Master's Programme in Advanced Energy Solutions
Recommended timetable
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.
There are no suggested study paths for this major. Students may consult their academic advisor to plan their studies.
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, courses marked with* and listed below should be completed (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 |
| AAE-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 |
| CIV-E3040* | Indoor Environment Technology D | I | 2. year |
| AAE-E1040* | Measurement and Control of Energy Systems | I-II | 2. year |
Recommended elective courses
| 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 |
| AAE-E2010 | Turbulence Modeling and Applications in Computational Fluid Dynamics D | I-II | 2. year |
| AAE-E3004 | District Heating and Cooling D | III | 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 |
| AAE-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 |
| CIV-E3040* | Indoor Environment Technology D | I | 2. year |
| AAE-E4003* | Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems | IV | 1. year |
| AAE-E1040* | Measurement and Control of Energy Systems | I-II | 2. year |
| AAE-E4004* | Fundamentals of HVAC Design | IV-V | 1. year |
Recommended elective courses
| ELEC-E8701 | Lighting technology and applications | IV-V | 1. year |
| ELEC-E8700 | Principles and fundamentals of lighting | I-II | 2. 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 with 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 |
| AAE-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.
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.
There are no suggested study paths for this major. Students may consult their academic advisor to plan their studies.