About us

The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is at the academic and multidisciplinary forefront of the technical and the natural sciences with new initiatives in several demanding engineering disciplines, including sustainable energy technology and life science. 11.200 students are educating themselves for the future, and 6,000 employees focus each day on education, research, consulting, and innovation, which contribute in creating value, welfare, and growth. In 2014, DTU was granted an institutional accreditation by the Danish Accreditation Institution (member of ENQA). The institutional accreditation ensures that the quality assurance system of the institution is well-described, well-argued, and well-functioning in practice.

DTU’s Department of Wind and Energy Systems (DTU Wind) offers a newly designed B.Sc. in Sustainable Energy Design and four dedicated study programmes in collaboration with other DTU departments and external partners: the M.Sc. in Wind Energy (120 ECTS), the European Wind Energy Master (120 ECTS) the wind energy specialisation in the M.Sc. of Sustainable Energy programme (120 ECTS), and the online Master of Wind Energy programme for professionals (60 ECTS). DTU’s Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (DTU Compute) is Denmark’s largest environment for mathematics and computer science embracing both the deep theory and the practical applications. DTU Compute offers three B.Sc. programmes, three B.Eng. programmes, and three M.Sc. programmes and contributes to many other programmes at DTU.

Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands (TU Delft) is a modern university with a rich tradition. Its eight faculties and over 30 English-language Master programmes are at the forefront of technological development, contributing to scientific advancement in the interests of society. 

Ranked among the top universities of technology in Europe TU Delft’s excellent research and education standards are backed by outstanding facilities, research institutes and research schools. TU Delft maintains close links with (inter)national industry, a strategic alliance contributing to the relevance of its academic programmes and career prospects for its graduates. Society is our continuous incentive for research. We carry out research to find solutions for society’s present and future demands. 

Fundamental research is part of this, because we aim to find solutions for tomorrow’s problems. Health, energy, environment and infrastructures & mobility are today’s major social issues. That’s why TU Delft pays extra attention to developing solutions in these four domains.

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is the largest university in Norway. The main profile is in science and technology. However, it is very broad from an academic point of view and covers humanities, social sciences, medicine, health sciences, science of education, architecture, fine arts, and performing arts. The main campus is in Trondheim but has additional campuses in Gjøvik and Ålesund. NTNU has 8 faculties, 55 departments as well as the NTNU University Museum. In 2020, it had 7761 FTEs, more than 44,000 students, 7889 completed bachelor’s and master’s degrees and 415 doctoral degrees. NTNU has the main responsibility for higher education in technology in Norway, and is largest in engineering, teacher education, and architecture. It has 339 programmes of study (2021), as well as continuing and further education. NTNU aims to be a national hub in programmes of professional study.

The NTNU Department of Electric Power Engineering is the host of the EWEM programme at NTNU. The department is currently focusing on opportunities digitalization gives the operation of the electric power system. The department is in the process of bringing ICT into all the study programmes. A major step has been the development of a new B.Sc. programme called Electrification and Digitalization. The programme had its first intake in 2021 and currently is planning a new 2-year M.Sc. programme starting in 2024 with the same focus to be able to offer a complete 5-year education on the M.Sc. level within Electrification and Digitalization.
The Department of Marine Technology (IMT) is a world leader in education, research, and innovation for engineering systems in the marine environment. We specialise in methods and techniques which facilitate the assessment, development, and sustainable operation of Norway’s biggest export industries. Among them are ship technology with corresponding equipment industry, fisheries technology and aquaculture technology, and marine oil and gas extraction. It also includes newer developments in offshore renewable energy (wind, wave, and current), coastal infrastructure such as floating bridges, and marine robotics for mapping and monitoring the ocean environment, including polar regions.

We offer 5-year integrated MSc and 2-year MSc program (in English) including offshore track part of EWEM, MSC in Marine Robotics and Maritime Engineering. Students obtain a specialization in one of the following disciplines after graduation: Marine Machinery, Marine Cybernetics, Marine Hydrodynamics, Marine Structures, Safety and Asset Management, and Marine Systems Design.

