Student Guide

Master's Programme in Advanced Energy Solutions

Recommended timetable

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You can design your own study timetable and path based on your career goals and future plans. It is recommended that you complete most of the programme’s compulsory courses (15 ECTS) and the compulsory major courses (45-47 ECTS) during the first year, and your master’s thesis and elective courses during the second year. The standard duration of the master’s degree is two academic years. The study paths below illustrate example ways to select courses in your major and elective studies.

Study paths

The study paths are examples of how courses can be combined into major studies. Some study paths include also recommendations for elective courses. You can choose one of these paths or design your own study path. Please see the suggested study paths for each major below.

Study path: Chemical processes and energy

This path offers students the possibility to prepare for working in the chemical industry, for example on chemistry-based processes and research relating to this field.

AAE-E1000	Introduction to Advanced Energy Solutions	I-II	1. year
AAE-E3090	Renewable Energy Engineering	III-V	1. year
AAE-E3006	Energy Markets	I	1. year

CHEM-E7121	Separation Processes 1 D	I	1. year
CHEM-E7160	Fluid Flow in Process Units	IV-V	1. year
AAE-E3007	Process Integration and Energy Optimisation D	II	1. year
CHEM-E7190	Process Dynamics and Control D	II	1. year
AAE-E3001	Fundamentals of Industrial Energy Engineering	III-IV	1. year

AAE-E3000	Advanced energy project D	I-II	2. year
CHEM-E1130	Catalysis	III	1. year
CHEM-E7126	Separation Processes 2 D	III	1. year
AAE-E2005	Thermochemical Energy Conversion D	III-IV	1. year

Recommended elective courses

CHEM-E1180	Plant Recources	I	2. year
CHEM-E4255	Electrochemical Energy Conversion D	II	2. year

Study path: Industrial energy processes

This study path provides students the skills for working in energy, energy intensive industries and research.

AAE-E1000	Introduction to Advanced Energy Solutions	I-II	1. year
AAE-E3090	Renewable Energy Engineering	III-V	1. year
AAE-E3006	Energy Markets	I	1. year

CHEM-E7121	Separation Processes 1 D	I	1. year
CHEM-E7160	Fluid Flow in Process Units	IV-V	1. year
AAE-E3007	Process Integration and Energy Optimisation D	II	1. year
CHEM-E7190	Process Dynamics and Control D	II	1. year
AAE-E3001	Fundamentals of Industrial Energy Engineering	III-IV	1. year

AAE-E3000	Advanced energy project D	I-II	2. year
AAE-E2005	Thermochemical Energy Conversion D	III-IV	1. year
AAE-E3001	Fundamentals of Industrial Energy Engineering	III-IV	1. year
AAE-E3002	Power Process Simulation D	IV-V	1. year
AAE-E3004	District Heating and Cooling D	III	2. year

Recommended elective courses

AAE-E3003	Industrial Drying and Evaporation Processes	IV	1. year
CHEM-E4255	Electrochemical Energy Conversion D	II	2. year
MEC-E1020	Fluid Dynamics	I	2. year

Study path: Energy automation and control

The student learns more about data management, automation control, and instrumentation about industry energy processes.

AAE-E1000	Introduction to Advanced Energy Solutions	I-II	1. year
AAE-E3090	Renewable Energy Engineering	III-V	1. year
AAE-E3006	Energy Markets	I	1. year

CHEM-E7121	Separation Processes 1 D	I	1. year
CHEM-E7160	Fluid Flow in Process Units	IV-V	1. year
AAE-E3007	Process Integration and Energy Optimisation D	II	1. year
CHEM-E7190	Process Dynamics and Control D	II	1. year
AAE-E3001	Fundamentals of Industrial Energy Engineering	III-IV	1. year

AAE-E3000	Advanced energy project D	I-II	2. year
CHEM-E7215	Special Course in Process Systems Engineering D	IV	1. year
AAE-E3002	Power Process Simulation D	IV-V	1. year
AAE-E1040	Measurement and Control of Energy Systems	I-II	2. year

Recommended elective courses

CHEM-E4255	Electrochemical Energy Conversion D	II	2. year
CHEM-E7151	Production Planning and Optimization	I	2. year
CHEM-E7225	Advanced Process Control D	II	2. year

Unlike other majors, Energy in Buildings and Built Environment allows students to gain the academic requirements for the HVAC certification - either for exceptional or ordinary projects. Please see check the official FISE website for the detailed information on what you need in order to gain this qualification (in Finnish only). These certificate requirements are decreed by the Ministry of the Environment (YM2/601/2015).

Study path: HVAC, exceptionally demanding projects

In order to meet the conditions for the qualification to become a “responsible designer of exceptional demanding ventilation system” in Finland, from the major compulsory and optional studies those marked with* and listed below should be completed (35 ECTS). Additionally, from the recommended elective courses listed below, marked with*, total of 10 ECTS should be completed. Altogether 45 ECTS.

