Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
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Study Details: 1 year
Sustainability and energy innovation are at the heart of the global engineering challenge. This programme prepares you to address critical issues in different types of energy systems, environmental protection and resource management. You’ll develop practical and analytical skills to design, assess and optimise sustainable technologies, policies and processes across the energy and environmental sectors.
This course is open to those with a science and engineering background wanting to specialise in energy and environmental engineering. The course offers flexibility to tailor your studies to your interests, allowing you to specialise in areas such as clean energy, circular economy, or environmental management.
Taught by leading experts actively engaged in cutting-edge research, you’ll gain hands-on experience with advanced modelling, energy systems, environmental impact assessment and renewable technologies.
You'll undertake a substantial research project under the guidance of an academic supervisor and produce original research outcomes that demonstrate your capabilities.
Through project work, lab-based research and industry exposures, you’ll learn to solve real-world challenges, preparing you for a career in engineering, consultancy, policy, or further research. You will also develop critical transferable skills, including data analysis, project management and problem-solving, equipping you to make an immediate impact in professional or academic settings.
Graduates leave with a highly respected degree that is valued by the industry, ready to contribute to sustainable solutions in energy and environmental engineering, and to drive innovation in sectors that are vital for society and the planet.
We are accredited by the Institution of Chemical Engineers on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer.
Minimum 2:2 undergraduate honours degree in a relevant subject.
You can tailor your studies to suit your interests and career goals by choosing between two specialist routes.
Route 1: focuses on environmental and chemical engineering approaches to sustainability and energy, with options such as bioresources, low-carbon technologies, and petroleum engineering.
Route 2: explores advanced mechanical and aerospace perspectives, including modules in energy and power, propulsion, and regenerative design, alongside opportunities to study civil and environmental engineering themes.
Both routes build on a strong foundation of core modules in life cycle thinking, applied energy engineering, and fuels and energy. Whichever route you choose, you’ll also complete an individual research project, giving you the chance to explore a sustainability or energy challenge in depth and apply your learning to real-world issues.
Route 1 - Core modules:
Life Cycle Thinking and Assessment
Applied Energy Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Energy Systems and Management
Introduction to Fuels and Energy
Research Project
Route 1 - Optional modules:
You’ll have the flexibility to choose up to 45 credits from the modules listed below.
Bioresources and Bioprocessing (PGT)
Petroleum Engineering
Low Carbon Energy Science and Technology
Nuclear Reactor Engineering
Route 2 - Core modules:
Life Cycle Thinking and Assessment
Applied Energy Engineering
Introduction to Fuels and Energy
MSc Individual Research Project
Route 2 - Optional modules:
You’ll have the flexibility to choose up to 60 credits from the modules listed below.
Advanced Aerospace Propulsion Technology
Advanced Energy and Power
Low Carbon Energy Science and Technology
Nuclear Reactor Engineering
Urban Stormwater Management
Regenerative Design Project
Design and Management of Sewer Systems
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