Universidade Santiago de Compostela
Master's Degree in Renewable Energies, Climate Change and Sustainable DevelopmentSantiago de Compostela, Spain
DURATION
2 months
LANGUAGES
Spanish, Galician
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 1,089
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Introduction
The orientation of this Degree is double, investigative and professional. A professional orientation linked to the interest and commitment of numerous companies in the sector, and a research orientation linked to the existence of a doctorate in Renewable Energies and Energy Sustainability, unique in the Galician University System.
The general objective is the training of qualified technicians to plan, project, organize and direct global projects in the field of renewable energies and sustainability within the complex framework of climate change. When we talk about a global project, we are referring to the technical design of the installation through the modeling of realistic processes, the evaluation of the return time, the study of energy efficiency and feasibility, its sustainability, the performance of energy management tasks in various areas, issuing energy efficiency certifications, the provision of continuous training courses for graduates or staff of Companies and Institutions and, in the latter case, the construction of the energy system and its subsequent quality control and monitoring.
Curriculum
It has 90 credits distributed as follows: 12 ECTS in External Practices, 12 Elective ECTS, 51 Mandatory ECTS and 15 ECTS from TFM. These credits are divided into 5 modules with a duration of two academic years:
- In the first year, four modules are taught throughout the course.
- In the second year, each student must take the last module with 30 mandatory credits, which includes the TFM, Business Internships and Training Seminars.
The infrastructure and equipment available are those existing in the Faculty of Physics, Higher Polytechnic School, Higher Technical School of Engineering and in the facilities of the collaborating Companies and Institutions, which allows the development of practices in the laboratory, in computer classrooms or on the farms. practices. The study regime is full-time but 4 part-time places are offered.
The teaching modality is face-to-face, with teaching in the afternoon shift. The need to carry out field trips, technical visits to facilities or practices in the laboratories of the Research Groups that collaborate in the Master may mean that some of the classes can be held in the morning. The teaching languages are mainly Galician and Spanish.
Program Outcome
This new Master is committed to innovation in the environment and energy as a basis to improve the supply rate and position Galicia as a provider of services and products with high added value, and proven and differentiated quality, in the energy and environmental sectors, with the clear objective of improving its commercialization and traceability as a key element to develop a state of global well-being.
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Ideal Students
University graduates in the Branches of Science, Engineering and Architecture, Social and Legal Sciences, who wish to direct their professional career towards companies, public administrations with interest in the field of renewable energies, sustainability and climate change.
The areas of interest of this group may cover the entire spectrum of renewable energies and energy efficiency, sustainability studies at different levels and the development of processes aimed at mitigating climate change by offering future solutions and developing strategies that prevent phenomena such as this can be repeated again.
Career Opportunities
Regarding the labor market, there are no exhaustive official statistics that allow us to specify exactly how many jobs exist in the field of renewable energies. In any case, different reports estimate direct and indirect employment in renewable energies in Spain between 60,950 and 70,750, of which just over 60% would be direct. The technologies with the greatest job creation are wind and biomass, which together account for between 52 and 62% of the
Total. Solar technology, both thermal and photovoltaic, together account for between 16 and 19% of the total.