Engineering (Renewable and Sustainable Energy)

Entry requirements

An honours degree with at least a 2:2 classification or equivalent in an appropriate engineering discipline or relevant professional experience.

Months of entry

September

Course content

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 energies. This MSc programme offers a graduate 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 programme also looks at the engineering aspects of clean energy, energy economics and markets. The cost/ benefit/ tariff/risk analysis of renewables is compared 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.

This course can be completed over 1 year full time, or 2 years part time.

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.

The modules covered on this course for full-time students are:

• Engineering Research Methods & PG Studies (Core)
• Engineering Design & Innovation (Core)
• Mechanical Engineering Systems Modelling & Simulation (Optional)
• Electrical & Electronic Engineering Systems Modelling & Simulation (Optional)
• Renewable Technology & Storage Integration Engineering (Optional)
• Intelligent System Design & Control Engineering (Optional)
• Desigh with Composites-Theory & Practice (Optional)
• Energy Reduction & Sustainability (Core)
• Climate Change, Consequences, Solution & Policies (Core)
• Dissertation (Core)

Information for international students

If you are applying as an European / International Student, and live outside of the UK, you should make your application through our online application system, Centurus.

For information about the university’s entry requirements for EU/international students, please visit our international section.

Fees and funding

You do not have to pay your tuition fees upfront.

Wrexham University’s tuition fees for 2024/25 for MSc Engineering (Renewable & Sustainable Energy) are £5940.

The fees you pay and the support available will depend on a number of different factors. Full information can be found on our fees & finance pages.