12 monthsProgramme duration
20,456 GBPTuition Fee/year
3Scholarships
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Environmental Sciences
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Our MSc in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition will equip you with the skills and knowledge to have a real impact as a leader in renewable energy and energy transition, gaining the tools to understand the wider systems that rely on energy and look for solutions beyond the simple decarbonisation of existing activities.
This programme is open to all graduates and those interested in acquiring a broad knowledge of renewable energy systems and the issues surrounding them. You do not need to be an engineer to apply for this master’s programme and is suitable to professionals from a wide variety of academic backgrounds who want to work in the industry.
You will be actively surrounded by a research relevant environment, ensuring your studies remain innovative and industry focused. The Orkney campus, where this programme is delivered on, is host to the Transition Lab, an “action research” group which works with a range of research organisations, businesses, and community groups to move Scottish islands towards decarbonisation through the Islands Centre for Net Zero.
Reasons to study this programme:
- Industry-ready support: Hear from guest lecturers from leaders in the sector, network with ingenuity-led industry professionals from many renewable energy sectors, and participate in practical sessions right at the heart of the industry, having the opportunity to work on real-world problems, and work across disciplines to deliver practical solutions with global impact.
- Supported learning: Delivered through a combination of lectures, discussion sessions, project work, fieldwork, and guest lecturers and be assessed by coursework, exams, and your dissertation while receiving support and feedback throughout the programme.
- Comprehensive, customisable curriculum: Provides opportunity to specialise in several areas through optional courses, including environmental processes, oceanography and climate change, sustainability and adaption.
- Blend of skills: A curriculum based on a mix of mandatory and elective courses provide supporting knowledge and skills on energy transition, technologies of renewable energy generation, the importance of energy efficiency, policies, economics, project finance and environmental science.
- Applied learning: Undertake ILES Environment Dissertation while applying skills, techniques and knowledge to fine-tune expertise going into the industry.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Environmental Sciences
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Our MSc in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition will equip you with the skills and knowledge to have a real impact as a leader in renewable energy and energy transition, gaining the tools to understand the wider systems that rely on energy and look for solutions beyond the simple decarbonisation of existing activities.
This programme is open to all graduates and those interested in acquiring a broad knowledge of renewable energy systems and the issues surrounding them. You do not need to be an engineer to apply for this master’s programme and is suitable to professionals from a wide variety of academic backgrounds who want to work in the industry.
You will be actively surrounded by a research relevant environment, ensuring your studies remain innovative and industry focused. The Orkney campus, where this programme is delivered on, is host to the Transition Lab, an “action research” group which works with a range of research organisations, businesses, and community groups to move Scottish islands towards decarbonisation through the Islands Centre for Net Zero.
Reasons to study this programme:
- Industry-ready support: Hear from guest lecturers from leaders in the sector, network with ingenuity-led industry professionals from many renewable energy sectors, and participate in practical sessions right at the heart of the industry, having the opportunity to work on real-world problems, and work across disciplines to deliver practical solutions with global impact.
- Supported learning: Delivered through a combination of lectures, discussion sessions, project work, fieldwork, and guest lecturers and be assessed by coursework, exams, and your dissertation while receiving support and feedback throughout the programme.
- Comprehensive, customisable curriculum: Provides opportunity to specialise in several areas through optional courses, including environmental processes, oceanography and climate change, sustainability and adaption.
- Blend of skills: A curriculum based on a mix of mandatory and elective courses provide supporting knowledge and skills on energy transition, technologies of renewable energy generation, the importance of energy efficiency, policies, economics, project finance and environmental science.
- Applied learning: Undertake ILES Environment Dissertation while applying skills, techniques and knowledge to fine-tune expertise going into the industry.
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