Sustainable Energy MSc
7G7M+42, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Feb 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 19,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for full-time overseas students / £10,500 for full-time UK students | £5,300 for part-time UK students | £9,500 for part-time overseas students
Introduction
Our Sustainable Energy MSc degree adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the field, offering students a comprehensive understanding of energy sustainability and renewable sources. It also provides opportunities for specialisation in areas such as wind energy, solar energy, sustainable energy storage, and integrating smart energy with AI applications.
Why Choose this Course?
Our cross-disciplinary MSc programme in Sustainable Energy provides broad-ranging training and the fundamentals for understanding sustainable and renewable energy systems and applications and the social, economic, regulatory and environmental factors that govern sustainable energy. It will give you the skills to become a specialist in this crucial and rapidly expanding industry.
Study this interdisciplinary course and you will learn the key concepts of sustainability and renewables with a range of theoretical and practical modules taught by world-leading academics who are experts in their fields and have access to a wide range of exceptional facilities and resources.
What you will study
This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to the sector, enabling you to gain an excellent broad overview of energy sustainability and renewables whilst also giving you opportunities to specialise in particular aspects such as wind, solar, sustainable energy storage, smart energy and AI applications.
You'll begin by exploring the core principles in sustainable/net-zero energy systems and applications.
Project and laboratory components will enable you to gain practical, technical and transferable skills. Leadership and change management elements will also be embedded throughout group project work.
You will actively engage in the research aspects of the programme as part of your dissertation projects. For this, you'll be integrated into one of our research teams, based on the choice of topic you're interested in within a range of energy-systems-related projects and closely supervised by one of our expert research staff.
The research projects will be conducted across highly relevant and multidisciplinary themes within the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, with some contributions from the other institutes, research centres, and faculties at Surrey.
Completing this programme will provide you with specialist skills and an enviable understanding of the sector, boosting your career and thus addressing the energy technology and skills gap.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Discover how we can support your undergraduate and postgraduate studies with a host of bursaries and scholarships directly from the University of Surrey and external providers.
Curriculum
Modules
Modules listed are indicative, reflecting the information available at the time of publication. Modules are subject to teaching availability, student demand and/or class size caps.
The University operates a credit framework for all taught programmes based on a 15-credit tariff.
Year 1
Full-time
- Research Dissertation (Prise)
- Group Project
- Economics and Policy of Sustainable Energy
- Introduction to Renewable Energy Systems
- Renewable Energy Technologies
- Sustainable Development Applications
- Solar Energy Technology
- Energy Geotechnics
- Introduction to Renewable Energy Systems
- Sustainable Energy Storage and Distribution
- Wind Energy Technology
- Sustainability and Infrastructure
- Environmental Aerodynamics and Wind Power
- Nature-based Solutions in Environmental Engineering
- Nuclear Energy and Applications
- Smart Energy Systems Design and Analysis
Year 1
Part-time
- Introduction to Renewable Energy Systems
- Economics and Policy of Sustainable Energy
- Sustainable Energy Storage and Distribution
- Wind Energy Technology
- Sustainability and Infrastructure
- Nature-based Solutions in Environmental Engineering
Year 2
Part-time
- Research Dissertation (Prise)
- Group Project
- Renewable Energy Technologies
- Sustainable Development Applications
- Solar Energy Technology
- Energy Geotechnics
- Environmental Aerodynamics and Wind Power
- Nuclear Energy and Applications
- Smart Energy Systems Design and Analysis
Timetable
New students will receive their personalised timetable in Welcome Week. In later semesters, two weeks before the start of the semester.
Scheduled teaching can occur any day of the week (Monday – Friday), with part-time classes normally scheduled on one or two days. Wednesday afternoons tend to be for sports and cultural activities.
Program Outcome
Educational Aims of the Programme
- To prepare students to address complex energy challenges toward net-zero transition through interdisciplinary skills and practical management principles
- To equip students with the knowledge and skills required to understand the current challenges in energy systems, identify the appropriate technological solutions to deploy sustainable energy systems, and appreciate the prioritisation of proposing viable, practical, and long-lasting solutions toward the energy sector
- To focus on sustainability, employability, and the UN SDGs, we foster resilience, digital capability, and a professional workforce that could direct impactful changes to achieve a sustainable economy with secured energy resources.
Programme Learning Outcomes
- To understand the key concepts of renewable energy sources and the requirements of sustainable energy conversion devices applied in the ¿net-zero¿ transition and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- To recognise, describe, and suggest appropriate modern sustainable energy storage, distribution, and demand side flexibility technologies for developing a more resilient and energy-secured economy
- To develop skills for applying appropriate methods to analyse, develop, and assess smart systems operating based on renewable and sustainable energy sources
- To apply state-of-the-art knowledge to design and size various storage and conversion technologies for renewable energy sources
- To demonstrate knowledge, understanding, and ability to quantify the performance and efficiency of sustainable energy systems based on the socio-economic energy impacts, project financial performance, and marketing principles
- To strengthen a range of transferable skills that are relevant to the needs of existing and future professionals in knowledge-intensive industries, irrespective of their sector of operation.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
We offer career information, advice and guidance to all students whilst studying with us, which is extended to our alumni for three years after leaving the University.
Engineers and scientists are increasingly expected to have skills in energy systems and come up with sustainable solutions.
Graduates from this course will be highly sought after, with diverse opportunities for employment in many leading industries as well as in research.
As a graduate of this course, you'll be well prepared to help technology-intensive organisations make important decisions given vast amounts of information by adopting, combining, implementing and executing the right technologies.
Graduates of our Sustainable Energy Systems MSc can pursue careers in many diverse roles, such as:
- Sustainable energy engineering professionals – in design, management, and consultancy
- Renewable systems expert
- Research engineer
- Sustainable supply-chain adviser
- And many more.