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Climate neutral Campus in Europe

Climate neutral Campus in Europe

The ECIU University’s Strategic Challenge
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Our challenge

ECIU University seeks for learners who take responsibility and shape a sustainable future with new mindsets, behaviours, ways of learning, thinking and working in support of new solutions, technologies and innovations. The big idea for 2024 is to develop a concept for a climate neutral campus. The strategic challenge is a six-month challenge that offers master students a unique learning experience. It involves writing a Master’s thesis (expected workload of about 900 hours or about 30 ECTS) that is somehow linked to the topic of the challenge. The maximum of 30 ECTS includes both the writing of a Master’s thesis and the work on the challenge, since both are assumed to be of mutual benefit. Examination and grading are conducted according to home university guidelines and regulations.

Study format
Hybrid
Application period
1 November 2023 – 18 January 2024
Study period
7 February – 18 June 2024
Credits
30 ECTS
Pace
50%
Hosting university
Hamburg University of Technology
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Learning outcomes

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ESCO SKILLS

self-directed learning

Learners develop self-directed learning skills to recognize and fill their knowledge gaps, synthesize and apply them to formulate the solution. Learners in their learning activities: • learn to work in teams, evaluate different approaches to solve the problem and justify the choices made • construct individually new knowledge by extracting important concepts and information, explaining what they understand, and inquiring about what they do not fully understand

ESCO SKILLS

Manage personal professional developmentCreate new concepts

internalize and generalize concepts

learners critically determine the best solution for the problem and use meta-cognitive skills to internalize and generalize the concepts and skills learned. Learners in their learning activities: • develop, submit and present their solution in teams as well as with all stakeholders involved in the challenge • have in-team discussion on the overall functionality of the team work • reflect on their performance and strategies for improvements.

ESCO SKILLS

Perform self-assessmentLatinMinimise environmental impact on the surrounding areaWork in teams

problem restatement and problem identification

learners are able to understand and analyz the problem, defineit in terms of their existing knowledge, as well as the new knowledge needed. The learner in their learning activities: • prepare individually problem restatement and problem identification • discuss in teams, starting from their individual problem restatement and identification to reach a consensus for the team on problem restatement and identification • draw up an action plan

ESCO SKILLS

Listening and asking questionsPlan schedule

Potential progress

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Intra-personal skills

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Perseverence
Resilience
Self management
Exercise self-reflection
Planning
Assertiveness
Demonstrate enthusiasm
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Energy and sustainability

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Inclusive public spaces
Inclusive policies
Sustainable urbanization
Disaster risk reduction
Environmental impact
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Inter-personal skills

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Teamwork
Non-verbal communication skills
Conflict resolution
Empathy
Verbal Communication skills
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Information

The UN's eleventh sustainable development goal (SDG-11) aims at creating sustainable cities and communities. Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) and University of Twente (UT) alongside ECIU University support this goal and, wants to contribute to a more sustainable future. Climate change is one of the major challenges facing global society. Extreme weather, such as droughts and heavy rain, are expected to increase with climate change, and as recent events show, expose unforeseen vulnerabilities. ECIU University can contribute in (at least two) ways to realizing the SDG by firstly reducing its carbon footprint, and secondly by providing technological solutions that help increase resilience to climate and weather extremes.

Reducing the impact of climate change is a very important issue and one of the most discussed questions in politics and society. While climate change outpaces the current scientific understanding, new technology can offer opportunities to face the impact of climate change as well as contributing to making a more climate neutral world. ECIU University seeks for learners who take responsibility and shape a sustainable future with new mindsets, behaviours, ways of learning, thinking and working in support of new solutions, technologies and innovations. The big idea is to develop a climate neutral campus with innovative ideas and bold solutions and thereby, advance climate protection and reduce CO2 production. Develop a concept that enables your home university or any other university to have a climate neutral campus in the future. Get ready to make a start now. You can be a pioneer and help make a climate neutral campus.

Hosting university

Hamburg University of Technology

Hamburg University of Technology

Associated Partner

University of Twente