Program Overview

Energy Engineering BEng (Hons)

Overview

The demand for clean energy specialists is on the rise. Study the production, storage, and transmission of energy, focusing on renewable energy and transition fuels, ready for a career in this growing sector.

Course Details

Year 1 Core Modules

• Clean Energy and Sustainability
  • Explore aspects of energy use, including energy sources, energy generation, transportation, private and industrial consumption, and how transition to clean energy is the main driver behind energy policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions and achieving net zero economies.
• Electrical Principles (AC/DC)
  • Introduce you to the fundamentals of electrical circuit theory and how to apply it to analyze simple electric circuits.
• Engineering Mathematics
  • Introduce the range of mathematical skills that are relevant to an engineering degree, revisiting and developing your knowledge of the fundamentals of algebra, trigonometry, and basic statistics.
• Engineering Practice
  • Develop and enhance the practical, professional, and electrical engineering skills necessary for success in both the academic and work environment.
• Materials and Sustainability
  • Look at engineering materials in lab-based practical sessions, exploring fundamental relationships between processing, structure, properties, and performance.
• Thermofluids
  • Introduce the student to the basic principles of fluid mechanics, properties of fluids, hydrostatics, continuity equation, Bernoulli's equation, flow measurements, real flow in pipes, friction losses, and momentum equation.

Year 2 Core Modules

• Applied Mathematical Methods
  • Develop mathematical knowledge in differential equations and numerical methods, extending your base of techniques to solve a variety of problems that arise in engineering domains.
• Building Energy Performance and Modelling
  • Explore computer-aided design techniques used to analyze the thermal performance of a commercial building, including detailed consideration of the building façade in association with the effects of thermal mass, passive solar control, and variations in casual heat gain.
• Energy Planning and Project Management
  • Cover key areas, including computer-aided decision making in energy planning, considering methods and tools, environmental impact, legislation, and social implications.
• Hydrogen Fuels
  • Study the latest innovations in the hydrogen economy, including how it is produced, and its many applications in transportation and electricity generation.
• Product and Assembly Design Modelling
  • Develop your skills and knowledge in applying 3-D solid modelling and surface modelling to product design, using industry-standard software.
• Solar, Geothermal, Wind, and Tidal Energy Systems
  • Explore the basic features, systems, components, advantages, and challenges of renewable energy, including solar, geothermal, wind, and tidal.

Optional Work Placement Year

• Work Placement
  • Spend one year in industry learning and developing your skills, gaining experience favored by graduate recruiters and developing your technical skillset.

Final-Year Core Modules

• Electric Power Systems
  • Provide you with the capability to design and analyze electrical power circuits and systems, learning a broad range of topics related to generation and conversion of electrical power.
• Environmental and Sustainable Processing
  • Address the environmental impacts from industrial and human activities and the need for a sustainable environmental engineering approach to future developments.
• Project
  • Extend the development of independent learning skills by allowing you to investigate an area of engineering or technology for an extended period.
• Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Systems
  • Gain the knowledge and skills to implement suitable alternative energy technologies and understand their economic, social, and environmental benefits within a broader context.
• Sustainable Systems and Industry 4.0
  • Learn about the emergence of Industry 4.0, often referred to as the fourth industrial revolution, and its potential to improve energy, equipment, and human behavior.

Entry Requirements

• 96-112 points, including maths (must include calculus) from any combination of acceptable level 3 qualifications, such as A level, BTEC, Access to Higher Education Diploma, Scottish and Irish Highers, T-Level, or the International Baccalaureate.

Employability

• Energy engineers work on projects to reduce energy use or costs, researching, designing, and building power generation plants, power storage facilities, developing processes to reduce carbon emissions, and minimizing environmental damage.

Professional Accreditation

• Accredited by the Energy Institute on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of demonstrating in part, the knowledge and understanding required for registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng).

Tuition Fees

• Full-time: £9,535 a year (UK applicants), £17,000 a year (international applicants)
• Part-time: £4,635 (120 credits) (UK applicants)