The Technological University Shannon (TUS), is a recent merger (2021) of two well-established Institutes of Technology (Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) and Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT). Both institutes have long histories of engagement with industry and society in the provision of skills and competences needed in their regions and have strong track records as research performing organisations in creating value, new knowledge, and business innovation. 

TUS now encompasses over 15,000 full-time students on an extensive programme of apprenticeships, certificates, degrees, masters, and PhDs. In addition, TUS provides industry-based, online and hybrid LLL to over 2,000 students across Ireland. In engineering, TUS has deep engagement with industry and hosts several significant regional initiatives, such as, the Regional Skills Forum Manager, the FactoryxChange EDIH, the IDEAM Industry cluster, the Precision Turned Part Manufacturing Association (PTMA) Cluster, the industrial skills academy, the electrical contractor’s industry consortium, the SPARKS lab, the Digital Factory Technology Gateway and six Industry incubation and start-up Acceleration Centres. As a lead member of a European University (RUN-EU), TUS is driving collaboration across its network of partners on research, joint degrees, and student and staff mobility. TUS is the lead coordinator of a linked H2020 project called RUN-EU Plus (2021-2023) focussed on the development and delivery of industry-based research degrees, specifically in the priority areas of digitalisation, sustainability, and social innovation. 

The IDEAM Research Institute at TUS is focused on the research and development of data-driven solutions for industry and is currently collaborating on 24 industry-based research projects and is directly supported by a strong regional eco-system of 65 actively engaged companies.

Gdansk University of Technology (PG) is one of the best research universities in Poland with 8 faculties, 37 fields of study, 12 disciplines, 1300 teachers and over 15k students from 70 countries. It has the right to use the prestigious logo HR Excellence in Research. PG is the second-best research university in Poland within the ‘Excellence Initiative – Research University’ – programme of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. It is strongly involved in the development of infrastructure, tools, and services for Open Science. The university is located by the Baltic Sea and is closely involved with the offshore wind farms already under development. The Offshore Wind Energy Center at PG centralizes the educational, research and innovation activities across Faculties and departments through interdisciplinary, inter sectoral and international projects.

The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology consists of four institutes, including the Institute of Energy and Institute of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology. The department provides education in 11 fields of study related to mechanical engineering. This includes selected courses in English including Power Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Ocean Engineering, and the international joint degree program Engineering and Management of Space Systems. The faculty focuses on practice, development and passion – it conducts research at a high international level, as exemplified by numerous research, educational and development projects. Students and researchers have dozens of modern laboratories at their disposal. One of the pillars of the faculty is the cooperation between science and business and the establishment of new educational directions. The department has a business council that actively supports the authorities in decision-making.

Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics is one of the largest at Gdańsk University of Technology. It consists of 16 departments and with over 3500 students enrolled at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral level studies. The staff quality and quantity fulfil requirements for the faculty to grant doctoral degrees in five disciplines: electronics, telecommunications, informatics, control engineering & robotics and biocybernetics & biomedical engineering, as well as habilitation degrees in three disciplines: electronics, telecommunications and informatics. The faculty’s research activity is broad and diverse, and covers practically all modern ICT technologies, including: computer science and computer engineering, wireless and mobile technologies, audio- and hydroacoustics, microwave theory and technology; theory and technology of control engineering and robotics; computer-controlled electronic systems; optoelectronics; theory and technology of telecommunication systems; medical electronics and many others.

The Center for Computing in Science Education (CCSE) is a national Center for Excellence in Education (2016-2026, 1.5MEUR annual budget) at the University of Oslo, Norway. The University of Oslo is Norway’s oldest and second largest university. The University of Oslo is leading in research and innovation in Norway and ranked as the top three universities in Scandinavia and no. 59 internationally on the Shanghai ranking in 2019. The Center is part of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences which hosts 800 PhD students, 1100 scientific personnel, and 450 technical and administrative personnel. CCSE is an internationally leading hub for the integration of programming and computing into education programs from schools through higher education. CCSE has successfully integrated programming into all science bachelor programs at CCSE and has developed a new cross-disciplinary master program in computational science, spanning all disciplines in the sciences. This provides CCSE with extensive experience in training students in computing in various disciplinary contexts. 

