Kingston University London

This course enables those with an undergraduate degree or equivalent in related sciences or engineering to specialise in renewable energy engineering, technology and applications.

It provides an in-depth knowledge of renewable energy systems design and development within an engineering environment.

What will you study?

The course combines specialist skills to provide career pathways in the following areas of project engineering and management:

• Solar power engineering design and development
• Wind power engineering design and development
• Bio-fuel technologies
• Renewable energy business and management

Optional modules introduce you to subjects designed to help further enhance your career ambitions. The MSc project gives you the opportunity to choose a field of study in which to establish yourself as a specialist. You will be given a wide range of projects, many of which are associated with real-world problems in the engineering industry.

Advanced topics such as 3D solid modelling, virtual product design and simulation and Finite Element Analysis allow you to gain further practical and theoretical knowledge of analytical software tools used in product design. There will also be plenty of opportunities for you to engage in laboratory and group activities.

Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.

Core modules 

• Biomass and Fuel Cells
• Renewable Energy Systems
• Renewable Energy Technology 
• Solar Power Engineering
• Wind Power Engineering
• Individual Project

Option modules (choose four) 

• Advanced Materials Processing
• Business Resource and Management
• Computerised Fluid Dynamics
• Computer Aided Product Design
• Finance Resource Management
• Industrial Project Management
• Industrial Systems and Management
• Integrated CAD/CAM Systems
• Mechatronics and Automation