Study plan – courses at DTU:

You can find all course descriptions here: www.kurser.dtu.dk – just enter the course number.

General Competence GC (30 ECTS) Technological specialization TS (30 ECTS)

42002 Modelling and Analysis of Sustainable
Energy Systems using Operations Research 5 point
42003 Energy Economics, Markets and Policies 10
point
Choose at least 15 ECTS of these:
47319 Functional Materials
5 point (mandatory if not part of GC courses)
- and -
10304 Experimental Surface Physics 10 point
-or -
10305 Advanced Solid State Physics 10 Point
-or-
26510 Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry 10 point

Choose 15 ECTS of these: See list below

28870 Energy and Sustainability 5 point

42004 Feasibility studies of energy projects 5 point
10333 Physics of Sustainable Energy 5 point

47319 Functional Materials 5 point

26290 Chemistry at the Nanoscale 5 point

Elective Technological specialization courses (at least 15 ECTS among these):

10122 Statistical Physics (5 points)

10302 Electronic Structure Methods in Material Physics, Chemistry and Biology (10 points)

10304 Experimental Surface Physics (10 points)

10305 Advanced Solid State Physics (10 points)

10333 Physics of Sustainable Energy (5 points)

26231 Physical Chemistry 3 (5 points)

26290 Chemistry at the Nanoscale (5 points)

26510 Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry (10 points)

31778 Distributed Energy Technologies (5 points)

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33250 Semiconductor Technology (5 points)

34552 Photovoltaic systems (5 points)

34553 Applied Photovoltaics (5 points)

34554 Light emitting diodes and photovoltaics for energy ap. (5 points)

47304 Ceramic Science and Engineering (10 points)

47305 Electrochemistry (5 points)

47310 Battery Materials and Chemistries: from Fundamental Mechanisms to Battery Cells (5 points)

47312 Experimental Electrochemistry (5 points)

47313 Solid-state Electrochemical Devices for a Cleaner Society (5 points)

47316 Advanced Computational Tools for Energy Materials (5 points)

47317 Exergy Analysis (5 points)

47XXX Energy Storage and Conversion (5 points - new course with DTU BYG)

Elective courses (30 ECTS):

Either courses from the above list(s) or the following can be recommended:

47311 Analytical Imaging of Energy Materials by Electron Microscopy (5 points)

47318 Advanced Chemistry for Non-chemists (5 points)

Special courses

Master thesis (30 ECTS):

The students can arrange for their master thesis project via an already established contact to a
professor/teacher and/or find offered projects here: https://projektbank.dtu.dk/en-us/Pages/default.aspx

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Study plan – courses at TUM:

General Competence GC (30 ECTS) Technological specialization TS (30 ECTS)

Energy Markets I (WI000946) – 6 ECTS
Energy Economics (WI001145) (ehem. Industrial
Economics and Regulation of Energy Markets) – 6
ECTS
Mathematical Modelling of complex systems in the
field of energy – 5 ECTS
Choose 15 ECTS of these TS courses:
Thermodynamics in Energy Conversion – 5 ECTS
(mandatory if not part of GC)
Materials and processes for Electrochemical Energy
transformation and storage – 5 ECTS
Nanotechnology for Energy Systems – 5 ECTS
Sustainable mobility – 5 ECTS
Fundamentals in Surface and Nanoscale Science – 5
ECTS

Choose 13-15 ECTS of these:
Thermodynamics in Energy Conversion – 5 ECTS
Renewable Energy Technology I - 3 ECTS
Renewable Energy Technology II - 3 ECTS
Energy Storage – 5 ECTS
Integration of Renewable Energies – 5 ECTS
Energy systems & Energy economy – 5 ECTS
Choose the rest of TS courses from (or from list
above or elective TS courses):
Brennstoffzellen in der Energietechnologie – 5 ECTS
Introduction to Wind Energy – 5 ECTS
Energy Trading (WI000992) - 5 ECTS
Thermal Power Plants – 5 ECTS
Power Transmission Systems – 5 ECTS
Solid state spectroscopy – 5 ECTS
Molecular kinetics and catalysis – 5 ECTS

Empirical Research in Energy Markets – 5 ECTS

Elective courses (30 ECTS):

Courses that the student has not already included above can be selected as elective courses as well.

• Brennstoffzellen in der Energietechnologie

• Hydro Power and Energy Storage – 3 ECTS

• Introduction to Nuclear Energy

• Introduction to Wind Energy

• Energy Markets II (WI001125)

• Energy Trading (WI000992)

• Seminar on Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems – 5 ECTS

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 • Seminar on Energy Storage Technologies – 5 ECTS

• Modeling, Control and Design of Wind Energy Systems

• Design of Wind Turbine Rotors

• Wind Tunnel Testing of Wind Turbines

• Nutzung von Windenergie

• Hydro Power and Energy Storage

• Meeres- und Windenergie

• Renewable Energy Technology I

• Renewable Energy Technology II

• Thermal Power Plants

• Energy Economics and Hydro Power

• Integration of Renewable Energies

• Energy Storage

• Seminar on Energy Storage Technologies

• Power Transmission Systems

• Energy systems & Energy economy

• Desalination (MW1969)

• Modeling and Optimization in Energy Markets (WI001164)

• Challenges in Energy Markets I (WI001039)

• Challenges in Energy Markets II (WI001066)

• Empirical Research in Energy Markets

• Advanced Topics in Energy Trading (ehem.Derivatives II (WI001144): (Applications in Energy

Markets)

A special course can be part of elective courses (in TUM terms that translate to signing up for a
“Projektarbeiten”, typically 10 ECTS)

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