The enforcement of the European Directives on the Liberalization of the Electricity and Natural Gas Markets, on the promotion of green, environmentally friendly technologies to convert sustainable energy resources, as well as on the energy efficiency of buildings and systems provides, for the first time, a set of integrated regulatory tools, towards a holistic approach of energy use, considering energy, environmental and economic parameters of energy policies and their implementation. Also Cyprus is anticipated in the following years to become an energy hub in the southern Europe and the MENA region, through the exploitation of its off-shore conventional energy resources. The master’s degree in Energy Engineering is a taught multi-disciplinary international programme suitable for applicants from engineering, architecture, planning and other relevant backgrounds. It is intended to investigate the latest design developments not only in the international scientific field, but also in the European and national regulatory and legal framework. Students will be acquainted with the required knowhow for monitoring and evaluating the energy efficiency of building systems, buildings, renewable and conventional energy systems including Oil & Gas, and of indoor environmental quality conditions, in accordance to legal and best-practice requirements, so as to be able to focus on the field of energy engineering. The programme consists of two specializations:
(1) Sustainable Energy Resources
(2) Sustainable Built Environment

The main objectives of the programme are:
a) tο help students develop detailed knowledge and critical understanding of the core skills in rational use of energy resources, conventional (oil & gas) and renewable, in the power generation and in the building sector
b) to prepare the students in the fields of energy production, rationale energy management,
c) to educate students in the energy design of buildings and in achieving high energy efficiency of new and existing buildings;
d) to support students to obtain an in-depth comprehension of the economics of energy, including the security of supply aspects, environmental costs and other externalities;
e) to assist students to develop detailed knowledge on the environmental assessment of performance of buildings and power production sites;
f) to provide to the students the expertise demanded by the necessity to implement the range of European Directives and national legislative acts in the energy and building sector and in the efficient use of conventional and renewable energy resources;
g) to educate students in the use of advanced computational tools in the field of sustainable energy, such as Building Energy Performance Tools (BEPs), Building Information Modelling Tools (BIM) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
h) to assist students to critically review existing practice and develop original and creative solutions to problems within the energy sector and the domain addressed by the programme, incorporating the marketing approach in order to capitalize on the solutions developed;
i) to provide to the students the conditions to communicate and work effectively with peers and academic staff in a variety of tasks, demonstrating appropriate levels of autonomy and responsibility.