The MBA Renewables is designed for professionals aiming to obtain a management position mainly in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industry. It is open to graduates of all academic degrees, as both technical experts and non-technicians will enhance their career prospects by improving their business and leadership skills. They will also gain an understanding of the complexity of green energy markets and the crucial interrelation of economics, technology and regulatory politics in this field.

The first group of students studying the MBA Renewables beginning in October 2011 comprises of nearly 50 students from more than 20 countries. About 90% of the students are already working in the globalised market of green energy technologies. Their scope of work is diverse: some are working as engineers, some are working in the field of development cooperation and some are consultants, project or financial managers, lawyers or architects.