The MEngSc (Sustainable Energy) is a full-time programme running for 12 months from the date of first registration for the programme.

Candidates must have a BE (Hons) or BEng (Hons) Degree or equivalent engineering qualification, with a minimum grade 2H2. However, candidates with equivalent academic qualifications and suitable experience may be accepted subject to the approval of College of Science, Engineering and Food Science. In all cases, the course of study for each candidate must be approved by the Programme Coordinator.

Candidates from Grandes Écoles Colleges are also eligible to apply if they are studying a cognate discipline in an ENSEA or EFREI Graduate School and are eligible to enter the final year (M2) of their programme.

In Part I students take modules to the value of 50 credits and a Preliminary Research Report in Sustainable Energy (NE6008) to the value of 10 credits.
Part II consists of a Dissertation in Sustainable Energy (NE6009) to the value of 30 credits which is completed over the summer months.

Students take 90 credits as follows:

Part I
Students take 50 credits as follows:
CE6042 Transportation and Energy (5 credits)
NE4008 Photovoltaic Systems (5 credits)
NE6003 Wind Energy (5 credits)
NE6004 Biomass Energy (5 credits)
NE6005 Ocean Energy (5 credits)
NE6006 Solar and Geothermal Energy (5 credits)
NE6007 Energy Systems Modelling (5 credits)
NE6012 Energy in Buildings (5 credits)
NE6013 Sustainable Energy (5 credits)
NE6016 Energy Systems in Buildings (5 credits)

Depending on the background of the student, the Programme Coordinator may decide to replace some of the above taught modules from the following list of modules up to a maximum of 20 credits:

CE4020 Environmental Hydrodynamics (5 credits)
CE6024 Finite Element Analysis (5 credits)
EE3011 Power Electronics and AC Machines (5 credits)
EE3012 Electric Vehicle Energy Systems (5 credits)
EE4001 Energy Systems, Power Electronics and Drives (5 credits)
EE4002 Control Engineering II (5 credits)
EE6035 Electrical Power Systems (5 credits)
EE6048 Smart Grids (5 credits)
ME6007 Mechanical Systems (5 credits)
NE6010 Offshore Wind Energy (5 credits)
NE6011 Advanced Energy Systems Modelling (5 credits)
NE6015 Data Analytics for Engineering (5 credits)

Note: the choice of modules taken must be such that each student is required to take at least 35 credits of postgraduate (level 6) modules, with at most 15 credits of undergraduate (level 3 or level 4) modules.

In addition, all students must take 10 credits as follows:
NE6008 Preliminary Research Report in Sustainable Energy (10 credits)

Part II
NE6009 Dissertation in Sustainable Energy (30 credits)

NE6009 must be submitted on a date in September as specified by the Department

Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2020/2021 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2020/2021.

Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Energy
Students who pass but fail to achieve the requisite grade of 50% across the taught modules and the Preliminary Research Report will be eligible for the award of a Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Energy. Candidates passing Part I of the programme who do not wish to proceed to Part II may opt to be conferred with a Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Energy.

Programme Learning Outcomes for MEngSc in Sustainable Energy (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Apply concepts and the theoretical basis from engineering sciences to problems in sustainable energy and related disciplines;
• Identify, formulate, model and design sustainable energy systems, components and processes;
• Design, analyse, and re-engineer sustainable energy engineering systems, components, and processes with an emphasis on renewable energy technologies and sustainable energy end use;
• Evaluate critically the engineering, economic, environmental, societal, and legal impacts of complex sustainable energy systems by applying design, analysis and modeling in a holistic way;
• Plan, conduct, manage and document sustainable energy R&D-projects including data management and analysis, energy systems design, and aspects of interdisciplinary information exchange;
• Communicate effectively with the engineering community and the engineering society through the appropriate application of IT-supported communication and presentation tools and the collective development of scientific publications;
• Plan conduct and manage a significant research project in sustainable energy and produce a dissertation to communicate the results.

Programme Learning Outcomes for Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Energy (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Apply concepts and the theoretical basis from engineering sciences to problems in sustainable energy and related disciplines;
• Identify, formulate, model and design sustainable energy systems, components and processes;
• Design, analyse, and re-engineer sustainable energy engineering systems, components, and processes with an emphasis on renewable energy technologies and sustainable energy end use;
• Evaluate critically the engineering, economic, environmental, societal, and legal impacts of complex sustainable energy systems by applying design, analysis and modeling in a holistic way;
• Plan, conduct, manage and document sustainable energy R&D-projects including data management and analysis, energy systems design, and aspects of interdisciplinary information exchange;
• Communicate effectively with the engineering community and the engineering society through the appropriate application of IT-supported communication and presentation tools and the collective development of scientific publications.