The Master's degree programme takes two years. You choose one of the four tracks at the beginning of the Master's programme, meaning that you will focus on socio-technical issues in your area of interest from the start. The tracks are based on major current social themes. The programme starts with a joint bootcamp in which you start with designing in a socio-technical system. There is a lot of room to determine the content of the programme yourself. You can choose between four different tracks. In these tracks you’ll gain profound technical knowledge that you need to make a socio-technical design. Design projects integrate the technology, systems engineering and management aspects. To ensure an interdisciplinary approach, groups are supervised by lecturers from widely differing sections.
In the first year of the Master programme CoSEM students have to choose one technology track out of four choices. You can choose from the following tracks:
The Energy track offers comprehensive education in the field of energy markets and future energy systems. It focuses on renewable energy, electricity and gas infrastructures and markets, and how possible interventions for their improvement can be designed. These interventions may consist of investment in physical components (or even entirely new infrastructures), changes to the operation and changes to the regulation of the system.
The track is intended for students who are interested in management, policy, consultancy and/or entrepreneurial endeavours within the field of energy markets and future energy systems. Recent developments as smart grids, industrial micro-grids, plug-in (hybrid) electric vehicles, renewable heating systems, the gas roundabout, shale gas and other sources of ‘new gas’ are examples of topics elaborated in the programme.