UlysseusCitiesMD

Study Programme & Structure

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CitiesMD Study Programme Courses per university

Year 1:

THE CORE

“The Core” comprises three main blocks :

The Foundations on Smart Grids block
The Smart block
The Green block

Smart Grids block

Corresponding to the module Smart Grid and Renewable Energy Production and Integration.

27 ECTS, semester 1, compulsory

This module will be offered by USE along the first semester in a hybrid format (on-site, online). Classes will be held in ETSI Sevilla (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería), Camino de los Descubrimientos, 41092 Seville

Taught by experts in the fields mainly from University of Seville (Spain) and Technical University of Košice (Slovakia), with the participation of teachers/trainers from Université Côte d’Azur (France) and MCI | The Entrepreneurial School ® (Austria), as well as associated partners and external experts.

Content: It covers the most relevant aspects of electrical systems supporting cities.

Modern Electrical Distribution Networks
Energy Conversion Systems in Smart Cities
Analysis of Active Distribution Networks
Analysis of Power Conversions Systems
Real-Time monitoring of Smart Grids
Optimal Operation of Smart Grids

The Smart block

smart transport

Once the basic structure of the city is set, the “smart” aspect needs to be developed.

Taught by experts in the fields mainly from University of Seville (Spain) and Technical University of Košice (Slovakia), with the participation of teachers/trainers from Université Côte d’Azur, as well as associated partners and external experts.

3 modules, offered by University of Seville (Spain) and Technical University of Košice (Slovakia) in a hybrid format (on-site, online):

1. A common Optimization and Digitalization of Smart Cities (15 ECTS, semester 2, compulsory).

IT infrastructure for Smartcities
Facility Automation Systems
Artificial Intelligence for Smart Cities
Digital Twins

2. Mobility and Transport in Smart Cities (12 ECTS, semester 2, elective, specialization elective track)

Traffic Management and Transport Planning in Smart Cities
City Logistics: Transport and Mobility
New Autonomous Air and Ground Mobility Concepts

3. Energy efficiency and Smart Buildings (12 ECTS, semester 2, elective, specialization elective track)

Passive Buildings and Physics
Active Systems and Energy Conservation Measures (ECM) in Buildings
Renewable Energy Systems (RES) in Buildings

The Green block

zero emissions written and a green bike referring to green mobility

This compulsory module has 9 ECTS, it is taught during semesters 1, 2 & 3 and it has a hybrid format that combines onsite and online learning.

Taught by experts in the fields, both from the six Ulysseus partner universities, the public or private sector, and external experts.

Content: Environmental awareness, Decarbonization, Energy Policy and regulation

Sustainable Development Goals
Environmental awareness
Decarbonization of Industry
Energy Policy in Europe vs rest of the world
Regulation, Standards and Grid codes
Electric Market regulations
Hydrogen technologies
Materials in Green Technologies

Fundamentals (complementary training)

Ulysseus CitiesMD is anchored in the engineering area, with an important technical knowledge required for access. Therefore, to allow the participation of students with convergent backgrounds, a 0 step is established, offering a “Fundamentals” module for admitted students that need complementary training before starting the programme, with the objective of levelling up their profile to the entrance requirements. This module is taught two months ahead of the start of the academic programme.

This module has three courses of 3 ECTS each:

Fundamentals of Electric Power Networks
Fundamentals of Power Electronics
Fundamentals of Thermal Engineering

Year 2:

THE FLEXIBLE SEMESTER & THE GETTING INTO THE SECTOR SEMESTER

The FLEXIBLE semester:

– The Specialization
– The Transversal skills

The GETTING INTO THE SECTOR semester:

– The Traineeships
– The Master thesis

The Flexible Semester

During the third semester, universities offer elective courses to students to go into a specialization or to develop transversal skills, from which students can select a personalized track.

1. The Specialization (27 ECTS, semester 3, elective) is oriented towards a further specialization in smart cities by means of elective courses. The module is offered by all university partners in a hybrid format (on-site, online), with the participation of associated partners and external experts.

Numerical cartography and GIS
Sustainable planning
Construction techniques, damage and deterioration of buildings
Techniques for building rehabilitation
Life cycle assessment and ecodesign

2. The Transversal skills (27 ECTS, semester 3, elective), containing a set of transversal training courses and activities dealing with Innovation, high level digital skills, communication skills, cultural courses, and languages, among others. A 6 ECTS course on entrepreneurship is offered in this semester. Every Ulysseus Innovation Hub has a joint incubator that will support this entrepreneurship training.

Protecting My Ideas – Identifying, protecting and managing intellectual property as a business asset
Real Life Simulation – Methods
Real Life Simulation – Practice
Entrepreneurship
Innovation & Start Up
Learning Culture in Organisations
Evolving organisations
Responsible Business and Sharing Economy
Conscious Leader
Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
Futures Research Goals

The Getting into the Sector Semester

The fourth semester is focused on the labour market/research by means of two modules:

1. The Traineeships module (15 ECTS, semester 4, compulsory). Two main traineeships options are available:

In a specialized company or a public administration. In close relationship to the IH on Energy, Transport, Mobility and Smart Cities hosted by the University of Seville (Spain).
In a research group of one Department of the six university partners, or a Research Center.

2. The Master thesis module (15 ECTS, semester 4, compulsory). The master thesis aims at providing answers to a realistic challenge project from an innovative and interdisciplinary point of view. It can be business (i.e., in apublic or private institution)- or research (i.e., a research department or research center)-oriented and combined with the traineeship period.