The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), under the sponsorship of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is pleased to announce application for its International Master’s Programme in Energy and Green Hydrogen (IMP-EGH) in all fifteen (15) ECOWAS countries namely: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
WASCAL is a wholly West African international organization with focus on academic and transdisciplinary research, building graduate-level scientific capacity and serving policy makers in West Africa with science-based advice on adaptation to Climate Change impacts and land use management. It cooperates with many agencies and universities in the region, providing a knowledge platform of excellence for its partners. WASCAL is funded by BMBF, multilateral and bilateral partners and its West African member countries.
The International Master’s Programme in Energy and Green Hydrogen (IMP-EGH) is innovative for the West African region, and it is designed to prepare the next generation to address the energy challenges of adaptation and resilience to Climate Change in West Africa. The programme’s interdisciplinary approach will allow for a better understanding of present-day energy infrastructures in West Africa, their strengths and weaknesses, energy policies, practices in a changing climate context and the search for sustainable solutions.
Master Programmes
- Economics/Policies/Infrastructures and Green Hydrogen Technology, Université Cheikh Anta Diop – Senegal
- Bioenergy/Biofuels and Green Hydrogen Technology, University of Lomé – Togo
- Photovoltaic and system Analysis for Green Hydrogen Technologies, Université Abdou Moumouni – Niger
- Green Hydrogen Production and Technology/Geo-resources (Wind/Water) And Green Hydrogen Technology, Université Felix Houphouet Boigny – Côte D’ivoire
Duration
28 months; 4 months for language training (proficiency) and 24 months for the master programmes.
