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New Educational Facilities for the Energy Transition

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Gruppenfoto auf dem Talent-Campus Düsseldorf vor einem modernen Seminar- und Veranstaltungsbereich. © EUREF AG
Pictured here on the EUREF-Talent-Campus Düsseldorf (from left): Yves Gensterblum, Managing Director of Akademie der Ruhr-Universität, Manfred Bayer, President of TU Dortmund University, Mona Neubaur, Deputy Premier of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Martin Paul, President of Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), Karin Teichmann, Member of the Board, EUREF AG, Edeltraud Vomberg, President of Hochschule Düsseldorf – University of Applied Sciences (HSD), and Martin Faulstich, TU Dortmund University, Academic Director of the new Master’s programs.
The EUREF-Talent-Campus Düsseldorf officially opened at the beginning of October, and on the occasion the University Alliance Ruhr, Hochschule Düsseldorf – University of Applied Sciences (HSD) and EUREF AG signed a cooperation agreement in the presence of Mona Neubaur, Deputy Premier of North Rhine-Westphalia. EUREF AG has constructed a building complex next to Düsseldorf’s long-distance train station, where business and science are developing solutions for the energy transition together and the partner universities are offering new degree programs.

International Master’s programs

Under the name “International Academy for German Engineering and Science” (IAGES), the University Alliance Ruhr – Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), TU Dortmund University and the University of Duisburg-Essen – and Hochschule Düsseldorf – University of Applied Sciences (HSD) will also offer new degree programs there in the future, with the aim of securing skilled professionals in the following areas: energy system conversion, sustainability and digitalization. These programs are currently being developed by the Akademie der Ruhr-Universität in Bochum in close consultation with the partner universities. The aim is to interlink a practice-oriented academic education with the requirements of modern energy and industrial companies.

To this end, the Akademie der Ruhr-Universität has also signed a lease for new premises on the EUREF-Campus in Düsseldorf, where a unique educational concept is evolving: International Master’s programs with a strong practical focus offer the young professionals of tomorrow further training in a real-world laboratory geared to the energy transition. “By moving onto the EUREF-Campus, we are creating a new center for innovative, sustainable and practice-oriented further education in the middle of North Rhine-Westphalia,” said Dr. Yves Gensterblum, Managing Director of the Academy. “We are bringing science, business and politics together here to train the skilled workers who will actively shape the energy transition.”

Space for innovation

The new facilities cover around 900 m2, with state-of-the-art seminar and media equipment. In the future, they will be used for study purposes, in-service certificate courses and practice-oriented transfer activities. The third area includes the new “Masterclass in Lunch & Learn Format”, which will take place on campus every Tuesday at 12 pm from 25 November onward. This format brings together students, teaching staff and company representatives for an open discussion of current topics related to the energy transition and sustainability transformations.

The first students are already benefiting this winter semester from company scholarships provided by the EUREF partners Schneider Electric and SPIE. The first two English-taught Master’s programs, “Management of Smart and Sustainable Energy Systems” and “Sustainable Energy and Hydrogen Infrastructures”, have already been accredited for the 2025/2026 winter semester. The plan is for two further programs to follow next year.

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