FUTURE ENERGIES PROGRAMME OPTIONS (5 OPTIONS)
This postgraduate programme has five (5) possible areas of specialization and equips students with cutting-edge knowledge and skills in research, development, innovation in clean and renewable energies:
- 1. Solar Energy Specialization
- 2. Bioenergy Specialization
- 3. Clean Hydrocarbon Specialization
- 4. Geothermal Energy Specialization
- 5. Hydrogen Energy Specialization
ACADEMIC CONTENT
SEMESTER 1: WORK PACKAGE 1:
- FEM 801: Energy/environmental policy & management
- FEM 803: Future Energy Systems I
- FEM 805: Future Energy Systems II
- FEM 807: Future Energy Systems III
- FEM 809: Local Solutions for Energy Access
- REM 801: Research Methods & Innovation
SEMESTER 2: WORK PACKAGE 2:
There are fiver (5) areas of specialization in the MSc Future Energies programme:
SEMESTER 2: WORK PACKAGE 2:
1. SOLAR ENERGY SPECIALIZATION
- FEM 802: Solar thermal conversion systems and application
- FEM 804: Photovoltaic solar energy conversion
- FEM 806: Advanced photovoltaic systems
- FEM 858: Mini-grids: Planning and Design
- FEM 868: Renewable Energy Finance and Management
2. BIOENERGY SPECIALIZATION
- FEM 812: Bio-energy systems
- FEM 814: Biofuels
- FEM 816: Bioenergy & biotechnology
- FEM 858: Mini-grids: Planning and Design
- FEM 868: Renewable Energy Finance and Management
3. CLEAN HYDROCARBON ENERGY SPECIALIZATION
- FEM 822: Introduction to membrane technology
- FEM 824: Carbon capture & sequestration technologies
- FEM 826: Membrane technologies for renewable energy applications
- FEM 858: Mini-grids: Planning and Design
- FEM 868: Renewable Energy Finance and Management
4. GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SPECIALIZATION
- FEM 832: Geothermal reservoir engineering
- FEM 834: Advanced geothermal drilling/completion technology
- FEM 836: Geothermal production/power plants
- FEM 858: Mini-grids: Planning and Design
- FEM 868: Renewable Energy Finance and Management
5. HYDROGEN ENERGY SPECIALIZATION
- FEM 842: Hydrogen Production and Utilization Processes
- FEM 844: Electrolyzers and Fuel Cell Technology
- FEM 846: Hydrogen Economy
- FEM 858: Mini-grids: Planning and Design
- FEM 868: Renewable Energy Finance and Management
SEMESTER 3: WORK PACKAGE 3
For the Elective work package, students are required to enroll for any three (3) courses from a list of elective courses.
List of Elective Courses
- ETM 801: Basic Electrochemistry
- NTM 832: Nanotechnology for Energy Applications
- NTM 834: Computational Modeling & Simulation Methods
- MGT 801: Project Management Basics
- MGT 803: Change Management
- MGT 805: Entrepreneurship
- EVM 801: Climate Change
- FEM 852: Appliances for off-grid communities
