The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society

What The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society does

The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society is a privately funded academic research and education institute housed within Dartmouth College, established in 2017 through philanthropy from Arthur L. Irving, Irving Oil Limited, and the Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation. Operating from a dedicated building on the Hanover, NH campus, the institute pursues a dual mandate of accelerating decarbonization through interdisciplinary research and preparing leaders for the energy transition. Its core technology is an energy systems modeling and interdisciplinary research platform spanning power grids, transportation, housing, renewable systems, and energy policy, with a proprietary emphasis on human-centered Energy Behavior Modeling, multidisciplinary curriculum integration, and community-based participatory research linking household/firm-level energy use to grid planning.

The institute's product portfolio is educational rather than commercial. Its flagship offering is the nine-month Master of Energy Transition (MET) professional degree, conferred through Dartmouth's Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, whose inaugural cohort of 19 students graduated in June 2026. Complementary offerings include the undergraduate Sustainable Energy Track minor, the Energy Justice Course and Clinic, the TuckLAB: Energy certificate, experiential bootcamps (Clean Energy Finance, Electricity Grids and Markets), Energy Immersion Trips, the New Energy Summer Summit, and the Energy Ventures entrepreneurship program launched in January 2026. The institute also distributes an Energy Justice course globally via Coursera. Faculty research is supported through seed grants, pilot funding, and a faculty seminar series.

The business model is non-commercial. The institute is a unit of Dartmouth College (a 501(c)(3) institution) with no separately reported revenue; funding derives from the founding Irving family gift, ongoing philanthropy, Dartmouth institutional budgets, and likely research grants. Tuition for the MET program is set by Dartmouth. Marketing and student acquisition are handled through organic channels — a monthly newsletter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, the Dartmouth Energy Collaborative (DEC) Listserv, events including CERAWeek, and the global Coursera platform. The institute serves four primary segments: graduate students and early-career professionals, undergraduate students across majors, faculty researchers, and student entrepreneurs, with no single paying customer segment.

Name

The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society

Legal name

The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society

Website

https://irving.dartmouth.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society is a non-commercial academic institute at Dartmouth College, established in 2017, that delivers interdisciplinary energy-transition education (notably the Master of Energy Transition degree) and research on decarbonization, energy justice, and energy systems modeling for graduate students, undergraduates, faculty, and student entrepreneurs.

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Technical Universities with Energy, Materials & Sustainability Focus

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Hybrid Renewable Systems & Co-Optimization R&D (Solar+Wind+Storage, Multi-Resource Plants, Controls)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Renewable Energy (Solar, Wind, Hydro & Geothermal)/Renewable Energy Technology Innovation (R&D & Emerging Tech)

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Research & Lab-Based Short-Term Programs (Undergraduate/Graduate)

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Keywords

• Energy transition education
• Decarbonization research
• Sustainable energy training
• Energy policy studies
• Clean energy finance

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Hanover

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United States

HQ region

North America

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Core offering

The institute delivers interdisciplinary academic programming and research focused on accelerating decarbonization and preparing leaders for the energy transition. Its flagship product is the nine-month Master of Energy Transition (MET) professional degree, complemented by undergraduate minors, experiential bootcamps, an Energy Justice Clinic, an Energy Ventures entrepreneurship program, a global Coursera course, and faculty research support including seed grants and a seminar series.

Product overview

The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society is an educational institute at Dartmouth College, not a technology product company. Its offerings consist of educational degree programs, experiential learning programs, online courses, and research initiatives focused on energy transition and sustainability. The core flagship program is the Master of Energy Transition (MET), a nine-month graduate degree, complemented by undergraduate programming including the Sustainable Energy Track minor, Energy Justice Course/Clinic, and experiential bootcamps (Clean Energy Finance, Electricity Grids and Markets). Additional programs include the Energy Ventures entrepreneurship program, TuckLAB: Energy certificate, Energy Immersion Trips, the New Energy Summer Summit, and the Student Grant Program. The institute also offers an online Coursera course on Energy Justice.

