Have a look to the GrEnFIn EMJM structure dyagram
The first semester (Fall/Winter) will take place at the UK campus (placed in London) of the UPD (Renewable Technologies Curriculum), at LMU (Environmental Finance Curriculum) or at UNIBO (Climate&Business Curriculum), respectively.
The educational offer focuses on the preparatory courses about quantitative tools and energy economics. The semester ends with an examination phase.
The second semester (Spring/Summer) will take place at UNIBO (Renewable Technologies Curriculum) and LMU (Environmental Finance and Climate&Business Curriculum), respectively.
The courses offered are focused on basic specialization courses with a multidisciplinary approach: quantitative tools, engineering of renewable resources as well as statistical data analysis and coding are among the topics proposed, with different emphasis depending on the specific curriculum.
Visits to significant stakeholders related to the specific track will be proposed as for example a tour to ENEA (Italian Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development) or ECMWF (European Center Medium Weather Forecast. While it is not listed among the associate partners, it has indeed hosted visits since the start of the GrEnFIn master's program) is foreseen for the RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES class while a visit of CEC-IEF, one of the main worldwide research platform focused on economics and climate change, as well as students’ participation to their Friday Lunch meetings or other dedicated events is planned for the CLIMATE&BUSINESS class.
Visit of exhibitions and events related to environment and energy transition at the Deutsches Museum and participation to city initiatives regarding environmental and green topics, e.g. Flower Power Festival (https://botmuc.snsb.de/flowerpower/?lang=en) are foreseen for the ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE class.
The annual summer school and training (Bertinoro, Italy), which is currently activated as a Blended Intensive Programme (BIP), will be offered before the end of the second semester. As an alternative UPD will also offer a summer school (which will take place in May). Both the summer schools will be attended by first-year and second-year GrEnFIn students as well as other master students from the three universities and outside. Lecturers from the three universities and the associated partners, as well as guest lectures from industry and expert academics will be invited to propose frontier topics, labs and case studies, to drive a project on team. The schools will give the students the opportunity for exchange across semesters and universities. The semester ends with an examination phase.
The third semester (Fall/Winter) will take place at UNIBO (Renewable Technologies Curriculum) and at UPD (Environmental Finance and Climate&Business Curriculum), respectively.
The courses offered are focused on specialized topics aimed to provide advanced knowledge about the leading specific field, and which always includes the advanced stats and IT modules. An Internship/RAship pitch in week will be organized at the beginning of the semester to help students to select the topic of their final thesis and the most suited internship/RAship; during the week partners and associates will be invited to present their internship/RAship opportunities. Moreover several blended meetings will help the students get in touch with companies from different industrial sector. Second-year students are also encouraged to participate in the annual winter school which will take place in Munich or other location.
The fourth semester (Spring/Summer) will take place at either one of the universities, associated partners or external companies. The semester is dedicated to an internship or RAship experience which will be the lead topic of the Master thesis.
The thesis will be supervised by both an academic and a professional who will plan several meetings with students to share information and profit of useful synergies. To enrich the educational experience, a distinguished guest lecturer will be invited for a semester each academic year. The expert will complement existing courses, offering applied insights from academia or industry. Topics may align with the programme's specialized components or specific fields of interest. Joint events like seminars and round tables will be organized during the visiting semester, involving associate partners and external professionals.