The Bachelor’s degree in Energy Economics at Ulm University of Applied Sciences equips you for one of the most important challenges of the future: making the energy transition affordable, secure and sustainable. You’ll learn through practical, hands-on experience from experts in research and industry, combining subjects such as management, energy economics, sustainable technologies and digitalisation. Through optional modules, projects, work placements and the option of a semester abroad, you can tailor your studies precisely to your interests. The Energy Economics programme prepares you for careers in a forward-looking and socially relevant professional field.
In the Bachelor’s program in Energy Management, you will deepen your knowledge of sustainable management and sustainable energy technologies, energy economics, and digitalization. You will engage in hands-on learning and specifically prepare yourself for career opportunities arising from the energy transition.
The Energy Economics degree program lasts seven semesters and provides practical and interdisciplinary knowledge about sustainable energy technologies, energy economics and management, and prepares you ideally for specialist and management positions in the energy industry.
Up-to-date, practical knowledge: With a focus on management and corporate governance, energy economics, sustainable energy technologies and energy information management, THU offers a degree program that is unique in Germany and ideally prepares you for a career in the energy industry in specialist and management positions. Introduced in 2012 as the first German Bachelor's degree program in Energy Economics and completely revised in 2025, it teaches all the skills required for an affordable, environmentally friendly and safe implementation of the energy transition.
Learning from leading experts from research and industry: Leading experts from research and practice teach the basics and practical knowledge in the degree program, which is precisely tailored to the needs of a career in energy industry practice and research. Lecturers on the course can look back on careers in companies such as EnBW, E.ON, Ernest & Young or start-ups. You will learn in a practical and interdisciplinary environment in order to develop and implement innovative business models.
Individual studies according to your own interests: A large number of electives as well as diverse projects and internships allow you to study very individually according to your interests. In addition, an optional semester abroad at one of over 60 partner universities worldwide offers access to intercultural competence and new ideas and impulses for implementing the energy transition without extending the standard period of study. Building on the Bachelor's degree in Energy Economics, THU offers two suitable Master's degree programs "Energy Research and Digital Transition" and "Electrical Energy Systems and Electromobility".
The Energy Management degree course can be studied without an NC, which means that no specific grade point average is required. The course requires a general higher education entrance qualification, a subject-specific higher education entrance qualification or an entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences. It is important that you have a strong interest in management and sustainable energy supply and are a team player who solves tasks with logical understanding and analytical thinking. Planning skills also play a key role in achieving projects and goals in a structured manner. The energy management course lasts seven semesters.
The Bachelor's degree in Energy Management opens up a wide range of career opportunities in a future-oriented industry. For example, you will work for energy suppliers, electricity grid operators or industrial companies and actively shape topics such as renewable energies, sustainability, energy trading or environmental management.
You will also take responsibility for projects and develop innovative energy concepts in energy and management consulting. If you are interested in research and development, you will analyze energy markets or prepare techno-economic assessments. In addition, international organizations, NGOs and public authorities offer exciting prospects in the areas of energy regulation, sustainability and public relations.