The approaches have been successfully disseminated and implemented internationally and are well documented by education research programs. CCSE has leading international research activities in computational science and in education research directed towards the integration of computing in disciplinary education programs as demonstrated by our publications in high profile scientific journals in science education research. CCSE has collaborations with other leading international groups in education research such as with the discipline-based education research groups at Michigan State University, University of Colorado – Boulder and Oregon State University. CCSE hosts an MSCA Cofund project, CompSci, with 32 PhD students that emphasizes the development of computational skills and application and integration of these skills in a research project, in addition to transferable skills training in a cross-sector secondment.

F6S is a leading global founder and startup network that helps public sector entities around the world to promote, communicate and disseminate technical and research projects. F6S stands for F-ounder-S. Our mission is to help founders and startups grow to solve the world’s pressing social, economic, environmental, sustainability and innovation problems. In addition to F6S’ work with governmental entities, we also work with corporates, investors, research institutions, programs, universities and others in the global startup ecosystem. F6S tools deliver company growth through grants, partnerships, funding, investment, pilot contracts, partnerships, jobs & talent recruitment and company services.

Whiffle offers precision weather forecasting and weather simulations on a hyper local scale, through scientific prowess and superior computing power. For wind energy applications this contributes to improved design of wind farms and better integration in the energy system through better power production forecasting. For this Whiffle uses GRASP: the GPU-resident Atmospheric Simulation Platform, a breakthrough Large Eddy Simulation (LES) model running on High-Performance Computing systems.
Our weather model runs on graphic processing units (GPUs), allowing large areas and high resolutions to capture local turbulence and underlying processes and conditions in the atmosphere. Our technology delivers benefits in many economic sectors, but our primary focus is on the renewable energy market (wind and solar energy), making sustainable energy production more predictable and reducing the costs of weather risks.

Our advanced technology seamlessly integrates comprehensive weather and environmental data, turbine specifications, and obstacle information to provide unparalleled insights into, e.g., Wind Resource and Yield Assessments including turbulence, wake, blockage and cluster effects.

Irish Manufacturing Research Ltd. (IMR) is an agile, independent research technology organisation at the heart of a regional ecosystem of partners, including more than 300 companies, and intrinsic part of the Irish manufacturing innovation cluster. IMR’s vision is to enable manufacturing of all sectors and sizes to be leaders in the world of advanced manufacturing so that they can compete and thrive in the global economy. IMR supports industry to demystify, de-risk and deliver emerging technologies for manufacturing under the core thematic areas of digitisation, automation and advanced control, design for manufacturing and sustainable manufacturing.

IMR have 68 experienced researchers with excellent CVs; 700+ years of combined industrial experience; 45,000 sq.ft. of R&D pilot lines & development lab space lines in Dublin and Westmeath; 40+ active research partnerships with industry; 8 strategic academic partnerships: 150+ industry network: and 700+ attendees at IMR training & courses. IMR are experienced in working with all sectors, but particularly with SMEs and mid-caps on their specific challenges and overcoming industry barriers to engaging in research and development. IMR is a high technology readiness level research centre focused on the delivery of cutting-edge technological solutions for manufacturing challenges to industry.

Cadpeople is an award-winning visual communication agency, and the world’s leading provider of digital learning to the wind industry. They have created visual experiences that engage people since 1992 and worked with wind for the past 25 years. Their passion is helping with the green transition by making training more sustainable and assist in educating the future green workforce. 

By making the complex simple through visual storytelling and the use of cutting-edge technologies within digital marketing and digital learning, they have digitalised learning for companies like Vestas, Ørsted, and Siemens Gamesa. Works with a wide range of learning technologies such as: Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality (Single- and Multiuser scenarios), Touch Screen simulations, 3D Visualisations, Digital Twins, LMS, LXP universes, Visual tutorials, GWO approved certificate training, and Metaverses.