Sustainable Energy Engineering MSc

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Overview

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MSc

  • MSc Sustainable Energy Engineering, home applicant, full time

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time, 1 year
    • Pound 10800 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3,500
  • MSc Sustainable Energy Engineering, home applicant, part time

    • Home Applicant
    • Part time, 2 years
    • Pound 1800

MSc with Placement Year

  • MSc Sustainable Energy Engineering, home applicant, full time

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time, 1 year
    • Pound 10800 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3,500
  • MSc Sustainable Energy Engineering, home applicant, part time

    • Home Applicant
    • Part time, 2 years
    • Pound 1800

MSc

  • MSc Sustainable Energy Engineering, home applicant, full time

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time, 1 year
    • Pound 10800 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3,500
  • MSc Sustainable Energy Engineering, international applicant, full time

    • International Applicant
    • Full time, 1 year
    • Pound 15960 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3,500

MSc with Placement Year

  • MSc Sustainable Energy Engineering, home applicant, full time

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time, 1 year
    • Pound 10800 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3,500
  • MSc Sustainable Energy Engineering, international applicant, full time

    • International Applicant
    • Full time, 1 year
    • Pound 15960 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3,500

Learn more about our Sustainable Energy Engineering degree

What makes this course different

Industry ready

The course, designed in conjunction with industrial stakeholders, offers students to combine theory with best practice using the most up-to-date digital tools.

Career ready

There is currently a high demand for graduates in various technical sectors due to a shortage of skilled staff. Up to 50% of engineering and management staff will retire in the next ten years (IAM).

Sustainability Research Institute

Work with our flagship centre of excellence for environmental research and development.

Learn more about the institute

Course modules

NOTE: Modules are subject to change. For those studying part time courses the modules may vary.

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Your future career

Your future career

Globally, overall demand for renewables is expected to increase due to their use in the electricity sector and there is already a high demand for technical professionals in this area. An MSc qualification in Sustainable Energy Engineering will give you a practical edge as the discipline overlaps with a number of engineering professions. There are many career paths available, ranging from hard-core engineering to consultancy and even policy-making government institutions, once you have completed this course. Many graduates choose to pursue a professional high-flying career in the expansive engineering sector, in roles such as consultants, designers, field engineers, project managers or senior managers.

Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal.

UK wind farm
The postgraduate qualification will enable you to change the mindset of key stakeholders, which is required in various engineering, construction and other sectors. The course has a strong emphasis on energy generation and related challenges for wind, photovoltaic, thermo-mechanical energy conversion systems, hybrid renewable energy systems, sustainable energy and the environment, energy efficiency, building energy modelling and engineering optimisation. The industrial placement will further enhance the hands-on experience of the students, which is indeed, a great offer.
Prof Fawad Inam

Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Head of Engineering & Construction

How we support your career ambitions

We offer dedicated careers support, further opportunities to thrive, such as volunteering and industry networking. our courses are created in collaboration with employers and industry to ensure they accurately reflect the real-life practices of your future career and provide you with the essential skills needed. You can focus on building interpersonal skills through group work and benefit from our investment in the latest cutting edge technologies and facilities.

Career Zone

Our dedicated and award-winning team provide you with careers and employability resources, including:

  • Online jobs board for internships, placements, graduate opportunities, flexible part-time work.
  • Mentoring programmes for insight with industry experts 
  • 1-2-1 career coaching services 
  • Careers workshops and employer events 
  • Learning pathways to gain new skills and industry insight

Mental Wealth programme

Our Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme which issues you with a Careers Passport to track the skills you’ve mastered. Some of these are externally validated by corporations like Amazon and Microsoft.

Our Mental Wealth programme

We are careers first

Our teaching methods and geographical location put us right up top

  • Enterprise and entrepreneurship support 
  • We are ranked 6th for graduate start-ups 
  • Networking and visits to leading organisations 
  • Support in starting a new business, freelancing and self-employment 
  • London on our doorstep

What you'll learn

You will be taught by academics and industrial practitioners we work with. You will benefit from our close links with major employers, and the continued support of the Industrial Advisory Board in enhancing the employability of our students in the wider engineering sector. The course covers topics such as wind, photovoltaic, thermo-mechanical energy conversion systems, hybrid renewable energy systems, sustainable energy and the environment, energy efficiency, building energy modelling and engineering optimisation. Apart from the technical content, MSc courses are unique, as there is a strong emphasis on professional life and employability skills, embedded throughout all aspects of your advanced technical course focusing on your enhanced key skills such as communication, digital proficiency, intelligence (like emotional and social) and teamwork. The programme will also offer an optional placement year to all students, enabling them to experience the real world and effectively connect their university experience with it.

