Talent Campus - EUREF-Campus Düsseldorf

EUREF-Talent Campus Düsseldorf

With the opening of the new EUREF-Campus in North Rhine-Westphalia, learning and teaching in a living lab for the energy transition, will now also be possible in Düsseldorf.

The climate protection goals can only be achieved if there are enough skilled people available to work in the field and that requires places for them to train. This is particularly critical as we transition towards renewable energy, which results in new curricular challenges.

The development of new study programs is a key element for the competitiveness of the industry based in North Rhine-Westphalia. In cooperation with the Ruhr University Alliance and the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, and with the participation of the companies located on the campus, a range of Master programs is currently being developed. These programs create spaces for interdisciplinary approaches to adequately reflect the increasing complexity of future energy systems in teaching and training. Practical application is the primary focus.

Due to its location in the state’s capital and as a living lab for the energy transition, the EUREF-Campus Düsseldorf will create a bridge to the Rheinish Revier and the Ruhr region and become an exchange platform for business, science, politics and civil society.

Approach of the study programs

Just like the EUREF-Campus in Berlin, the EUREF-Campus Düsseldorf will offer Advanced Master’s degree programs in the field of energy in the future.

The focal points of the curricula are currently being developed in workshops with leading representatives from science, business, society and politics. Once the Master programs content has been determined, representatives for each discipline will be selected by the participating universities and colleges.

Taking both the social dimension of climate protection and the development of innovative technologies into account, interdisciplinary approaches are essential. Relevant topics include, for example, the system integration of renewable energy, intelligent transport and distribution networks, efficient energy applications – especially in the fields of heating and mobility – as well as energy market design. The hydrogen economy will be a special focus.

With a cascading start from winter semester 2025 to 2028, the following five study courses will be offered according to the current status:

Engineering and Smart Technologies of sustainable Energy Systems” – Engineering program (MSc)
Smart Design, construction and operation of sustainable buildings” – Engineering program (MSc)
Management and Engineering of smart and sustainable Energy Systems” – Business program (MBA)
Management and Engineering of smart and sustainable Mobility concepts” – Business program (MBA)
Smart and sustainable Automotive and Electromobility (MSc)

Four semesters and 120 ECTS are planned for the English-language courses, which qualify students for doctoral studies. A joint degree of the participating universities and colleges is being planned – MSc or MEng, possibly also MBA.

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SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT

Professor Martin Faulstich is a senior professor at
the Technical University of Dortmund. In this role,
he is the academic director for the new degree
programmes to be set up on theEUREF Campus Düsseldorf and research coordinator for the research and
development activities of the UA Ruhr.

PARTNER UNIVERSITIES

Four universities and colleges are involved in the establishment and implementation of the Master programs on the EUREF -Campus in Düsseldorf: the University Alliance Ruhr, consisting of the Technical University of Dortmund, Ruhr-University Bochum, and the University of Duisburg-Essen, along with the Hochschule Düsseldorf.

RESEARCH APPROACH

The Mobility2Grid research campus, initiated on the EUREF-Campus Berlin, collaborates with local companies to continuously work on the transformation of mobility and the transportation system, considering the energy system. With the establishment of the EUREF-Campus Düsseldorf, research will be expanded and will include Düsseldorf as a transfer area.

A first research project in Düsseldorf has already been sealed. In cooperation with TU Berlin, Wilo, Schneider Electric, inno2grid and EUREF-Consulting, a hydrogen production facility will also be built at the EUREF-Campus Düsseldorf and integrated into the innovative energy concept. The Mobility2Grid research campus will participate in hydrogen projects in both Berlin and Düsseldorf, thereby expanding the planned hydrogen research.

More information at talent-campus.euref.de