MSc in Engineering (Renewable & Sustainable Energy) Wrexham Glyndwr University

Study the future of renewable energy and its risks and benefits.

Learn the engineering skills to design and research renewable and sustainable energy sources.

Develop your creativity and entrepreneurship skills to produce solutions to real-world problems.

Key course features

• The programme looks at the engineering aspects of clean energy, energy economics and markets.
• Students will compare and analyse the costs/benefits/tariffs/risks of renewables with traditional fossil fuel and nuclear energy sources.
• Socio-economic, energy security and political issues are addressed, as well as environmental factors of different energy sources.

Why choose this course?

To meet the 2050 carbon reduction targets to control climate change, member states of the EU have signed legally binding targets to transition from traditional fossil fuel energy sources to renewable and sustainable energy. This MSc programme offers students a chance to access this exciting, dynamic and highly innovative field.

• The programme provides an up-to-date overview of all the major renewable energy sources. This includes the engineering skills associated with selecting, designing and installing the apparatus to capture, as well as store, convert and transfer it into useful forms.
• The future of renewable energy will rely on innovative forward-thinking businesses, politicians, engineers and managers, and as such this programme also encourages creativity and entrepreneurship to produce solutions to real-world problems.

What you will study

Modules

• Engineering Research Methods
• Sustainable Design & Innovation
• Engineering Systems Modelling & Simulation
• Control Systems Engineering
• Renewable Engineering
• Renewables: Environmental, Economic, Social and Political.
• Dissertation

The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the programme that will take the form of either core or option modules. Modules are designated as core or option in accordance with professional body requirements and internal academic framework review, so may be subject to change.

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The course equips you with a thorough knowledge and skills in engineering at the forefront of new and emerging technologies. Graduates will be well placed to become subject specialists within the industry or to pursue research careers within academia.