Bachelor in Renewable Energy Engineering
Kaunas, Lithuania
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
EUR 3,836 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Urged by the growing desire to maintain balance, to preserve the natural environment and to slow down climate change, mankind is turning towards nature. As a result, global energy is changing.
Why @KTU?
Renewable energy includes solar, wind, water and other renewable energy sources. Currently, it is probably the most progressive and rapidly expanding field of technology and energy in the world. It is understandable – the future of all of us depends on this area.
While studying bachelor’s in Renewable Energy Engineering at KTU, you will expand your engineering knowledge and skills, will master the knowledge on the use of environmentally friendly types of energy, on the application of solar, wind, hydro, biofuel heat pump technologies in the fields of electricity and heat. Your knowledge will be supplemented with practical workshops at state-of-the-art laboratories equipped by Siemens, Schneider Electric, Omicron, ABB and DE Lorenzo.
- Next to the basic subjects of the study programme, you will be able to choose two more specialised module groups additionally
- The students and lecturers work as partners, the innovative attitude of students to the studied objects is highly valued
- Hands-on experience using contemporary lab equipment acquire practical skills which are highly regarded among the employers
What will you study?
- Energy sources: properties, potential, effective use
- Power plants: solar and wind energy, environment-friendly energy sources
- Technologies: microprocessor devices, controllers, fuel elements
- Design: intelligent energy systems, power plants, autonomous energy systems
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
All international students automatically become candidates to receive the Scholarship for International Students, which is assigned for first-year Bachelor or Master students with strong academic records and motivation.
The residents of European Union countries and the global citizens of Lithuanian origin can apply for state-funded study places. This means that all the applicants, who fall into one of the aforementioned categories, will participate in the general admission’s competition for state-funded study places and get the chance to study free of charge, depending on their admission score.
Program Outcome
Awards: BSc (Renewable Energy Engineering)
Credits: 240 ECTS
Objective(s) of a Study Program:
- To prepare highly skilled renewable energy specialists capable to competently solve the tasks of the design and
- implementation of renewable energy sources and their control systems, assess research achievements in the area of
- renewable energy and the key factors in the business environment.
Student’s competences:
- Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative principles of operating modes, organisation and management of energy systems;
- Analysis of new and sustainable principles of electricity generation, transmission and distribution technologies and assessment of the possibilities of their use;
- Identification and assessment of energy problems, provision of solutions;
- Design and management of energy systems, efficient use of renewable energy sources for generation, transmission and use of electricity and thermal energy.
Student’s skills:
- Able to plan and manage energy economy of distribution networks and companies, design and operate electricity and thermal energy supply systems and solve financial tasks;
- Able to make engineering decisions assessed in terms of ethics, social norms, environmental protection and safety;
- Able to manage various technological processes and technical systems of energy system.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Access to Professional Activity
The graduate can seek employment in companies running renewable energy systems, design bureaus, national enterprises and private organizations where experts of renewable energy resource development, usage and application are required.