Official Master's Degree in the Electric Power Industry
Comprehensive view of business activities in the electricity sector
What can the Master offer you?
The Master in the Electric Power Industry responds to the need to update the training of professionals in the electricity sector and those recent graduates who want to access it, to cope with regulatory and technological changes.
The profound regulatory changes of recent years have given rise to organised electricity markets (generation and commercialisation) and the need to design or adapt the regulation of these and other businesses, such as transmission and distribution. In addition, the electricity sector is undergoing significant technological changes (renewable energy sources, active demand-side management, development of smart grids, etc.).
Starting from a basic training in engineering (or, with an additional effort, in other disciplines), students will gain in-depth knowledge of the economic, regulatory and technological foundations of the new business areas, and will acquire direct experience of their application through a tutored personal project - the Master's Thesis - in institutions and companies in the sector or at the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT).
- CentersEngineering (Comillas ICAI)
- LanguagesEnglish
- CertificationOfficial master's degrees
- ModalityFace to face
- Duration1 year (60 ECTS)
- Starts On02/09/2024
- Seats45
Any questions?
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National recognition
What makes us different?
Occupation
Employment rate of graduates. 93.7% are working and 7.7% are doing doctoral studies.
Ranking and mentions
Number 1 in the ranking of the newspaper EL MUNDO, in the category of Energy and Environment.
Internships
Full-time Master's Degree students who undertake professional internships
Study Plan
Professional projection
Electricity generators and traders
Transmission and distribution system operators and network owners
System operators and owners
Electricity system regulators
Consultancy, advice and analysis
Possibility of internships and TFM in leading companies, contributing to the resolution of real problems.
Advisory Board
Internships in leading companies in the sector, participating in real projects
Faculty
Admission process
Follow all the steps of our admission process and become a Comillas student.
Apply for admission
Fill in the form with your details and provide the documents proving that you meet the entry requirements.
Validation
The Degree Certificates and Transcripts Service will review the documentation and you will be informed of the validation.
Interview
Candidates will be interviewed for admission.
Resolution
We will let you know if you have been admitted.
Enrollment
You will officially be a Comillas student.
- 01
Apply for admission
Fill in the form with your details and provide the documents proving that you meet the entry requirements.
- 02
Validation
The Degree Certificates and Transcripts Service will review the documentation and you will be informed of the validation.
- 03
Interview
Candidates will be interviewed for admission.
- 04
Resolution
We will let you know if you have been admitted.
- 05
Enrollment
You will officially be a Comillas student.
Tuition fees and scholarships
- 10% off for Comillas Alumni.
- Paid internships.
Enrollment fee
2,579.62€Monthly fee
1,917.51€Monthly installments
8Full program
17,920€
There are scholarships associated with internships in the sponsoring companies. The amount of these grants is determined by each company (normally between €3,000 and €6,000 for a period of work experience that can be spread over the year depending on the student's availability and the needs of the sponsoring company. Limited number of scholarships offered by the collaborating companies for internships associated with the Master's thesis.
Other scholarships and study grants: Fundación Iberdrola scholarships to pursue master's degree studies in the fields of Energy and the Environment, for students from Spain, Mexico, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
For Mexican students accepted in this master's degree and whose studies are financed by FIDERH, Comillas will grant them a bonus equivalent to 10% of the total cost of the studies.
KA107 Scholarships Awarded by the European Commission for students from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
Information for students
Professional and academic opportunities
Among the different sectors in which you can start your professional career, the energy sector, and in particular the electricity sector, has several characteristics that make it very attractive. The universal boom in the use of electricity, the creation of electricity markets, the opening of new business areas in companies, the implementation of new generation technologies such as renewable sources, the interaction with other sectors such as gas, the need to regulate specific activities in this industry and to include environmental impact criteria, the internationalisation of energy markets, etc., are just a few examples that allow us to imagine the variety of areas in which it is possible to develop an exciting professional career. As all these changes have taken place in recent years, there is a need to update the training of a new generation of experts and professionals capable of developing, researching and innovating in the electrical energy sector on an international scale. With this vocation in mind, the Master's Degree in the Electricity Sector was designed, taking as its starting point the long tradition of Comillas ICAI and the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT) in the training of professionals and researchers for the electricity sector.
Graduate profile
The MEPI program trains students to develop their professional careers in the field of planning and operation of generation, transmission, distribution and commercialisation activities, as well as in system and market operation, or in the analysis and development of regulation related to each of these activities.
On the basis of the knowledge and skills acquired, graduates can undertake, or relaunch, their professional careers in electricity generating and marketing companies, in operators and companies that own transmission and distribution networks, in system and market operators, in entities that regulate the operation of the electricity system, as well as in consultancy firms that provide advisory and analysis services on all these subjects.
Access to the doctorate
On the other hand, although it is not a research master's degree, the knowledge acquired in it can be useful in doctoral programs in electrical engineering or other programs in which the problems of the sector are addressed. In this way, the master's degree could also be the starting point for a research career in this field.
Comillas ICAI
Alberto Aguilera, 25
28015 Madrid
The tradition of the School of Engineering (Comillas ICAI) in the training of engineers began in Madrid in 1908. Today, Comillas ICAI is a polytechnic school whose academic activity focuses on Industrial and Telecommunications Engineering.
Quality and regulations
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Frequently Asked Questions
Because Comillas studies are in high demand and places are limited, the best candidates have to be selected through admission tests.
Each class has its own tutor, whose function is to integrate the student into the group and to pay attention to their academic performance. Furthermore, at Comillas, the teaching system is distinguished, among other characteristics, by the personalised attention and the fluid and permanent relationship between teachers and students.
The teaching system at Comillas is especially oriented towards the relationship with the reality of companies, institutions, organisations and professional practice. The Internship and Employment Office is responsible for providing students with internships related to their studies in order to enrich their training. In the 2017-18 academic year, 6,296 student internships were managed in companies.
In addition to these internships managed by the Internship and Employment Office, all degree courses have a significant number of compulsory external internships as part of their curriculums.The Internship and Employment Office informs, guides and collaborates in the insertion in the labour market of recent graduates or in the projection of the professional careers of Comillas graduates, for which it has an online tool that directly connects candidates with 5,078 companies with which Comillas maintains a relationship. During the 2017-18 academic year, 1,838 job offers were managed. Of the total number of graduates from the 2018 graduating class, 93.22% are employed, either working or furthering their studies, within six months of completing their studies.
Contact
Prospective Students Office
C/ Alberto Aguilera, 21 - 28015 Madrid
Tel.: (+34) 91 540 61 32
Fax: (+34) 91 559 65 69
futurosalumnos@comillas.edu
Program Director
Luis Olmos Camacho
