Study Format:

• E-learning and online video lectures accompanied by readings, exercises, quizzes and online meetings with tutors and lecturers
• Written exams (120 minutes in total) in a study center close to where you live
• Mandatory attendance to a  2-day lab training at Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany at the end of your certificate studies (around March)

You are being closely monitored and supported by the tutors and lecturers throughout the entire duration of your certificate studies. The various teaching styles and formats allow you to engage with the topic in many compelling ways.

Short 15-minute e-lectures combined with a great collection of reading material provide you with the latest theoretical understanding of each topic. Our lecturers have carefully selected the most relevant publications for you. References -  incorporated into the videos - point you to the most relevant parts in the reading material.

Your growing expertise is put into practice in exercise sheets and quizzes. Regular online meetings and lively forum discussions with fellow students, tutors and lecturers will round off your learning experience.

Accredited Certificate Program:

A Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) is a subject-specific advanced training program which is compliant with the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). With a scope of 10 ECTS each, our Certificates correspond to an average study-workload of 250 hours - considering that 1 ECTS is equivalent to 25 hours.

These standards secure the high quality of CAS programs as well as their comparability and recognition across educational institutions offering academic continuing education for working professionals.

Thus it is possible to combine CAS programs from the same or different institutions from Germany and Switzerland to a more extensive degree in a modular fashion.