Hello everybody. My name is Katharina Herkindell. I'm a junior professor at the Chair of Energy

Process Engineering and I have the honor today to introduce the new master's program to you.

Which is held completely in English. It's called Clean Energy Processes here at FAU.

And of course we want to accept applications from all over the world. But of course it's also

directed at German speaking students because as you all know especially the fields of clean energy

and engineering and climate change are extremely connected globally and it's very international.

And if you want it or not no matter which career path you choose a fair share of your time you

will have to talk in English in the future. So maybe you want to get the vocabulary right away

already while you get your master's degree. Basically this course offers you a very profound

engineering education which is precisely built for the challenges of our time regarding the

climate crisis. Because we know the whole industry needs to change and specifically also the bio

industry and the chemical industry. And we need new technologies, we need new process chains,

we need new machines and as a whole society we need to change. We all know that. So we

developed this particular international program to give you exactly the tools that you need to

facilitate this change for these different industries. Here the clean energy processes

have a dual focus on these topics. For one the clean energy processes meaning if we want to shift

our whole technologies we actually need the energy for that. So we need to produce enough of the

amounts that we actually can charge up everything. So the one focus is on the production of enough of

the renewable energy and the second focus is on the processes themselves that need to change.

So we need to actually use the renewable energy and therefore adjust all the processes that we

already have or reinvent them completely. We need to rethink everything. So the structure of this

master's program we have assembled a really nice mix for you. You will have for one part compulsory

courses where you will learn the essentials regarding for example also ethics but everything

from process simulation, thin film processing and process engineering and so on. And then you will

have the choice between two specializations. Either you choose the energy technologies

where you will be a bit more with the heavy machines and the pure engineering or you will

focus on the energy systems where you go more in the underlying mechanisms. And you will also all

learn about the socio-economic aspects and actually the social impacts of all these topics.

And then you'll have also a very large catalogue to choose from elective modules where you can go

perfectly after your own interests if it's life cycle assessment or economics or more engineering

or more natural sciences. We are on the go to assemble very nice choices for you. Then of course

unique about this course of study is that it will be completely in English and that you will not

only get the technology but also the socio-economic aspects. So you will get the whole package. And of

course Erlangen and Nürnberg are very great places to live and it's a beautiful university

and a nice place to study. But also among this English speaking students you will find nice peers

and form a great network and also be very close to the professors where we have 10 involved

professors which are very research focused and very focused on renewable energies anywhere from

nanotechnology to new materials to new processes. And it will be very very inspiring also. Also we

have close links to the industry of course and what is a very big plus in this course of study

is that the Helmholtz Center for Renewable Energies is closely involved which is also situated in

Erlangen. They focus on sustainable chemical production and they are also involved in the

curriculum. As I already said we'll have a lot of new specifically designed courses and new

practical courses also. And what interests you most maybe also the job prospects. I think I don't have

to say a lot about it because it's pretty clear we will give you this degree for all the jobs we

really need in the future. So you can go into classical energy production and logistics because

we will need a lot of engineers there. You can go worldwide into the process engineering optimization

and intensification and of course you can also take a job in consulting for example. What would

also be very nice if you would join the classical chemical and bio companies the huge ones and make

them more sustainable from the inside. And of course also if you want to go into politics go

ahead we need everybody. And maybe one or other of you will also consider to do a PhD and then we