Master of Energy Transition and Sustainability (METS)
Houston, USA
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
31 Jan 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 56,820 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The Master of Energy Transition and Sustainability (METS) Program is an advanced, professional non-thesis degree designed in partnership with the George R. Brown School of Engineering (SoE) and the Wiess School of Natural Sciences (SoNS) at Rice University. The METS program empowers individuals with the knowledge and expertise required to spearhead the global energy transition. This joint degree program will require 31 credit hours of curated courses at the 500-level or above, including a culminating three-credit hour capstone course..
The METS program is tailored for individuals holding a BA or a BS degree in a quantitative major (engineering or science) from an accredited institution. The degree will also be of value to professionals currently in the traditional energy field to allow them to retool their skills to join the global workforce in the areas of the Energy Transition, ideally those with a science or engineering background.
Houston plays a significant role in shaping the future of energy transition and sustainability as a global energy hub. Its diverse energy landscape, which includes oil and gas, renewables, and emerging technologies such as hydrogen and carbon capture and sequestration, offers a comprehensive learning experience that prepares students for various career paths within the energy sector. Thanks to the city’s energy ecosystem, students can connect directly with industry professionals, opening doors for internships, job placements, and collaborations to enhance their learning and career prospects. Pursuing a Master’s in Energy Transition and Sustainability in Houston can provide access to these diverse career paths. Students studying in this dynamic environment can contribute to global energy challenges and impact the world’s energy future.
This integrative professional master’s program will draw upon faculty and course offerings across multiple departments within engineering and natural sciences to address future energy challenges. The consensus recognition of climate change, extreme weather events, and still-growing carbon dioxide emissions is leading to irreversible shifts in how we generate and use energy, chemicals, and materials sustainably while managing and lowering the impact of greenhouse gases on the environment. Renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, geothermal energy, H2 production/storage, carbon capture, and sequestration are all ways to generate global energy supply and to reduce emissions.
This program will provide the skill set for scientists and engineers to apply their transferrable skills to the search for new energy sources, to develop new technologies to harness, store, and utilize this energy to recover and remove the products of energy usage, and to design sustainable systems for the long term.
The workforce that will take on this task must be developed and trained in foundational and applied skills to address these challenges. Rice University is poised to lead in this domain, given its well-established expertise in materials science, energy technologies, energy systems, subsurface geoscience, and environmental research.
Admissions
Curriculum
The courses listed below satisfy the requirements for this degree program. In certain instances, courses not on this official list may be substituted upon approval of the program's academic advisor, or where applicable, the department or program's Director of Graduate Studies. Course substitutions must be formally applied and entered into Degree Works by the department or program's Official Certifier. Additionally, these must be approved by the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Students and their academic advisors should identify and clearly document the courses to be taken.
Core Requirements (Credit Hours)
- BIOS 580 Sustainable Development and Reporting
- CHBE 552 Transitioning to Low Carbon Energies: Engineering Fundamentals
- CHBE 680 / EEPS 680 Energy Transition Seminar
- CHBE 549 / EEPS 549 Economics and Policies of Energy Transition
- EEPS 582 Geosciences for the Energy Transition
Area of Specialization (Credit Hours)
- Geosciences
- Earth science
Capstone Requirement (Credit Hours)
- CEVE 507 Energy and the Environment
Selected Courses for the Geosciences Area of Specialization
Students must complete a minimum of 5 courses (minimum of 15 credit hours) to satisfy the requirements for the METS degree program's Geosciences area of specialization.
- EEPS 579 Applied Subsurface Systems: Analytical Methods for Energy and Sustainability
- EEPS 585 Computational and Data Science in the Energy Industry
- EEPS 586 Data Science Methods and Data Management
- EEPS 593 Introduction to Geothermal Energy Systems
- EEPS 637 Earth’s Natural Resources for the Energy Transition
- EEPS 648 Exploration Geophysics
- EEPS 638 Nature-Based Carbon Sequestration
Selected Courses for the Engineering Area of Specialization
Students must complete a minimum of 5 courses (minimum of 15 credit hours) to satisfy the requirements for the METS degree program's Engineering area of specialization.
- CHBE 506 Decision Tools for Chemical Engineers
- CHBE 510 Fundamentals and Applications in Electrochemical Energy Conversion
- CHBE 515 Separation Technologies for Chemical and Biomolecular Processes
- CHBE 521 Analysis of Energy Systems
- CHBE 566 / Msne 566 Materials for Energy Transition
- CHBE 568 Industrial Chemical Processes
- EEPS 585 Computational and Data Science in the Energy Industry
Program Outcome
Upon completing the METS Degree, students will be able to:
- Explain the interconnections among Earth, Energy, and Environmental Systems and their impacts on society.
- Evaluate controls on global and regional energy supply and demand and the flow of energy and money across the energy value chain.
- Identify and select technical (engineering) solutions to energy problems
- Develop and apply technical, quantitative, and practical skills for the production, storage, deployment, and use of energy resources in sustainable ways.
- Conduct integrated, interdisciplinary team-based research on energy systems, and communicate this understanding to the general public
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Executive Director, Project Manager, Health Care Manager, Senior Geoscientist, Energy Data Manager, Planning and Design Engineer, Global Consultant, Data Manager, Health Policy Consultant, Compliance Manager, Missions Operations, Environmental Consultant, Operations Manager, EHS Manager, Environmental Site Investigator, Flight Controller, Reservoir Engineer, Software Engineer, Satellite Systems Engineer
English Language Requirements
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