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Ulysseus CitiesMD

Joint European Master Degree in Efficient and Sustainable Energy, Transport and Mobility to Build the Smart Cities of the Future

UlysseusCitiesMD combines specific and interdisciplinary training in the areas of Energy, Transport, Mobility and Smart Cities with complementary training offered at each partner university and training in high level digital skills, languages, critical thinking, creativity, innovation, leadership, and entrepreneurship as key transversal skills to provide solutions to global problems.

The application process for UlysseusCitiesMD is currently OPEN for the academic year 2025-2026. 

Please note that deadlines vary for EU visa and non EU applicants. Therefore, we encourage you to check all details available in the ‚Application‘ section.

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Key facts

Ulysseus CitiesMD at a glance

Programme structure & content

UlysseusCitiesMD is 2 years programme (4 semesters of 30 ETCS each) with 3 main parts:

  • The Core
  • The Flexible Semester
  • The Getting into the sector Semester

From a structural point of view, UlysseusCitiesMD offers flexible and modular pathways, with embedded mobility (physical, virtual or blended) and traineeships, which will be tailored to the students’ preferences for research, innovation or professional activity.

Starting date

  • The next edition of CitiesMD will start in October, 2025 for the academic year 2025-2026
  • The Fundamentals module (for those not meeting the technical requirements) is scheduled for September, 2025, ahead of the start of the programme.

ECTS

  • A total of 120 ECTS

  • +9 ECTS credits for those required to take Fundamentals

Duration

  • 2 years (4 semesters)

Degree awarded

This programme is coordinated by the University of Seville.

Upon completion of the study programme, graduates will receive a fully accredited Joint European Master Degree diploma in Efficient and Sustainable Energy, Transport and Mobility to Build the Smart Cities of the Future, and its joint diploma supplement, issued by:

  • The University of Seville (Spain)
  • Université Côte d’Azur (France)
  • MCI | The Entrepreneurial School ®  (Austria) with full legal value in all EU countries.

Other partner institutions (Technical University of Košice, the University of Genoa and Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences) will receive Ulysseus CitiesMD students on a mobility basis.

Participation fees

  • 3000€/year for Students from Erasmus+ Programme Countries
  • 7500 €/year for other countries students

Language

English

Employment Opportunities

A world of opportunities with CitiesMD

The new city concept and its smart management will need new professional profiles highly qualified in technical terms and with a strong transversal component, bridging with areas that are directly related to such technical capabilities but also other knowledge areas that enrich the professional and make them able to make more comprehensive decisions in relation to the smart cities of the future.

Through the „Career Guidance Programme”, UlysseusCitiesMD helps students to identify multiple career pathways, aligning learning outcomes to industry, business, academia and civil society stakeholder needs, and fostering of a broad industry- and research-ready skillset.

 

R&D Project Manager

You may embark on a career as a PM for interdisciplinary smart city projects

Product/Process/R&D Engineer

With CitiesMD you will gain enough expertise to work as a Product Engineer, Process Engineer or R&D Engineer specialized in a field related to smart cities such as:

  • Smart Grids and Power Electronics Devices
  • Energy Efficiency in Buildings
  • Optimal design and integration of Urban Distributed Renewable and Low Carbon Technologies
  • Optimization and Digitalization of Smart Cities
  • Mobility and Transport Issues in Smart Cities

Energy policy advisor

CitiesMD will enable to work as an advisor on energy policy and market regulations, standards and grid codes, with a social and urban perspective. With this role you may work in either public offices (state or NGO’s) or in the private sector.

 

Research & Innovation

You may continue your career by engaging in a PhD studies to deepen the expertise, which will lead them to become an expert in a field, either in the industry or embracing an academic career.