Smart Cities and Communities
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The world is experiencing a period of extreme urbanization. In China alone, more than 250 million rural inhabitants will move to urban areas over the next 15 years. This will require building new infrastructure to accommodate nearly the equivalent of the current population of the EU in a matter of a few decades. Cities in the 21st century will account for nearly 90% of global population growth, 80% of wealth creation, and 60% of total energy consumption. It is a global imperative to develop systems that improve the livability of cities while dramatically reducing resource consumption. This proposed EMJMD focus on understanding the complexities of cities and communities through the use of four of the most important factors in the sustainability of a city such as are the energy, transport, buildings and ICT. This unique combination is expected to bring solutions for high-density cities with the design of these systems being resilient, scalable, and reconfigurable. Today, academic research and industrial applications in the area of Smart Cities and communities seek to optimize existing city infrastructure, networks, and urban behavior through the deployment and utilization of different approaches. Cities and communities that employ optimization techniques have reported improvements in energy efficiency, water use, public safety, road congestion, and many other areas. However, optimization has its limits. Research and investments in new urban systems are fundamentally critical because optimization will have little effect for rapidly urbanizing cities which experience around the clock congestion. This EMJMD proposes a combination of actions for Smart Cities and Communities by focusing on disruptive innovations in technology, design, planning, policy, and strategies that can bring dramatic improvements in urban livability and sustainability something that makes it unique among any other existing degrees while offering a really international approach. The consortium that is geaographically distributed in all of EU aims at a strong involvement from Industry through cooperation in course development, internships and thesis work. The Joint Master will benefit the following target groups: (1) Students & Young professionals learn new skills and acquire new state-of-the-art knowledge. This will improve chances on labour market and contribute to the development of sustainable transport. (2) Academic staff: The MSc provides opportunities for research and the exchange of expertise. (3) Universities: International cooperation will increase and a larger source of students to carry out advanced research programmes will lead to greater prestige. (4) Companies: The proposed MSc provides a source of knowledgeable and skilled workers, at regional and transnational levels. (5) Society will benefit from the innovation on Smart Cities and Communities and the research on the different proposed fields related with this exciting broad field.
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Bachelor degree in Engineering (mechanical, chemical, electrical, civil, environmental, architectural, etc.) or in Sciences (physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, operation)English proficiencyAdmissions Deadline: 15 April
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