Europe - The European Wind Energy Masters Programme

The Erasmus Mundus programme of the EU Commission’s Executive Agency for Education Audiovisual and Culture is supporting the new “European Wind Energy Master” (EWEM) course, which is now being offered at four universities in four different countries.

The joint project between Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Germany), Delft University of Technology (Delft, Netherlands), the Technical University of Denmark (Copenhagen, Denmark) and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim, Norway) is starting in the winter semester 2012/13.

The Masters course will last four semesters and covers the four specialisations wind physics, rotor design, electric power systems and offshore engineering. All students will attend the introductory semester at the Technical University of Denmark. They will then study at two partner universities depending on their specialisations. The wind physics track is available at both Oldenburg and Copenhagen.

“In the wind physics track the students learn how wind power can be used as efficiently and cheaply as possible – depending on the various wind turbine sites and the resulting wind conditions,” explains Martin Kühn, endowed professor for wind power systems, who is scientific head of the course at Oldenburg. The final Master’s thesis can then be written at the university, a research institute or in the industry.

The course aims to play a role in making highly specialised graduates available to the wind power industry, who then additionally already have extensive international experience.

Erasmus Mundus European Wind Energy Master
The EWEM - European Wind Energy Master aims to educate 120-150 MSc graduates per year in Wind Energy technology, covering the top 1-2% global demand of Wind Energy professionals with post-graduate education. The study is an MSc degree in engineering, lasting two years, where students are awarded a double-degree in engineering from two of the host institutions.

EWEM is an advanced MSc for elite cohorts of students, with four specializations that follow the energy conversion chain:
- Wind Physics
- Rotor Design
- Electric Power Systems
- Offshore Engineering

Partner Universities:
The European Wind Energy Master consortium is composed of four Universities, world leaders in Wind Energy and Offshore Wind Energy research and education:
- Delft University of Technology
- Technical University of Denmark
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

The students, depending on the choice of specialization, will spend different semesters at the different partner universities, benefiting from a range of expert lecturers and a truly international education:

The EWEM programme will be launched in September 2012. Student applications will open in October 2011.

More information on the programme:
This page is a beta-version of the future official EWEM website. The official website will be launched in September 2011, with full information on programme content and application process.

If you would like to receive information on further developments of the EWEM programme, pose questions, please send an email to: windenergy@lr.tudelft.nl (subject: EWEM programme).

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