Methods that promote multidisciplinary studies
The energy engineering programme at UCLouvain is inherently interdisciplinary, combining teachings in electricity, mechanics, thermodynamics, chemical engineering, and energy engineering. It is also open to non-technical disciplines (economics, environmental management, management, languages, etc.) through elective courses.
Variety of teaching strategies
By emphasising project-based activities that integrate multiple subjects, the programme fosters a critical mindset in students capable of designing, modelling, realising, and experimentally validating energy systems and devices.
The final thesis represents half of the workload in the last academic block. It offers the opportunity to join a research team or collaborate with the industrial world to explore a given topic in depth. Due to its scope and the context in which it is conducted, it provides a genuine introduction to the professional life of an engineer or researcher.
Diversity of learning situations
Students will encounter a variety of pedagogical methods tailored to different disciplines: lectures, projects, exercise sessions, problem-based learning sessions, case studies, experimental laboratories, computer simulations, tutorials, industrial or research internships, factory visits, seminars, group work, and individual assignments. In some subjects, e-learning allows students to study at their own pace and conduct virtual experiments. This variety of learning situations helps students build their knowledge iteratively and progressively while developing their autonomy, organisational skills, time management, and communication abilities across different modes. The most modern computing resources (hardware, software, and networks) are provided to students for their work.