The Role of Local Market in Establishing Solid Master Program in Renewable Energy and Sustainability

Abstract

This contribution describes the work-in-progress joint master program JAMILA (Joint mAster of Mediterranean Initiatives on renewable and sustainable energy), which is cooperation within the Tempus Joint European Project and aims at establishing a new master courses on renewable and sustainable energy at the two Colleges of Engineering at Al-Quds University (AQU) in Jerusalem and the Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU) in Hebron in Palestine as well as the three European Universities Cadez, Newcastle and Sapienza. To achieve this, it was of great significance to carry out a survey with a distinguish goals to examine market conditions and determine the needs for renewable energy qualifications in the labor market, in touch with companies and institutional bodies operating in this field in Palestine. A multidisciplinary curriculum has been developed to cover and address the latest trends in the field of renewable energy.