Master Program Bochum: Geothermal Energy Systems

The securing of a reliable and sustainable energy supply for the next decades will be in the centre of the endeavours of the future academic generations.  Europe, with its increasing dependence on energy imports, is going to experience radical changes in the energy supply characteristics of its economy, its cities and regions. To be prepared for the future challenges, creative academics are needed, who think beyond their technical boundaries and develop new approaches towards the energy management issue. For this purpose especially the development and realisation of engineering technologies that are based on sound scientific knowledge are vital. Of equal importance is the technology implementation into urbanistic and infrastructural bodies.

The broadly based integration of the geothermal energy utilisation into the future energy mix will be realised by specialists and managers of the building, energy and utility industries as well as by the governmental administrations. The master program “Geothermal Energy Systems“ is offered to prospective graduates by the University of Applied Sciences Bochum with the support of the GeothermieZentrum (GZB).

As the already taught subject of civil engineering represents the most significant interests of the various academic fields of geothermal energy, the master program is closely attached to these studies. An insight into the content of the master program “Geothermal Energy Systems” is given by the document that can be downloaded from this page.  The program is in accreditation for the winter term 06/07 for the first time.