Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion University of the Basque Country

Overview

The Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion degree at University of the Basque Country covers interdisciplinary fundamental and applied fields of Materials Science, Electrochemistry, Chemistry, Fuel Cells, Battery and Photovoltaic technologies. During two years, i-MESC will give the opportunity to the students to acquire a significant number of competences that result from the three major categories, as follows:

• Scientific knowledge: thorough knowledge of the chemistry fundamentals; Li-Sulfur, Aqueous, Metal Air, Supercapacitors, Organic Batteries, Solid State Batteries, Metal-ion batteries, Metal anodes, Advanced Electrochemical Techniques, Battery Monitoring, safety, etc

• Know-How (Applications / on-the job ability): computational and modeling, advanced spectroscopies, battery engineering, IoT, bibliography search, analysis and reporting of R&D results, project development and implementation.

• Social and transferable skills: English, oral and written communication, interculturality, adaptability, self-esteem, autonomy, capable of taking initiatives, creativity, team spirit, critical mind, etc

Career opportunities

• R&D&i departments of leading companies in the development of energy storage and conversion technologies.

• Responsible positions in the battery, electrolyser and supercapacitor manufacturing industries.

• Major European companies such as Bosch, Umicore, Renault, Total, Saft and Solvay are working in this field and are participating in this Master's degree.

• Doctoral studies at leading universities and technology centres in the area.