European Masters Course

The project has been cofunded by European Commission. With about one third of EU energy consumption occurring in buildings, the incorporation of renewable energies in buildings will play a vital role in helping to achieve this target. The integrated education of architects, physicists and engineers in this field is essential to the practical realisation of the Commission's objectives. The project is concerned to produce educational materials and syllabuses leading to the establishment of a validated framework and course structure for the teaching programme. Where possible the course will be integrated with compatible Masters courses in the participating universities. Students will sign up for the course at one particular university. It is envisaged that there will be two core modules which will be taught in the first half-semester of the year at several of the Universities. In addition a variety of specialist modules will be provided by each university which will reflect the expertise of that particular University. Students will be required to follow some of the courses away from their base university.