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• Master of Energy Transition (MET): A nine-month professional degree program that equips early-career professionals with interdisciplinary training, real-world experience, and expert mentorship to advance a sustainable, climate-stable future.
• Energy Ventures
• Energy Justice

Products and services

• Master of Energy Transition (MET) Degree A nine-month professional graduate degree at Dartmouth that equips early-career professionals with interdisciplinary training, real-world experience, and expert mentorship to power a more sustainable, climate-stable future. The degree is conferred by Dartmouth's Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies.
• Energy Ventures A concept-to-market experience designed to equip the next generation of energy and climate entrepreneurs with the mindset, tools, and skills to build and launch impactful ventures addressing critical energy transition challenges.
• Energy Justice Online (Coursera) A 100% online, self-paced course on Coursera that introduces energy justice concepts and helps professionals build a toolkit to identify and leverage opportunities to increase fairness and equity in energy-related decisions.
• Energy Justice Clinic A clinic model that brings Dartmouth researchers and students together to conduct hands-on research with community partners to advance social science scholarship on energy justice while supporting community needs.
• TuckLAB: Energy A multidisciplinary, interactive introduction to the complex socio-technical landscape of energy systems held over Winterim, hosted by the Irving Institute and the Tuck School of Business Office of Undergraduate Programs.
• Clean Energy Finance Bootcamp A two-day intensive workshop led by expert Curtis Probst, CEO of NYCEEC, introducing students to financial tools that can accelerate an affordable, reliable, and equitable clean energy transition.
• Electricity Grids and Markets Bootcamp A two-day workshop providing insights into essential components of the U.S. energy system, focusing on the role of FERC in regulating electricity grids and markets.
• Energy Immersion Trips Experiential learning opportunities including the Spring Break Appalachia Immersion Trip that brings students to West Virginia to explore the history and legacy of coal extraction and the region's shift to a cleaner energy future.
• New Energy Summer Summit An annual summit that brings together early-career energy and climate scholars from around the world to build interdisciplinary skills, share ideas, and grow a peer network.
• Student Grant Program Grants offered to undergraduate and graduate students whose work advances energy research, innovation, finance, or policy in service of a more affordable, reliable, and equitable energy future.
• Sustainable Energy Track A multidisciplinary minor within the Environmental Studies program that prepares students to foster transitions toward energy futures that are both more just and more environmentally responsible.
• Energy Justice Course (ANTH 50.48 | GEOG 40.04) A Dartmouth undergraduate course providing students opportunities to observe and shape how energy in local communities is generated, distributed, and used within a framework that underscores economic, racial, and social equality.

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TU Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026A newly signed memorandum of understanding between Dartmouth and Germany's TU Bergakademie Freiberg formalizes a complementary partnership to tackle the energy transition from every angle, opening new doors for researchers, students, and communities on both sides of the Atlantic. This partnership enables cross-Atlantic research collaboration and academic exchange in energy transition research.

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Direct peers

• MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI): MIT's central energy research and education hub offering interdisciplinary graduate energy programs (MEng, SM, MBA), seed grants, and industry partnerships - the closest direct comparable to the Irving Institute given overlapping mission, structure, and Dartmouth academic director Amanda Graham's prior tenure there.
• Princeton Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment: Princeton's interdisciplinary energy and environment research center with seed grants, graduate research, and outreach programs. Peer Ivy-league research university setting makes it a directly comparable structure and scale.
• Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences: Harvard's engineering and applied sciences school housing energy and sustainability research labs, graduate programs, and seed grants - a peer Ivy-league interdisciplinary home for energy transition research and education.
• Yale Center for Business and the Environment: Yale-based center integrating business and environmental/energy research with graduate curriculum and fellowships - peer Ivy-league interdisciplinary energy institute with similar scope.
• UT Austin Energy Institute: University-wide energy research institute at UT Austin funding interdisciplinary research, graduate fellowships, and industry partnerships across energy technologies - similar in hosting graduate degrees and research programs at a major research university.
• Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy: Stanford's flagship energy institute funding interdisciplinary research, graduate fellowships, and industry collaboration on energy transition; comparable in mission, interdisciplinary scope, and integration with a top-tier university's graduate school structure.
• Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy: Columbia's energy policy research and education center combining research, executive education, and graduate training at a New York Ivy-league - a directly comparable interdisciplinary energy institute with strong policy focus.
• Carnegie Mellon Scott Institute for Energy Innovation: CMU's energy research hub focused on energy science, policy, and engineering innovation with seed funding and graduate research programs - comparable given its engineering and public policy interdisciplinary focus.

Others

• Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA): Nonprofit collaborative of state clean energy funds supporting clean energy program design and deployment; comparable as a sector-ecosystem nonprofit that shapes clean energy education and policy - though focused on state-level programs rather than academic research.

Broad incumbents

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL): The US Department of Energy's primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency R&D - the institute's postdoctoral research fellow Shuchen Cong was formerly a policy researcher there, indicating thematic alignment on energy systems modeling and policy.

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCWrK-I1CmSDxXzF0Ny58VUQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/irvinginstitute
• Instagraminstagram.com/irvinginstitute

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