Sustainable Energy and Processes

Sustainable industries depend on a sustainable energy supply and sustainable extraction and processing of resources. Therefore, students of the English-taught Master’s degree programme in Sustainable Energy and Processes (MSc) at the TUM Straubing campus learn to develop and implement ecologically responsible and economically viable processes, structures, and products based on process engineering. The degree programme aims to provide in-depth expertise in mechanical, chemical, and thermal process engineering, bioprocess engineering, energy process engineering, and materials science. Students deal with questions of thermodynamics and energy, fluid mechanics and separation, solids and separation processes, chemical and biological processes, materials science, information technology and digitisation, as well as economics and ecology. They learn to combine the principles of renewable energies with the technologies and methods for efficient and environmentally friendly processing of resources and materials to develop, implement, and operate energy systems and processes based on sustainable sources and to optimise and modify existing processes that consume fewer resources and generate less waste in the most sustainable way possible. Examples include the provision of energy from biomass, plants for the capture of CO2, energy storage, bioprocess engineering in the pharmaceutical and food industries, plants for the production of fuels from alternative carbon sources, plants for the reduction of emissions, for the treatment of wastewater, and for the production of a wide range of raw materials. Graduates are experts in energy and process engineering with a focus on developing and implementing processes that meet both the economic and ecological requirements of resource-saving, profitable, and competitive industrial production. Therefore, they are excellently qualified for responsible positions in industrial companies in a wide range of sectors as well as for continuing their scientific work within the framework of a doctoral dissertation. For a comprehensive description of the programme, please refer to the degree programme documentation: Degree programme documentation for the Master’s programme in Sustainable Energy and Processes (PDF, German)