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Master's Degree Programme in Sustainable Energy: Part-time studies

Code: YTK2025KS

Degree:
Master of Engineering

Degree title:
Master of Engineering

Credits:
60 ects

Duration:
2 years (60 cr)

Start semester:
Spring 2025

Teaching language:
Finnish

Show study timings by semester, study year or period

Code Name Credits (cr) 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 Spring 2025 Autumn 2025 Spring 2026 Autumn 2026 2. / 2025 3. / 2025 1. / 2025 2. / 2026 3. / 2026 1. / 2026
YTK2025KS-1001
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

(Choose 5)

5
YZ00CK87 Research-based Development 5 5 5 5
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
YZ00CB88 Quantitative Research 5
YZ00CB90 Qualitative Research 5
YTK2025KS-1002
ENERGY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

(Choose all )

20
YZ00CL56 Development as a leader 5 2 3 2 3 2 3
YT00BT19 Future energy systems 5 5 5 5
YTNK0200 Environment, safety and resource efficiency 5 5 5 5
YZZP0110 Expertise in Project Planning 5 5 5 5
YTK2025KS-1003
MASTER'S THESIS

(Choose all )

30
YZ00BL94 Master's Thesis, Planning 7 7 2 5 2 5
YZ00BL98 Master's Thesis, Research Writing 3 3 3 3
YZ00BL95 Master's Thesis, Implementation 10 5 5 5 5 5 5
YZ00BL96 Master's Thesis, Reporting 10 2 8 2 8 2 8
YZ00BB05 Maturity Test, Master's Degree 0
YTK2025KS-1004
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose ects: 5)

5
YJ00CL54 Management of Industrial Service Business and Product Development 5
YZ00CL58 Financial management 5
YZZP0120 Project Management and Agile Methods 5
YZ00CL57 Strategic management 5
YZ00CL59 Human Resource Management 5
YLHX1570 Purchasing Management 5
YHTYRI
Shared Entrepreneurship Studies (For Bachelor's and Master's Student)

(Choose 23)

0 - 23
ZZ00BC02 Idea to Business 5
ZZ00BC03 Business Coaching 8
ZYVZ0200 The Dreams+Inspiration! 3
ZZ00CQ16 Narratives of entrepreneurship 2
ZZ00CQ17 Valmiina yrittämään 3
ZZ00CQ18 JA Company Program 1 - 5
ZZ00CQ62 Yritystoimintaa kehittävät opinnot 1 - 5
YZZA1300
Learning And Competence Development (For Master's Student) 2023-2025

(Choose 17)

0 - 17
YZZA1300-1001
Studies in Educational Sciences

(Choose 12)

0 - 12
AJ00BN75 Understanding Learning 6
AJ00BN76 The Future of Education 6
YZZA1300-1002
Developing Pedagogical Skills and Competences

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
AE00BO56 Theoretical Foundations of Special Needs Education 5
AJ00BN77 Developing Competency in Guidance 5
AJ00BN78 Equality and Equity in Teaching and Guidance 5
AJ00BP45 Versatile Online Learning Assignments 5
AJ00BP46 Video as a Pedagogical Tool 5
AJ00BY42 Accessibility in Teaching and Guidance 5
YTK2025KS-1006
CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
YTK2025KS-1005
EUDRES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
Total 60 12 30 13 12 15 15 13 12 0 15 15 0 13

Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.

Master’s degree: The shared competences 2023-2025

Ethics

The graduating student assesses and promotes the realisation of ethical principles and values of their field of profession, taking equality and non-discrimination into account.
- Is able to promote ethically sustainable activities and the realisation of ethical reflection in their different operating environments.
- Promotes the realisation of the ethical principles and values of their field.
- Makes decisions taking individual, communal and societal perspectives into account.
- Promotes the realisation of diversity and accessibility.
- Implements the principles of responsible conduct of research and promotes their application in their work community.
- Is able to manage societally influential activities based on ethical values.

Research-based Development
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Development as a leader
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Proactive development

The graduating student is able to manage the development of new solutions that anticipate the future and produces new information using different research and development methods.
− Produces new information and reforms operating methods, combining competence in different fields.
- Is able to implement research, development and innovation projects and apply different research and development methods.
- Is able to develop new customer-oriented, sustainable and economically viable solutions, anticipating the future.
- Is able to analyse the current situation and anticipate the future of their field and changes in the operating environment.

Research-based Development
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Environment, safety and resource efficiency
Expertise in Project Planning
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Internationality and multiculturalism

The graduating student is able to develop and manage multicultural and international operating environments and networks.
- Is able to develop operating methods that take multiculturalism into account in their work community.
- Is able to anticipate the impacts and opportunities of global development and phenomena.
- Is able to interact, communicate and develop activities internationally in their own field.

