Kick-off of EU-CORE - our new Erasmus Mundus Joint Master

Following on from Centrale Nantes' selection in July to coordinate the European Master on COntrol of Renewable Energy Systems (EU-CORE) - a very selective Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree, set to welcome its first intake of students in September 2025 - the consortium partners met for the formal kick-off.

The kick-off meeting took place in Centrale Nantes on 30 September - 1 October 2024. It was an opportunity for partners to sharpen the work programme's profile in accordance with the strategic plan, and to strengthen partnerships.

On the agenda: review of the programme’s curriculum and of the organisation and project management.

The 3 partners of the consortium:
 

• Centrale Nantes
• University of Zabgreb (UNIZG), Croatia
• Brandenburgische Universitat of Technologische, Cottbus-Senftenburg (BTU), Germany

7 of the 17 associated partners were also in attendance online from:
 

• India (IIT Kharagpur),
• Nigeria (Covenant University)
• France (Innosea & TotalEnergies)
• Japan (Tohoku University)
• Croatia (Koncar & Koer)

Associated partners have a key role in the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master, and participate actively in worldwide visibility of the progamme. Some of them will participate in the committees, they will also host students for their Masters' thesis, and their experts will deliver lectures or seminars in the EU-CORE programme.

Upcoming dates: selection meeting for the first intake (March 2025), management meeting of the consortium (August 2025), the 1st Winter school (February 2026), and the 1st Summer school (July 2026).

About EU-CORE

The objective of the two-year EUropean master on COntrol of Renewable Energy systems programme is to train top-level engineers from across the world on the design of advanced control technologies for renewable energy systems. At the same time, EU-CORE aims to contribute to the emergence of a new generation of graduates who are needed to achieve Europe's environmental and energy ambitions under the Green Deal.
 

• Contact: eucore06dd4551-fe8d-48d2-964d-0ed1a6c269c7@ec-nantes.fr