AAE-E1000	Introduction to Advanced Energy Solutions	I-II	1. year
AAE-E3090	Renewable Energy Engineering	III-V	1. year
AAE-E3006	Energy Markets	I	1. year

MEC-E1020	Fluid Dynamics	II	1. year
AAE-E4001*	Comfortable and Healthy Indoor Environments	III	1. year
AAE-E4002*	Heating and Cooling Systems	III	1. year

AAE-E4003*	Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems	IV	1. year
AAE-E4004*	Fundamentals of HVAC Design	IV-V	1. year
AAE-E4005*	Sustainable Building Energy Systems	V	1. year
AAE-E4006*	Advanced HVAC Design	I-II	2. year
AAE-E4007*	Building Energy Optimisation	I-II	2. year

Recommended elective courses

ELEC-E8124*	Intelligent buildings	II	1. or 2. year
CIV-E3040*	Indoor Environment Technology D	I	2. year
AAE-E1040*	Measurement and Control of Energy Systems	I-II	2. year
CIV-E3030	Indoor Air Quality D	III	1. year
REC-E3310	Real Estate Management	II	2. year
CIV-E3010	Applied Building Physics and Design D	IV	1. year
MEC-E2010	Computational Fluid Modelling D	I-II	2. year
AAE-E3004	District Heating and Cooling D	III	1. or 2. year
AAE-E3006	Energy Markets	I	1. or 2. year
AAE-E3080	Thermal Energy Storage Systems D	IV-V	1. or 2. year

Study path: Building Engineering Services, ordinary HVAC projects

For the qualification to be a “responsible designer of ordinary HVAC-projects” in Finland, the *marked courses should be completed (altogether 30 ECTS).

AAE-E1000	Introduction to Advanced Energy Solutions	I-II	1. year
AAE-E3090	Renewable Energy Engineering	III-V	1. year
AAE-E3006	Energy Markets	I	1. year

MEC-E1020	Fluid Dynamics	II	1. year
AAE-E4001*	Comfortable and Healthy Indoor Environments	III	1. year
AAE-E4002*	Heating and Cooling Systems	III	1. year

ELEC-E8124	Intelligent buildings	II	1. or 2. year
CIV-E3040*	Indoor Environment Technology D	I	2. year
AAE-E4001*	Comfortable and Healthy Indoor Environments	III	1.year
AAE-E4002*	Heating and Cooling Systems	III	1. year
AAE-E4003*	Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems	IV	1. year
ELEC-E8701	Lighting technology and applications	IV-V	1. year
ELEC-E8700	Principles and fundamentals of lighting	I-II	2. year

Recommended elective courses

AAE-E1040*	Measurement and Control of Energy Systems	I-II	2. year
AAE-E4004*	Fundamentals of HVAC Design	IV-V	1. year
CIV-E3030	Indoor Air Quality D	III	1. year
AAE-E4005	Sustainable Building Energy Systems	V	1. or 2. year
ELEC-E8702	Electrical installations in buildings (in Finnish)	III-V	1. or 2. year
ELEC-C8202	Automation systems 1 (in Finnish)	I-II	2. year
ELEC-C1230	Control Engineering (in Finnish)	III-IV	1. year
ELEC-E8102	Distributed and Intelligent Automation Systems D	I-II	2. year
REC-E3310	Real Estate Management	II	2. year
CIV-E3010	Applied Building Physics and Design D	IV	1. year
AAE-E3080	Thermal Energy Storage Systems D	IV-V	1. or 2. year

Study path: Building Technology and Energy

This study path does not lead towards a certification but provides students a holistic understanding of energy technology in buildings.

AAE-E1000	Introduction to Advanced Energy Solutions	I-II	1. year
AAE-E3090	Renewable Energy Engineering	III-V	1. year
AAE-E3006	Energy Markets	I	1. year

MEC-E1020	Fluid Dynamics	II	1. year
AAE-E4001*	Comfortable and Healthy Indoor Environments	III	1. year
AAE-E4002*	Heating and Cooling Systems	III	1. year

AAE-E4002	Heating and Cooling Systems	III	1. year
CIV-E3010	Applied Building Physics and Design D	IV	1. year
CIV-E3030	Indoor Air Quality D	III	1. year
CIV-E3040	Indoor Environment Technology D	I	2. year
CIV-E3020	Design of Energy Efficient Buildings D	II	2. year
CIV-E2080	Design Process Management D	II	1. or 2. year

Recommended elective courses

CIV-E2050	Operations Management in Construction D	V	1. or 2. year
CIV-E3050	Fire Dynamics and Simulation D	III	1. or 2. year
AAE-E4003	Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems	IV	1. or 2. year
AAE-E4004	Fundamentals of HVAC design	IV-V	1. or 2. year
AAE-E4005	Sustainable Building Energy Systems	V	1. or 2. year
CIV-E1030	Fundamentals of Structural Design	I	2. year
REC-E3310	Real Estate Management	II	2. year
CIV-E2040	Maintenance and Repair of Structures D	II	2. year
AAE-E4007	Building Energy Optimization	I-II	2. year
AAE-E3080	Thermal Energy Storage Systems D	IV-V	1. or 2. year

There are no suggested study paths for this major. Students may consult their academic advisor to plan their studies.

Additionally recommended courses, 30 credits of electives

We recommend choosing 5-10 ECTS from other study paths within Energy Conversion major as electives in order to choose a focus area within the energy field. We also propose the students to choose 5-10 ECTS other courses which further strengthen the expertise within the study path or to take the capstone “Advanced Energy Project” course for the master program where the learned topics are applied in an industrial project.

Recommended additional courses could involve topics in the fields of energy, optimization, statistical methods, programming, data analysis, machine learning and neural networks, numerical methods, finite element methods etc depending on the student’s background.

AAE-E3000

Advanced Energy Project D

I-II

2. year

There are no suggested study paths for this major. Students may consult their academic advisor to plan their studies.

Updated: 1.7.2026
Published: 24.5.2022

Student Guide

Master's Programme in Advanced Energy Solutions

Recommended timetable

Study paths

Industrial Energy Processes

Study path: Chemical processes and energy

Study path: Industrial energy processes

Study path: Energy automation and control

Energy in Buildings and Built Environment

Study path: HVAC, exceptionally demanding projects

Study path: Building Engineering Services, ordinary HVAC projects

Study path: Building Technology and Energy

Energy Conversion Processes / Energy Conversion and Computational Engineering

Additionally recommended courses, 30 credits of electives

Energy Systems and Markets

Energy Production, Economics and Sustainability