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Jan 15, 2009Master’s Degree Programs in Renewable Energy Available in U.S. and Europe
Four Universities in Ohio will collaborate to offer a Master’s degree program in renewable energy, according to renewableenergyworld.com. The University of Dayton, Wright State University, Central State University, and the Air Force Institute of Technology will start the two-year program designed to develop more engineers and address economical energy needs. Classes will focus on development of energy-reducing design techniques, renewable energy and manufacturing systems, as well as better forms of solar energy, fuel cells and biofuels.
“Ohio is in the midst of major job losses and is trying to reinvent itself as a tech-based economy. One of those ways is in the area of ’green’ jobs,” said Kevin Hallinan, director of the University of Dayton’s master’s program in clean and renewable energy.
In Iceland, the School for Renewable Energy Science, in partnership with the University of Iceland, the University of Akureyri, and technical Universities around the globe, offers a one-year Master’s degree program in renewable energy science and technology. In the 2008 program, students focused on geothermal, fuel cell systems and hydrogen, or biofuels and bioenergy. In 2009, hydropower and energy systems/policies will be added.
The European Renewable Energy Research Centres (EUREC) Agency offers a European Master in Renewable Energy degree. Master’s degrees in renewable energy are also offered in European Universities: University of Dundee in Scottland, The University of Nottingham in England, The University of Ulster in Northern Ireland, as well as The University of Jyväskylä in Finland.
For more information see: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54212.