How you'll learn

All modules include coursework, for which you will have opportunities to apply your knowledge to engineering projects based on real-life scenarios. The coursework will include analysis and design projects, research reports, group and seminar presentations and a research dissertation project.

You will also attend lectures, seminars and tutorials and you will work both individually and in groups. 

To support the hands-on nature of this course, we have an impressive range of facilities. Our modern, well-equipped laboratories are open to students all day and include dedicated labs. We also have superb computer facilities and the very latest design and key software.

Expert feedback and support are always on offer from our dedicated team of academics, all experts in their particular disciplines.

Our MSc courses are some of the most flexible around. Engineers employed in the industry have found that the part-time model can easily be tailored to suit their personal requirements.

Guided independent study
We are investing in key areas beyond your studies including our career services, library and well-being, to be available both face-to-face on campus and online with many of these available 24/7. We have new, modern library facilities on both campuses offering inspirational environments for study and research. Libraries contain resources in print and digital formats, a range of study spaces and a dedicated librarian who can assist with your learning.

Academic support
Students are supported with any academic or subject-related queries by an Academic Advisor, module leaders, and former and current UEL students.
If you need a bit of extra help with certain skills such as academic writing, English, maths or statistics, our Academic Tutors offer workshops, drop-in sessions and one-to-one appointments to help our students achieve their potential. You can receive advice and guidance on all aspects of the IT systems provided by the University from  IT.

Workload
Each year you will spend around 300 hours of timetabled learning and teaching activities. These may be lectures, workshops, seminars and individual and group tutorials. Contact hours may vary depending on each module.

The approximate percentages for this course are:
Year 1: scheduled teaching - 300 hours; guided independent study - 900 hours.
Year 2: scheduled teaching - 300 hours; guided independent study - 900 hours.
Year 3: scheduled teaching - 300 hours; guided independent study - 900 hours.

The size of classes can vary depending on the nature of the course, module and activity. This can range from large groups in a lecture theatre setting, to smaller groups taking part in seminars and collaborative work. You will receive your personalised timetable at the beginning of the academic year depending on your course

About the industrial placement year

This course is also available as a two-year master's with an industrial placement year. The industrial placement is designed to address the demands of the profession and give students a competitive edge when it comes to their careers. The industrial placement component is for the duration of an academic year, i.e., normally 30 weeks including a minimum of 24 weeks of delivery time. It starts after students have successfully completed the 1st year of study, i.e., all the taught modules and the dissertation component of the MSc course which together form 180 credits. Please refer to the course specification for the summary of the course structure and further information.

Students on the MSc with Placement courses must pass all taught modules of their respective course plus dissertation to gain 180 credits before they become eligible to progress to the next stage and undertake an industrial placement. Students on the MSc course with placement will also normally be required to fulfil the 80% attendance requirement (on all modules) to be eligible to progress to the industrial placement. Students unable to meet the above requirements to progress successfully will normally be moved to the one-year full-time version of the course and their student visa, if any, will be curtailed accordingly.

It is ultimately the student's responsibility to secure their placement and the university cannot guarantee placements. The University will offer guidance and support and recommend students to many of our industrial partners who have expressed strong support and interest in the programme. 

During the industrial placement period, you will undertake an internship within a partner organisation (or by means of alternative arrangements such as projects led by industry and carried out on campus) and complete a zero-credit Industrial Placement Module. 

There are additional fees for the placement module (in the second year of the course), in addition to the fees for the taught modules and dissertation paid in the first year.

How you will be assessed

Assessment will consist of a combination of coursework and exams. Coursework can include presentations, software demonstrations, research-based assignments and practical exercises involving real life engineering problems.

All assessments are designed to ensure that our course equips you with all of the skills required to get into the engineering sector giving you a major competitive edge. Apart from the coursework and exams, you will be assessed by using technology and other diverse modes. Your learning journey will be further supported by using technology enhanced learning as you will also participate in learning latest industry-standard software.

Assessment for this course is 50% coursework and 50% portfolio.

Feedback is provided within 15 working days in line with UEL's assessment and feedback policy.

Campus and facilities

Docklands Campus, London, E16 2RD