This master's degree offers the possibility of acquiring the necessary knowledge and experience on the definition, design, exploitation and management of renewable energies with a minimum impact and guaranteeing sustainable development. Knowledge will be acquired on energy auditing, energy rating of buildings, bioclimatic architecture, definition of intelligent and sustainable buildings, BIM, installation legislation, electricity markets and pricing, micro-grids, smart grids, electric mobility, among others.
In addition, the necessary capacities will be provided to carry out energy policies, investment analyzes and, of course, all the management of projects based on energy efficiency or renewable energies from a sustainable point of view. To ensure being able to compete in the current and future labor market in this thriving and growing field of professional activity.
Graduates will be able to:
The skills acquired by completing these studies revolve around energy efficiency and use in a broad sense, but those related to:
The energy efficiency market is very broad and covers different sectors:
The prospects for action in the coming years and the potential for energy savings that are managed will lead to a growing incorporation of professionals who meet the needs of these sectors.
The main services offered by energy efficiency professionals are:
In addition, Royal Decree 56/2016, of February 12, allows students of this master's degree to be accredited as energy service providers.
There are educational collaboration agreements with more than 80 companies, among which are: Alcoa, Endesa generación S.A., Ferrovial, Gamesa, Gas natural SDG S.A., Navantia, Red eléctrica, Reganosa, SunFields Europe...
This degree has both face-to-face and non-face-to-face modalities.
The distribution of subjects throughout the course is as follows:
This study has teaching guide
You can read it to learn more about the study. In the table below you can see the individual teaching guides for each subject.
The masters are organized by modules. Click on a module for more information.
| Guide | Type | QTR. | credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency Certification | Compulsory | 1st | 4.5 ECTS | |
| Solar Systems | Compulsory | 1st | 4.5 ECTS | |
| Cogeneration and Biomass Systems | Compulsory | 1st | 4.5 ECTS | |
| Energy Politics and Investments Analysis | Compulsory | 1st | 4.5 ECTS | |
| Wind, Hydraulic and Marine Systems | Compulsory | 1st | 4.5 ECTS | |
| Smart and Sustainable Facilities and Buildings | Compulsory | 1st | 4.5 ECTS |
| Guide | Type | QTR. | credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methodology of the Scientific Research | Optional | 1st | 3 ECTS | |
| Efficiency Lighting Systems | Optional | 1st | 3 ECTS | |
| Audit and Energy Services | Optional | 2nd | 3 ECTS | |
| Electric Mobility | Optional | 2nd | 3 ECTS | |
| Distributed Generation, Polygeneration and Micropower-Nets. Smartgrid | Optional | 2nd | 3 ECTS | |
| Efficiency of Electric Systems | Optional | 2nd | 3 ECTS | |
| Quality of the Electric Service | Optional | 2nd | 3 ECTS | |
| Polymers in Sustainable Energy Development | Optional | 2nd | 3 ECTS | |
| Energy, Cooperation and Sustainability | Optional | 2nd | 3 ECTS | |
| Zero Emission Buildings and Efficient Rehabilitation Strategies | Optional | 2nd | 3 ECTS | |
| BIM Methodology | Optional | 2nd | 3 ECTS | |
| Energy Storing Systems | Optional | 2nd | 3 ECTS | |
| Evaluation and Optimization of the Energy System Sustainability | Optional | 2nd | 3 ECTS | |
| Analysis Technics and Data Modelling for Efficiency | Optional | 2nd | 3 ECTS |
| Guide | Type | QTR. | credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work Placement | Compulsory | 2nd | 3 ECTS |
| Guide | Type | QTR. | credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master`s Dissertation | Compulsory | 2nd | 9 ECTS |
The study is taught by the following teachers:
The masters are organized by modules. Click on a module for more information.
UDC holds student mobility agreements with universities and other third-level institutions across four continents. Students are offered several opportunities each year to apply to study abroad in one of these centres (for a single term or for a whole year), with the guarantee that all credits obtained will be duly recognised in their academic record upon their return.
For each round of applications, the University publishes the list of exchange options available to students and, where relevant, the specific conditions associated with each. Students may also apply to the University for funding for international work experience placements and internships.
Work experience placements are accredited in the student's academic record and the European diploma supplement. Students are free to decide in which host company or academic institution within the EHEA they wish to carry out their placement. To assist them in their search, the University has created an online noticeboard with jobs postings and other news.
Work-study placements in A Coruña are arranged by the International Relations Office (ORI) of the UDC in collaboration with the international relations coordinators in the student’s home university. The general entry criteria, rights and obligations of students, and admission and acceptance procedures for the programme, are regulated by the UDC Mobility Policy.
Based on the agreement signed between the University of Coruña (UDC) and the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), the Master's program offers the possibility of obtaining the double degree of:
To obtain the double degree, it is necessary to take part of the credits at the UDC and the other part at the IPB.
UDC students who come from an official degree in the Engineering and Architecture branch of knowledge or the Science branch of knowledge must take 30 ECTS from the Master's Degree in Energy Use and Sustainability at the UDC and will travel to the IPB to study the 42 ECTS corresponding to the subject of “Dissertação; Project Work; Estagio” do Mestrado em Energias Renováveis e Eficiência Energética, of which 9 ECTS will correspond to the Master's Thesis at the UDC.
The stay at the IPB can be done in two different modalities: