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Place: Madrid, Spain Dates: 6 July 2013 to 15 July 2013 Season: summer13 Organised by: BEST Group Madrid Carlos III University: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (See University profile in BEST university centre)	Type: BEST Course on Technology Fee: 40.0 euro. Convert to BGN Bulgaria Leva HRK Croatia Kuna CSK Czech Republic Koruna EUR Euro DKK Denmark Kroner EEK Estonia Kroon HUF Hungary Forint ISK Iceland Kronur LVL Latvia Lat LTL Lithuania Litas MKD Macedonia (FYR) Denar NOK Norway Kroner PLZ Poland Zloty RON Romania Leu RSD Serbia Dinar RUR Russia Rubles SKK Slovakia Koruna SEK Sweden Krona CHF Switzerland Francs TRL Turkey Liras UAH Ukraine Hryvna GBP United Kingdom Pounds USD United States Dollars Depending on the country of your university, the amount of fee can be lower. [Read more] Application until: 18 Mar 2013 at 23:00 CET Application deadline has passed.
Academic Highlights
Participation requirements: No prior knowledge required Academic complexity: Basic [Read more] Working time: 30 hours (estimated)

General description

Do you wanna learn how much ENERGY you can get by eating a spanish omelette or paella?

Do you wanna learn some cool stuff about solar ENERGY in a country where you will enjoy the most powerful sun in Europe?

Do you wanna visit the country where Don Quixote thought that windmills were giants, and learn about wind ENERGY?

Do you have enough ENERGY to spend party nights with our crazy organisers and then attend to our great lectures?

If your answer to these questions is yes, this is your course! You'll spend 10 amazing days in the capital of Spain: Madrid, learning about different kinds of renewable energies like biomass, hydraulic, solar or wind energy!!!!

Are you ready to accept our challenge this summer?

Academic information

• Fields of activity: Electrical/Electromechanical Engineering , Environmental Engineering , Industrial Engineering , Mechanical Engineering , Physics/Physics Engineering , Power Engineering
• Content and topics: The participants will be given a general overview about some renewable energies like solar energy, biomass energy, wind power and hydraulic energy; and their impact on society. The course will include theoretical and practical lectures in universitary laboratories.
• Learning goals and objectives: The purpose is to provide state-of-the-art education in the fields of conventional and renewable energy sources and energy utilization in the built environment by means of economically and environmentally sustainable systems and technologies.
• Examination type: Elaboration of a topic within a small group with a short presentation of the outcomes at the end of the course.
• Number of ECTS credits issued: Not known yet [Read more]

Information for applicants

• Selection criteria for participants: Motivation letter and answers to the proposed questions

Practical arrangements

All of these are covered by the event fee.

• Lodging during the event: Youth hostel in the city center of Madrid and youth hostel during the weekend trip
• Food during the event: Three meals per day (at least one hot) at University and hostel's canteen
• Transportation during the event: Trains and subway

More information

For more information about this event, check out the following links (these links lead to outside this website - if they turn out to be unavailable, please try again later):

• Event website: http://best.uc3m.es/sc13/
• Event schedule: http://best.uc3m.es/sc13/downloads/schedule.jpg
• Event survival guide: http://best.uc3m.es/sc13/downloads/survival_sc13.pdf