BSc Energy and Environmental Technology

Help to shape future energy and resource efficiency technologies.

Key data

Degree: Bachelor of Science FHNW in Energy and Environmental Technology
ECTS points: 180
Teaching language: German
Place: Brugg-Windisch
Semester fee: Swiss residency: 700 CHF / EU/EFTA residency: 1000 CHF

We recommend early registration until May 31 so that we can guarantee your place in the programme.

Renewable energies, climate protection measures, recycling, cleantech or circular economy are challenging concepts of our time. With a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Energy and Environmental Engineering you have an optimal starting position for an exciting engineering job in these areas.

From the very first semester, you will acquire the necessary knowledge and skills required in order to build a successful professional career in the various branches of the energy and environmental technology sector.

Thinking in an interconnected way and preserving resources

As part of my degree, I learned to think holistically and in an interconnected way in order to preserve resources and promote renewable energies. This helps me in business as well as in my private life.

Selina Davatz, Bachelor of Science FHNW in Energy and Environmental Technology, Energy Consultant / Project Manager at elektroplan Buchs & Grossen AG

Degree

Energy engineering and the efficient use of resources are the core subjects covered by the degree. Both involve interdisciplinary issues that are also dealt with in conventional engineering study programmes. As part of this degree, the major subject groups dealing with energy and environmental technology are combined to create a distinct and new programme of study focussed on the core topics.

The degree is many-sided and structured to cover a wide range of subjects. From the very first semester, in addition to the required mathematical and scientific basics, you will deal with a number of topics, including:

Electrical and thermal engineering, conventional and renewable energies
Methods for carrying out ecological system analyses
Cleaner industrial processes, integrated environmental protection
Sustainability in business
Energy efficiency in buildings
Project management
Languages and communication

The degree encompasses the following educational domains: projects, specialist training and context modules:

Projects

Each semester you will work on a project assignment, giving you the opportunity to apply what you have learnt directly to real-life problems. In contact with external clients, you will also be able to develop your communication skills.

Specialist training

As part of your specialist training, you will acquire the specialist and methodological skills required to tackle future professional challenges. The first two years of study will focus on basic technical principles. In the third year, you will choose one of three advanced courses in accordance with your interests. In addition, you will choose other subjects from the catalogue of specialist supplementary modules.

Context

Context modules are taken throughout the degree course and include language training and courses from the humanities and social sciences.

You will finish your degree with a Bachelor of Science FHNW in Energy and Environmental Technology and a specialisation in energy systems, energy in buildings or the environment and management.

The degree is divided into modules, each of which lasts a semester. At the end of the semester, you can decide which and how many modules you would like to take in the subsequent semester. This will give you the flexibility to shape and organize your degree content-wise and time-wise .

A detailed description of the modules that can be taken as part of the Energy and Environmental Technology degree programme can be found in the module table (German).

Specialisations

In your last year of study, you give your degree a profile by acquiring specialist knowledge in one of the three branches of the Energy and Environmental Technology degree programme. The classes for the three majors take place at three different Schools of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, whereby students are supervised by a lecturer at the respective location when completing project work and their bachelor thesis.

Student projects

Project work with external clients whereby you can apply and implement what you have learned on an ongoing basis plays a key role in the degree. Throughout the process, you are supported by lecturers with practical experience and employees from the research institutes of the three schools involved.