Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture,
University of Zagreb, (UZ - FSB)

is the oldest and largest faculty in this field in Croatia, dating back to 1919 when it was founded as a part of the Royal High Technical School. Nowadays, being a part of the University of Zagreb, it enrols 1600 students within the study majors of Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture and Aeronautical Engineering and employs the teaching staff of 180.

The activities of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture include both the theory and practice of design, construction and production of marine structures, machines and devices in power generation and process industry, command production of internal combustion engines and conveying machinery, as well as the manufacture of consumers' products. In addition to the undergraduate studies relevant to the degree of a graduate mechanical engineer or a graduate naval architect, the Faculty offers postgraduate studies for obtaining the master and doctoral degrees in technical sciences.

The faculty is about to re-organize its educational system in accordance with the Bologna Declaration (signed by Croatia in May 2001) and to adopt the European Credit Transfer System. Additional effort is being put into the modernization of teaching methods and the introduction of new ones (on line education, lecturing provided by video links to the partner universities, industry experts’ guest lecturing, encouragement of student mobility towards the universities abroad, study visits) and the up dating of course objectives. The faculty also provides specialized up-grading courses to the specialists from industry.

UZ - FSB is the only institution in the continental part of Croatia with an established Lab for Renew. Energy Resources Utilization being focused primarily on solar energy and biomass (research, testing and designing of commercial equipment). Two departments involved in the realization of the present Tempus project - Department of Applied Thermodynamics, Thermal and Process Engineering, (15 prof. and assist. prof., 8 PhD students) and Power Engineering Department (16 prof. and assist. prof., 11 PhD students) take an active role in promoting energy efficiency and environmental aspects of energy production and utilization through a close co-operation with industry, as well as with the responsible Ministries and the National Institute of Energy. Four laboratories have been established in these two departments: Lab for Technical Thermodynamics, Lab for Applied Thermodynamic, Lab for Process Measurement and Power Lab.

The Department of Thermodynamics, Thermal and Process Engineering and the Power Engineering Department
offer the International Master of Science Degree Programme in Sustainable Energy Engineering (MSc SEE) which provides basic and advanced state-of-the-art education in the fields of power generation and energy utilization in both economically and environmentally sustainable way.

Consortium members involved in the realization of the MScSEE programme
(carried out within the Tempus Joint European Project)

The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

The Royal Institute of Technology (Kungl Tekniska Högskolan) was founded in 1827 and is the largest of Swedish technical universities. KTH is responsible for one-third of Sweden 's capacity for engineering studies and technical research at post-secondary level. KTH is an international institution with established research and educational exchanges all over the world, especially in Europe, the USA, Australia and South-East Asia. The University conducts top-notch education and research of broad spectrum -from natural sciences to all branches of technology, including architecture, industrial economics, urban planning, work science and environmental technology. KTH is especially active in the field of Sustainable Energy Engineering. It has two special Master programmes taught in English in this field. Sustainable Energy Engineering is closest to the MSc programme offered at UZ-FSB. The co-operation between UZ - FSB and KTH was established in the early 80s in terms of joint projects and student exchange and has been intensified through the mentioned MSc programme.

University of Padova , Faculty of Engineering (DFT-UP)

comprises a number of departments covering a wide range of engineering studies such as architecture, mech. engineering, chemical engineering, transportation, process eng. etc. The Department Fisica Tecnica, which is involved in the project realization, focuses on the following areas of research: theoretical and applied acoustics; new developments in refrigeration; heat transfer on enhanced surfaces with liquid-gas two-phase flow of new refrigerants; solar collectors and absorption; testing of refrigerating machinery; building-systems interactions in the study of seasonal heat loads. There are 20 professors and assistant professors together with 19 PhD students employed at the Department. Laboratory for Acoustic and Heat Transfer Laboratory for students are integral parts of the department, which has developed co-operation with industry and other Universities from all over the world. Among them is also the University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering with established co-operation in the field of absorption refrigeration and solar collectors.

University of Rijeka , Faculty of Engineering ( UR – FE)

provides education in the fields of mechanical engineering, naval architecture as well as electrical engineering. Co-operation on the project realization will be established with the Department of Applied Thermodynamics and Energy Technology with which UZ -FSB has already developed close co-operation in the field of solar collectors, heat pump and refrigeration technologies, as well as in student exchange. This faculty is the local centre in the northern coastal region for education of specialists, particularly in tourism, with strong environmental and sustainability orientation of the study. The first solar collector manufactured in the region in the early 70s was designed at this Faculty, which continues work on the development of new types of solar collectors in co-operation with industry. There is also intensive cooperation with the local industry and universities from the Czech Republic, Italy, Slovenia and Croatia.