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Department of Engineering
Dean:	Dr. Ármann Gylfason
Email:	ru@ru.is
Website:	http://www.ru.is/tvd
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MSc in Sustainable Energy Science - Iceland School of Energy
Semesters:	4
Years:	2
ETCS:	120
About major	MSc í orkuvísindum er nám hannað fyrir nemendur með ólíkan bakgrunn, t.d. viðskiptafræði, raunvísindi eða félagsvísindi sem hafa áhuga á að skilja samspil tækni, hagfræði og stefnumótunar á sviði endurnýjanlegrar orku.
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Vorönn/Spring 2024

Energy Study Trip

ISE-04

ECTS 3

Environmental Law

L-808-UMHR

ECTS 7,5

Power Plant Design

SE-815-PPE

ECTS 6

Geothermal Science I

SE-829-GS1

ECTS 5

Geothermal Science II

SE-829-GS2

ECTS 5

Energy Financial Assessment

SE-833-FA2

ECTS 6

Economics of Energy Markets

SE-834-EM2

ECTS 6

Hydro Power Management

SE-834-HPM

ECTS 6

Project Management and Strategic Planning

T-803-VERK

ECTS 8

Creating a Complete Business Plan for a Technical Idea - Entrepreneurship and the Innovation Process

T-814-INNO

ECTS 8

Finite Element Analysis in Engineering

T-844-FEMM

ECTS 8

Wind Power

T-863-WIND

ECTS 8

Power System Operation

T-867-POSY

ECTS 8

Stability and Control in Electric Power Systems

T-867-STAB

ECTS 8

MSc Thesis

T-900-MEIS

ECTS 30

MSc thesis II

T-901-MEI2

ECTS 30

Year

1. year

Semester

Spring 2024

Level of course

6. Second cycle, advanced

Type of course

Elective

Prerequisites

No prerequisites.

Schedule

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Lecturer

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Content

In order to graduate with an MSc from the School of Science and Engineering all students must complete a project that results in a formal thesis and a public defence of the thesis. The thesis can be submitted either in English or Icelandic and should sufficiently present a body of work commensurate with the number of credits of the particular MSc project.

While the thesis itself has to comply with the layout instructions in regard to the front, back and title pages, it can consist mainly of published or submitted research papers. In this case, a detailed summary of a length to be determined by the student’s supervisor shall be provided as an introduction to the published material, explaining the context and coherence of the work.

The official completion of the MSc thesis is signified by the student submitting the final version of the thesis, signed by himself/herself, the supervisor(s) and the examiner to the RU library as well as an electronic version (PDF) for the programme manager for publication on the RU-SSE web site.

If a student plans to graduate in a particular graduation ceremony, the following deadlines have to be respected. Should any of the deadlines below not be respected the student will have to wait for the following graduation ceremony before he/she can graduate. Students are responsible for adhering to these deadlines and are advised to deliver their work in good time.

The deadline schedule for the purpose of graduation is as follows (where t is the graduation date):
• Thesis delivered to supervisor t-32*
• Supervisor comments delivered to student t-22**
• Thesis delivered to supervisor and examiner t-13*
• Defence t-7**
• Signed final version of thesis delivered to RU library t-5**
• Grade posted to the Registrar by supervisor t-4*
• Graduation t**

* Can be modified by mutual agreement of the supervisor, student and examiner.
** Firm deadlines.

Learning outcome - Objectives

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Course assessment

The supervisor(s) shall evaluate the thesis together with an examiner appointed by the Director of Graduate Studies. They shall also submit the candidate to an oral examination on the thesis in public. A grade shall be awarded for the thesis. The minimum grade for achieving a pass is 6.0 Equal weight shall be placed on four criteria

• Significance and originality
• Scientific and technological challenge and results
• Methodological quality
• Presentation

The examiners shall take into account the number of ECTS for the Master’s project. Thus, significantly more demands in terms of originality, quantity and scientific quality of the work are placed on the student for a 60 ECTS project than a 30 ECTS project. For a 90 ECTS project, the quality criterion shall acknowledge that, in the opinion of the examiners, the work can be published internationally in a peer-reviewed venue, give rise to patentable innovation, have resulted in a viable prospect for a commercial venture or other results of similar significance.

Reading material

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Teaching and learning activities

No activities found.

Language of instruction

English

Exchange Studies

X-699-EXCH

ECTS 30

Sumar/Summer 2024

Energy Field School

SE-801-ES1