RES - The School for Renewable Energy Science
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| Established: | 2006 |
| Type: | Private/Non-Profit University |
| Director: | Gudjon Steindorsson (managing) Dr. Björn Gunnarsson (academic) |
| Location: | Akureyri, Iceland |
| Affiliations: | University of Akureyri, University of Iceland and other institutions, energy and engineering firms. |
| Website: | www.res.is |
RES - The School for Renewable Energy Science (Icelandic: RES - Orkuskólinn) is a private, non-profit, international graduate school located in the city of Akureyri in northern Iceland and shares its facilities with the University of Akureyri.
The school is a higher education institution offering a one-year M.Sc. in various renewable energy technologies, continuing education, and an undergraduate summer school program. All instructions and correspondence are in English.
Established in 2006, the school formally commenced its operations in April, 2007, through a series of Declarations of Cooperation with universities in Iceland, involving the Icelandic Ministry of Education.[1][2][3] and other institutions and energy and engineering firms.
The school is owned and operated by [3], a non-profit company whose shareholders include prominent energy and financial companies in Iceland.
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[edit] Accreditation
RES graduates its students [4] through its affiliation with the University of Iceland and the University of Akureyri. Both universities are accredited higher education institution in Iceland under the recent Higher Education Act in Iceland, No. 63/2006, for each of its academic subject areas. This accreditation covers RES's subject areas.[5]
[edit] Academic program
RES offers an international program of graduate-level study in renewable energy science. All instructions and correspondence are in English.
RES offers a 90 credit M.Sc. degree in renewable energy science with five specializations; geothermal energy, fuel cell systems and technologies, biofuels and bioenergy, hydropower and energy systems and policies. By 2010, the school hopes to add more specializations in areas such as solar power, and wind and wave power [6].
The graduate programme concludes in an MSc Degree in Renewable Energy Science, awarded in affiliation with Iceland's state universities: University of Iceland and the University of Akureyri.
Each area of specialization at RES consists of a series of intensive 1-3 week modules that carry 2-6 ECTS credits each. Each series of modules includes field trips to sites related to Iceland's energy industry, known for its use of renewable resources.[7] Students take an exam following the completion of each module and a final exam at the end of the trimester.
The final degree requirement is a 30 credit Master's Thesis.
[edit] Faculty
Teaching staff of RES are researchers and professors from Iceland, energy experts from engineering and energy consulting firms, and various international experts from research universities in Europe, North and South America and Asia.
[edit] Summer school
RES offers several summer courses for foreign students independently and also in collaboration with study-abroad organizations, such as the School for International Training. These courses combine classroom and field studies for a specialized two week program and also 6-8 week program.
[edit] Alumni Organisation
RES Graduate program is an intensive study and during a year at the "Land of Ice and Fire" students really bond with each other. To stay connected with each other, renewable energy focused industry and RES teachers and staff the RES Alumni Organisation was established.
[edit] Tuition
Tuition for the M.Sc. programs at RES is 18.800 € for the full one-year program.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Samstarfsyfirlýsing (Declaration of Cooperation)". Ministry of Education. 2006-04-27. http://brunnur.stjr.is/mrn/logogregl.nsf/FF6C260B2319251D002567BA004D88CB/5FBD1CAA7A2F5822002572D50034FA3E?OpenDocument. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
- ^ "Samstarfsyfirlýsing (Declaration of Cooperation)". Ministry of Education. 2006-04-27. http://brunnur.stjr.is/mrn/logogregl.nsf/FF6C260B2319251D002567BA004D88CB/739A11B7A6C98C2A002572D500354327?OpenDocument. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
- ^ "Samstarfsyfirlýsing (Declaration of Cooperation)". Ministry of Education. 2006-04-27. http://brunnur.stjr.is/mrn/logogregl.nsf/FF6C260B2319251D002567BA004D88CB/A848965B88EC2B11002572D500341FD2?OpenDocument. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
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- ^ "Viðurkenning Háskóla". Ministry of Education. http://menntamalaraduneyti.is/malaflokkar/visindamal/vidurkenning/. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
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- ^ "Iceland's Move To Renewable Energy". Chemical and Engineering News. 2006-10-16. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/government/84/8442gov1box.html. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
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