Master's degree in Technologies for Distributed Energy Systems

Barcelona East School of Engineering (EEBE)

The master's degree in Technologies for Distributed Energy Systems complements previous undergraduate training by converging towards knowledge of future needs, in which decentralised electricity generation plants, with radically different power levels (from kW and MW to hundreds of MW), will play an increasingly leading role. This will occur in the context of systematically growing demand for decarbonised electricity and the decoupling of electricity generation and demand. The main objectives of the master's degree are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the EU's 2030 Agenda: energy transition, accessible and affordable green energy, engineering in the design of innovative applications, energy-sustainable communities, responsible and efficient use of energy, climate action in microgrids and electric mobility, and design and management of distributed energy systems.

General details

Duration and start date

1 academic year, 60 ECTS credits. Starting September

Timetable and delivery

Face-to-face

Fees and grants

Approximate fees for the master’s degree, excluding other costs (does not include non-teaching academic fees and issuing of the degree certificate):
€1,660 (€6,331 for non-EU residents).
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Language of instruction

Check the language of instruction for each subject in the course guide in the curriculum.

Information on language use in the classroom and students’ language rights.

Location

Barcelona East School of engineering (EEBE)

Official degree

Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register

Admission

General requirements: Academic requirements for admission to master's degrees
Places: 30
Pre-enrolment: Pre-enrolment period open.
Expected deadline: 23/06/2025.
How to pre-enrol
Enrolment: How to enrol
Legalisation of foreign documents: All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille.

Curriculum

First semester

Advanced Electronic Conversion of Electrical Energy 6
Data Acquisition & Instrumentation 6
Distributed Generation and Transmission of Electrical Energy 6
Electric Mobility 6
Hydrogen Technologies 6
Low-Temperature Fuel Cell Systems Engineering 6
Modelling and Real-Time Control in Energy Systems 6
Renewable Energy Systems 6

Second semester

Master's Thesis 12
Processing and Electronic Management of Electrical Energy 6
Reliability, Life Cycle and Heat Dissipation 6
Uses of Electrical Energy and Sustainability 6

CompulsoryECTS
OptionalECTS
ProjectECTS

Professional opportunities

Professional opportunities

Design, implementation and management of electrical energy distribution projects.
Design, implementation and management of projects in electrical energy generation plants.
Design, implementation and management of strategies in companies that sell electrical energy.
Electric mobility.
Design, implementation and management of projects in companies that install domestic, industrial or community-oriented renewable energy systems.
Technological development in companies that design and sell electrical systems and equipment and industrial electronics.
Technical expertise in the energy and environmental transition for government bodies.
Energy efficiency analysis and energy audits.
Design, implementation and management of solutions in the field of energy saving and consumption optimisation.
Consulting in energy consumption modelling companies.
Active research in research centres and universities.

Competencies

Generic competencies

Generic competencies are the skills that graduates acquire regardless of the specific course or field of study. The generic competencies established by the UPC are capacity for innovation and entrepreneurship, sustainability and social commitment, knowledge of a foreign language (preferably English), teamwork and proper use of information resources.

Specific competencies

Integrate the values of sustainability and understand the complexity of systems, with the aim of undertaking or promoting actions that restore and maintain the health of ecosystems and improve justice, thereby generating visions of sustainable futures.
Identify and analyse problems that require making autonomous, informed and reasoned decisions in order to act with social responsibility following ethical values and principles.
Develop the ability to evaluate inequalities based on sex and gender to design solutions that resolve them.
Apply the knowledge acquired and appropriate methodologies to analysis and design in the field of decentralised electrical systems with renewable sources.
Efficiently communicate and present an original and rigorous engineering project in the field of distributed energy generation from renewables using appropriate language and technical documentation.