First Worldwide Continuing Studies Programme Offshore Wind Energy Starting in October 2012

Oldenburg/Bremerhaven, Germany - The application period for the \"Continuing Studies Programme Offshore Wind Energy\" has started in February 2012. The application deadline is June 30, 2012, and interested persons should submit their application documents to ForWind – Center for Wind Energy Research at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. The first worldwide study programme of this nature on academic level is scheduled to begin its first round with 24 participants in October 2012.

This part-time study programme is oriented towards engineers and managers engaged in the offshore wind industry as well as in the maritime branches. Its objective is to give insight into the technical and engineering aspects of offshore wind energy projects, and to teach the management of these projects, their risks, and interfaces. The participants will obtain the expertise to analyze and practically implement the complex interaction within offshore wind energy projects.

On an academic level, there is a current lack of advanced and continuing studies that proficiently cover the demand of engineers and managers in the offshore wind industry. ForWind, the Wind Energy Agency WAB and the City of Oldenburg face this demand with the \"Continuing Studies Programme Offshore Wind Energy\". The project partners have been successfully cooperating for more than five years offering the unique \"Continuing Studies Programme Wind Energy Technology and Management\" focused mainly on onshore wind energy. \"Therefore, it was obvious to the organizers that a similarly designed continuing studies programme should also be offered for offshore wind energy\", says Dr. Stephan Barth, Managing Director at ForWind.

The contents of the \"Continuing Studies Programme Offshore Wind Energy\" are imparted in a flexible and practical manner, as they cover all areas from wind farm design over project development and installation, right up to service and operation. Within a mix of learning methods self-study phases are accompanied by classroom instruction phases that take place in Bremerhaven and Oldenburg, and during which, the future offshore experts have the opportunity of closely networking with one another. Intensive project work emphasizes the study programme’s practical approach. Upon completion after nine months, the graduates of the internationally oriented and English-speaking study programme will receive a graded university certificate of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg.


ForWind is the Center for Wind Energy Research of the Universities of Oldenburg, Hannover, and Bremen in Germany. In research, ForWind covers a wide range of topics within the areas of physics and engineering, and fosters industrial projects scientifically.
Dedicated to the ongoing education of engineers and managers, organizing public lecture series, seminars and workshops, ForWind ensures knowledge transfers within the economic system, politics and the public.

The Wind Energy Agency WAB is the wind energy industry’s leading network in Germany‘s northwest region, and serves as its nationwide contact for the offshore wind industry. More than 350 companies and institutes belong to this association and come from all fields of the wind energy and maritime industry as well as from research centers.

The City of Oldenburg is intensely involved within the field of renewable energy. Oldenburg focuses on energy efficiency, energy savings and renewable energy, as it promotes the technology transfer within this field as well as corresponding projects.


The development of the Continuing Studies Programme Offshore Wind Energy is proudly sponsored by the Metropolitan Region Bremen-Oldenburg (North-West Germany), the Ministry for Environment and Climate Protection Niedersachsen and the Senator of Economics, Labour and Harbours of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, the BIS - Bremerhaven Economic Development Company Ltd. and the Oldenburger Energiecluster OLEC e.V. (a regional network within Oldenburg). The following sponsors from the industry and commerce also financially support the \"Continuing Studies Programme Offshore Wind Energy\": the Bremer Landesbank, the nkt cables GmbH as well as the wpd offshore solutions GmbH.

For further information concerning the application procedure and study programme, please visit: www.offshore-wind-studies.com or reach out to our project coordination team members:
Dr. Juliane Reichel (ForWind) +49 441 7985085
Urs Wahl (WAB) +49 471 3917712
Roland Hentschel (City of Oldenburg) +49 441 235 3200


Oldenburg/Bremerhaven, Germany, 15 February 2012


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26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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