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Admission criteria for the Energy for Sustainable Development Online Course (E4SD)
 This Energy for Sustainable Development Online Course is delivered by the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University, Sweden, in collaboration with UNDP, UNEP, and the Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD).

Applicants must fulfil the following entrance requirements:

  • A completed higher secondary certificate / diploma that gives access to universities in the applicant’s home country.
  • A knowledge of English up to a certain level.
  • A minimum of two years of working experience in relevant fields. Relevant fields include areas related to energy supply and demand, infrastructure and economic development, city and land-use planning, agriculture and rural development, environmental protection, poverty alleviation, public health, and gender equity issues.

Should you not have this work experience due to external circumstances and / or should you have strong reasons and desire to participate in the course, then please state in a letter (max. 1 page) your motivation as to why you would like to attend the course.

Selection criteria for the E4SD Online Course
 If the number of applicants exceeds the number of available places for the E4SD-Course, applicants will be selected based on the following criteria:

  • Relevance and level of the current position and of previous work experience, e.g. from government, NGOs, multilateral and bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) businesses and the private sector, who are engaged in energy and development activities in developing countries.
  • Motivation statement / letter.
  • Relevance of undergraduate studies.
  • English skills.

How to apply for admission for the E4SD Online Course
A link to the online appication form will be published here before the next course start.

(Note: Details on how to apply for the forthcoming E4SD Policy Dialogue: "Financing mechanisms for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in developing countries" can be found here)

Timeline and deadlines
If you wish to be informed of the dates of the next course sessions when announced, please register here for the course newsletter.