Following the ‘Energy Academy Certificate’ course allows everyone with an interest to learn about the energy transition in an interdisciplinary way. Throughout the academic year, interesting and inspiring lectures are held by top speakers from the Netherlands and abroad. To obtain the Energy Academy Certificate, you must follow 10 activities and apply the knowledge you have acquired. This can be done in two ways:  

1. As a student of Hanze UAS or University of Groningen, you have to complete a minimum of 30 ECTS of interdisciplinary energy education 
2. If you are not a student at one of these universities or if you do not follow energy education, you have to write an Energy Change Paper 

Obtaining the Energy Academy Certificate gives you a good basis for working on the energy transition and puts you one step ahead of others on your CV. 

Within the Energy Academy Certificate course, you have the opportunity to specialise by attending four or more specific lectures. You can choose between Global Energy Dynamics and Northern Energy Region.  

The Global specialization focuses on the developments around the world with speakers from the international network from New Energy Coalition. And the Northern Netherlands specialisation focused on the developments in the Northern Netherlands, including an excursion. Following a specialisation is optional. 

Sustainability is more than the energy transition. The documentary ‘Breaking Boundaries’ by David Attenborough and Johan Rockstrom shows how the disruption of nature on our planet depends on nine different boundaries. New Energy Academy will discuss a different boundary and potential solutions each month during one of the lectures.