Shaping the future of Clean Technology Management Education
The co-design of the U!REKA Joint Master in Commercialization and Management of Clean Technologies (CoMaCT) is a visionary collaborative project that aims to create a highly integrated and interdisciplinary master’s programme in the fields of Economics, Management, and Business. The programme will be delivered by at least three European higher education institutions (HEIs). The goal is to educate a new generation of management professionals who can drive forward the twin transition toward climate-neutral and smart cities, leverage disruptive clean technologies (cleantech) and decarbonisation, while simultaneously promoting economic growth.
Funding
The project is funded by the EU Erasmus Mundus Design Measures funding.
Project Timeline
The project will be carried out from November 2025 to January 2027.
Project Goals
- Co-Designing an Innovative Joint Master’s Programme: Develop a two-year, 120 ECTS master’s degree programme delivered by at least three consortium HEIs, aligned with Level 7 of the ISCED 2011 international standard classification.
- Boosting Internationalisation and Outreach: Increase the global attractiveness of U!REKA partner universities by bridging and modernising academic curricula, attracting talented students worldwide, and building new partnerships via an Industrial Relations Board engaging industry stakeholders.
- Advancing European Higher Education Standards: Strengthen processes for quality assurance, external evaluation, accreditation, and recognition of qualifications by launching a joint external evaluation and accreditation procedure in accordance with EQAR standards for joint programmes.
- Ensuring Long-Term Impact and Sustainability: Embed the new joint programme into U!REKA’s core governance and stakeholder engagement structures, formalised through a comprehensive partnership agreement to ensure continuity, impact, and growth.
Participating HEIs
The project is carried out in cooperation with five partner higher education institutions. The main coordinator of the project is Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. The participating HEIs are:
- Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (Metropolia UAS), Finland
- Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (IPL), Portugal
- Odesa National Economic University (ONEU), Ukraine
- University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna (UAS BFI Vienna), Austria
- VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO), Czech Republic
Edinburgh Napier University, UK, and Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany, were also involved in the planning during the initial phase, but later withdrew from the project.
Contact Information
Project Coordinator
Anne Karjalainen
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
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U!REKA European University Alliance
U!REKA, the Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance, is a network of dynamic HEIs rooted in major economic and industrial hubs across Europe. Our collaboration is dedicated to educating a new generation of management professionals – leaders who are ready to accelerate Europe’s twin transition toward climate-neutral and smart cities, by leveraging disruptive clean technologies (cleantech) to simultaneously drive industrialisation and decarbonisation across all sectors of the economy.
