Design of a New Egyptian/European Double Master Degree in Clean Energy and Environmental Studies

Abstract

The introduction of a postgraduate course is a positive and a challenging task, it gets harder when the course is designed to be run between two or more different institutions, and even harder if the parties are located in different countries. In the field of renewable/clean energy, eighty two energy master's programs worldwide have been surveyed with special focus on Europe, MENA region and North America. The ECTS grading system has been adopted as a reference and other grading systems were translated into ECTS equivalents. The study reveals that master programs in Europe are in average longer than those offered in MENA and North America. Master programs in Europe are eight times as many as those offered in the MENA region. This study also confirmed that no master's programs, in the MENA region, in Energy integrating both of energy management, renewable/clean energy disciplines together. The study also recommends the integration of tidal and wave energy courses within the intended master's degree.The CERES TEMPUS project is a collaboration program between four different academic institutions from Egypt, three European universities and two industrial partners who work together on designing and running a double European/Egyptian Master degree in Renewable/Clean energy technology as well as providing the local market with its training needs. This paper intends to provide some current practices worldwide on the master courses available in different countries, and the different approaches used.