Future energy systems
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Master's Thesis, Reporting
Sustainable development

The graduating student develops and manages sustainable and responsible operating methods in their work and promotes sustainable change in their work community and society.
- Is able to apply the knowledge and future visions of sustainable development comprehensively as a basis for sustainable solutions.
- Is able to analyse and assess systemic dependencies of complex multidisciplinary problems and the different dimensions of solutions.
- Is able to manage the search, implementation and establishment of sustainable solutions and operating models in their work communit.

Future energy systems
Environment, safety and resource efficiency
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Reporting
Learning to learn

The graduating student promotes their own and their community's continuous learning and competence development, drawing on knowledge from different fields and the opportunities of digitalisation.
- Is able to assess and develop their expertise diversely and in a goal-oriented manner at different stages of their career and life.
- Is able to acquire, critically assess and produce information while taking into account the perspectives of different fields.
- Is able to develop and manage goal-oriented, continuous learning in their community.

Research-based Development
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Development as a leader
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Operating in a workplace

The graduating student is able to develop and manage their work community and reforms working life.
- Is able to develop and manage multidisciplinary teams and work communities.
- Is able to develop the communication and interaction culture of work communities.
- Is able to develop and manage the comprehensive well-being of a work community.
- Utilises the opportunities of technology and digitalisation in development and management.
- Promotes the resilience of a work community.

Research-based Development
Development as a leader
Expertise in Project Planning
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Not grouped
Management of Industrial Service Business and Product Development
Financial management
Project Management and Agile Methods
Strategic management
Human Resource Management
Purchasing Management

Master's degree: Sustainable Energy 2025-2027

Technological competence in the energy sector

- You understand national and international background mechanisms and future objectives that steer the energy sector and sustainable activities.
- You master the national energy system as an operating environment and the principles of the energy business.
- You are familiar with international developments in the energy sector and the business opportunities offered by new technologies.

Future energy systems
Environment, safety and resource efficiency
Personnel management competence

- You can manage and develop the skills and competence of employees.
- You can act as supervisors in the work community.

Development as a leader
Competence in development and project work

- You understand product and service innovations and development trends related to the energy sector and are able to utilise the opportunities offered by them.
- You can recognise and utilise aspects related to quality, safety and resource efficiency in process development in the energy sector.
- You can plan and implement a project related to the development of energy business, and report on the project.

Research-based Development
Future energy systems
Environment, safety and resource efficiency
Expertise in Project Planning
Not grouped
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Master's Thesis, Reporting
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Management of Industrial Service Business and Product Development
Financial management
Project Management and Agile Methods
Strategic management
Human Resource Management
Purchasing Management

Code Name Credits (cr)
YTK2025KS-1001
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

(Choose 5)

5
YZ00CK87 Research-based Development 5
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
YZ00CB88 Quantitative Research 5
YZ00CB90 Qualitative Research 5
YTK2025KS-1002
ENERGY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

(Choose all)

20
YZ00CL56 Development as a leader 5
YT00BT19 Future energy systems 5
YTNK0200 Environment, safety and resource efficiency 5
YZZP0110 Expertise in Project Planning 5
YTK2025KS-1003
MASTER'S THESIS

(Choose all)

30
YZ00BL94 Master's Thesis, Planning 7
YZ00BL98 Master's Thesis, Research Writing 3
YZ00BL95 Master's Thesis, Implementation 10
YZ00BL96 Master's Thesis, Reporting 10
YZ00BB05 Maturity Test, Master's Degree 0
YTK2025KS-1004
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose ects: 5)

5
YJ00CL54 Management of Industrial Service Business and Product Development 5
YZ00CL58 Financial management 5
YZZP0120 Project Management and Agile Methods 5
YZ00CL57 Strategic management 5
YZ00CL59 Human Resource Management 5
YLHX1570 Purchasing Management 5
YHTYRI
Shared Entrepreneurship Studies (For Bachelor's and Master's Student)
0 - 23
ZZ00BC02 Idea to Business 5
ZZ00BC03 Business Coaching 8
ZYVZ0200 The Dreams+Inspiration! 3
ZZ00CQ16 Narratives of entrepreneurship 2
ZZ00CQ17 Valmiina yrittämään 3
ZZ00CQ18 JA Company Program 1 - 5
ZZ00CQ62 Yritystoimintaa kehittävät opinnot 1 - 5
YZZA1300
Learning And Competence Development (For Master's Student) 2023-2025
0 - 17
YZZA1300-1001
Studies in Educational Sciences

(Choose 12)

0 - 12
AJ00BN75 Understanding Learning 6
AJ00BN76 The Future of Education 6
YZZA1300-1002
Developing Pedagogical Skills and Competences

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
AE00BO56 Theoretical Foundations of Special Needs Education 5
AJ00BN77 Developing Competency in Guidance 5
AJ00BN78 Equality and Equity in Teaching and Guidance 5
AJ00BP45 Versatile Online Learning Assignments 5
AJ00BP46 Video as a Pedagogical Tool 5
AJ00BY42 Accessibility in Teaching and Guidance 5
YTK2025KS-1006
CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
YTK2025KS-1005
EUDRES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5