, intelligent energy systems and sustainable energy transitions.
Career Outcomes: Graduates enter research and development, policy and management, and industrial applications, including roles in energy consultancy, grid and system design, renewable firms and public institutions.
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The Master of Science in Engineering: Energy lies at the heart of a viable future. The programme addresses the main issues of mechanical and electrical engineering while offering students the chance to make a lasting impact on the global stage.
About this programme
The Master of Energy addresses the main issues of mechanical and electrical energy engineering in a balanced and integrated manner, together with an in depth appreciation of the socio-economic preconditions that have an impact on the engineer’s sphere of action. The programme addresses all multidisciplinary aspects of energy. There is extensive coverage of the possibilities and limitations of various energy technologies, but also of the environmental consequences and economic aspects. The multidisciplinary MSc in Engineering: Energy prepares you for jobs related to research and development, policy and management, and industrial applications.
Programme strengths
- This master is a unique interdisciplinary energy-based programme in Belgium and has a pioneering role in Europe.
- The education is offered by a strong academic core team of a dozen full-time professors with large research expertise (all top researchers in their field, ‘embedded’ in a multitude of international research activities and collaborations), augmented with a diverse group of part-time guest professors from industry with specific knowledge on energy topics ‘from the field’.
- The master is supported in the fields of sustainable energy and intelligent energy systems by EnergyVille, a close research collaboration among the universities KU Leuven and UHasselt, and the research institutes VITO and imec.
- The programme has a truly international scope and collaborates globally with partner universities which excel in the energy domain to develop and train the energy scientists and energy technologies of the future.