Curricula Development of Interdisciplinary Master Courses in Energy Efficient Building Design in Nepal and Bhutan Erasmus Project

Project Title

Curricula Development of Interdisciplinary Master Courses in Energy Efficient Building Design in Nepal and Bhutan

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The objective of the Cimceb project was to initiate and strengthen the education in the areas of renewable energy and energy efficiency in buildings to enhance the possibilities to decrease the energy consumption and minimize the environmental impact in the participating countries in Nepal and Bhutan.The project supported the modernization, accessibility and internationalization of the partner countries universities and improved the quality of higher education and its relevance for the labor market and society.Cimceb developed new and innovative education programs in two Nepalese universities and in one Bhutanese, including hands-on facilities for students, in order to improve the level of competences and skills in the universities.The activities started by analyzing the need in the society of higher education programs on Energy Efficient Building Technique in Nepal and Bhutan. As supposed, this subject was of great interest for the syndicate of engineers, construction companies, real estate owners and users; the work proceeded by developing courses and Master programs.An important part was the development of the laboratories, which are used in the courses to get a deeper understanding of the theoretical subjects. In order to improve the capability of the teachers, training courses and study visits were performed in the European universities, in Nepal and BhutanEven if the proposed plan for the Cimceb project was to start a full master program in one university and develop separate courses in the other two, all three partner universities started Master programs within Cimceb project. About 50 courses have been developed and approved within the universities. Three education laboratories have been completed with necessary tools. The result of the Cimceb project has also furthered the cooperation between the partner universities of Nepal and Bhutan as well as between partner universities and EU-partners.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 714380 Eur

Project Coordinator

LUNDS UNIVERSITET & Country: SE

Project Partners

• KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY
• TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY
• ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF BHUTAN
• UNIVERSITAET INNSBRUCK
• TALLINNA TEHNIKAULIKOOL