Thursday 27.August 2009
RES and Darmstadt
University of Technology in Germany, have signed a cooperation agreement focusing on research and education in renewable energy science.
RES and TU Darmstadt Energy Center (TUDEC) have signed a cooperation agreement focusing on student and staff exchange, operation of summer programs and collaboration on specific research projects. The agreement was signed by Dr. Bjorn Gunnarsson, Rector of RES and Dr. Rolf Katzenbach, Director of TU Darmstadt Energy Center. Dr. Ingo Sass represented TUDEC at the signing of the contract agreement on 27 August 2009 in Akureyri, Iceland.
Back row: Dr. Pall Valdimarsson (Professor at RES Geothermal Energy and University of Iceland), Dr. Axel Bjornsson (Academic Coordinator of RES Geothermal Energy Specialisation and professor at University of Akureyri), Dr. Hrefna Kristmannsdottir (Academic Coordinator of RES Geothermal Energy Specialisation and professor at University of Akureyri) and Mr. Arnbjorn Olafsson (Director of International Office at RES). Front row: Dr. Bjorn Gunnarsson (Rector of RES) and Dr. Ingo Sass (Professor at TU Darmstadt)
RES and TU Darmstadt have collaborated in the past, most notably by receiving both students and faculty members. Dr. Ingo Sass, Professor at TU Darmstadt Institute of Applied Geosciences, has taught several courses at RES and has been primus motor in the development and materialisation of the cooperation contract between the two institutions. Furthermore, in February 2009 Mr. Sebastian Homuth, a former student of TU Darmstadt was part of the first graduating class of RES. Mr. Homuth now works at the Institute of Applied Geosciences, Department of Engineering Geology and Geothermal Laboratory at TU Darmstadt.
Darmstadt University of Technology (TU Darmstadt)
The Darmstadt University of Technology (Technische Universität Darmstadt) in Germany plays a significant role among German universities. It is one of Germany's leading universities and well known internationally for its outstanding achievements in the areas of engineering, political science and computer science. Historically, it was the first university in the world to set up a chair for and offer a course of study in electrical engineering.
RES and TU Darmstadt Energy Center (TUDEC) have signed a cooperation agreement focusing on student and staff exchange, operation of summer programs and collaboration on specific research projects. The agreement was signed by Dr. Bjorn Gunnarsson, Rector of RES and Dr. Rolf Katzenbach, Director of TU Darmstadt Energy Center. Dr. Ingo Sass represented TUDEC at the signing of the contract agreement on 27 August 2009 in Akureyri, Iceland.
Back row: Dr. Pall Valdimarsson (Professor at RES Geothermal Energy and University of Iceland), Dr. Axel Bjornsson (Academic Coordinator of RES Geothermal Energy Specialisation and professor at University of Akureyri), Dr. Hrefna Kristmannsdottir (Academic Coordinator of RES Geothermal Energy Specialisation and professor at University of Akureyri) and Mr. Arnbjorn Olafsson (Director of International Office at RES). Front row: Dr. Bjorn Gunnarsson (Rector of RES) and Dr. Ingo Sass (Professor at TU Darmstadt)
RES and TU Darmstadt have collaborated in the past, most notably by receiving both students and faculty members. Dr. Ingo Sass, Professor at TU Darmstadt Institute of Applied Geosciences, has taught several courses at RES and has been primus motor in the development and materialisation of the cooperation contract between the two institutions. Furthermore, in February 2009 Mr. Sebastian Homuth, a former student of TU Darmstadt was part of the first graduating class of RES. Mr. Homuth now works at the Institute of Applied Geosciences, Department of Engineering Geology and Geothermal Laboratory at TU Darmstadt.
With the formal agreement between RES and TUDEC, RES hopes to develop and strenghten the cooperation in the future, most notably within
faculty and student exchenge, as well as in delivering joint summerschool programmes and research projects.
Darmstadt University of Technology (TU Darmstadt)
The Darmstadt University of Technology (Technische Universität Darmstadt) in Germany plays a significant role among German universities. It is one of Germany's leading universities and well known internationally for its outstanding achievements in the areas of engineering, political science and computer science. Historically, it was the first university in the world to set up a chair for and offer a course of study in electrical engineering.
Currently there are close to 20.000 students at TU Darmstadt at 13 faculties, which altogether offer about 40 courses of studies.
Thus the TU Darmstadt offers a broad range of academic science to students and scientists. However, some faculties are rather small (especially those dealing with economics, politics, law and social
sciences) and while degrees can be gained in most of these smaller faculties, they are basically retained to provide a broader outlook (for both the students and the institution itself) to what would
otherwise be an exclusively science-and-technology-centered focus. In 1997 TUD,Mathematics Department has started new "Mathematics with Computer Science (MCS)" course.
With more than 20%, the percentage of foreign students at the TU Darmstadt is clearly higher than the average of German universities of
8%, though at times, especially early in its history, almost a quarter of its students were foreigners, especially from Eastern Europe. Scientific co-operation on a contractual base is maintained
with more than 65 partner universities all over the world. The university is member of different European networks, such as TIME network. The European Credit transfer system ECTS has been introduced
for almost all courses of study.
