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About the Course

Overview

The multi-disciplinary MSc Energy course offers modules relevant to energy resources, power generation, process engineering, environmental legislation and environmental impact assessment, energy in buildings, as well as MBA business modules from the internationally recognised Edinburgh Business School. The unique course flexibility allows students to tailor the content and structure to their specific needs.

While the standard course leads to an MSc, shorter courses offering credits for continued professional development (CPD), a Certificate or a Diploma may be taken. Full time, part time and flexible distance learning modes of study are available.

The aims of the course are to provide a practical and theoretical grounding in technologies and wider knowledge and skills relevant to the Energy sector, for the practicing Engineer as well as Decision-making managers and Policy makers.

Course Structure

The on-campus course structure comprises of 8 taught modules and a Masters dissertation. The on-campus course structure comprises three mandatory modules (Foundations of Energy, Technology Futures and Business Strategies, Critical Analysis and Research Preparation) and a dissertation, with five optional modules chosen from a wide range of themes covering Fossil Energy Resources, Renewable Energy, Power Generation, Energy in Buildings, Thermal Engineering and Business.

The distance learning course structure comprises of two compulsory modules (Foundations of Energy and Technology Futures and Business Strategies). Distance learning students may choose a fully taught course (12 modules) or a mixture of taught and project modules.

• Mandatory

  • Foundations of Energy

  • Technology Future and Business Strategy

  • Critical Analysis and Research Preparation (Mandatory for on-campus students)

  • Masters Dissertation (Mandatory for on-campus students)

• Optional
  • Oil&Gas Field Appraisal
  • Oil&Gas Field Development
  • Climate Change: Causes and Impacts
  • Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation Methods

  • Renewable Energy Technologies

  • Economics of Renewable Energy

  • Environmental Impact Assessment

  • Electrical Power Systems

  • High Voltage Engineering

  • Demand Management and Energy Storage

  • Building Energy Management
  • Ventilation and Air Conditioning
  • Heat Transfer and Heat Exchangers
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics with Heat Transfer (on-campus only)
  • Process Intensification
  • Sustainable Processing
  • Accounting
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Marketing
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Strategic Planning
• Optional for Distance Learning students

  • Critical Analysis and Research Preparation

  • Energy Dissertation A

  • Masters Dissertation

Duration

Full-time on campus 1 year, part-time 2 years.

Distance Learning, minimum 2 years, maximum 7 years, typically 3-4 years.

Entry Requirements

A First or Second Class Honours Degree in an engineering discipline or in the physical or chemical sciences. The degree can be from a British or overseas university. Different degrees, together with relevant industrial experience, will be considered.

Comments from Previous Students

• Flexibility of the course is great
• Industrial presentations are very good
• Course notes are well designed
• Virtual Learning Environment is a fantastic tool
• Lecturers are very approachable

Employment and Industrial Links

Graduate Destinations

Graduates of the MSc Energy find work opportunities in a wide range of industries, from small innovative companies in the emerging Renewable Energy sector through to multinational petroleum companies and also UK and international government and environmental bodies.

Industrial Project Opportunities

A few examples where companies have offered project placements are as follows:

• Acergy
• Amec
• Faber Maunsell
• Ocean Power Delivery
• Subsea 7
• TUV NEL

Course Industrial Advisory Board

The development of the course is informed by an industrial advisory board comprising delegates from the following companies:

• BP
• Faber Maunsell
• Future Energy Solutions
• Highlands and Islands Trust
• Schlumberger
• Scottish Water
• TUV NEL

About the Course Director

Dr Wolf-Gerrit Fruh is a Senior Lecturer in Energy Engineering, in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences. Dr Fruh is a leading member of the Energy Technology and the Renewable Energy research group with particular relevant expertise in the Fluid Dynamics of Environmental Flows and the interaction between those flows and turbines.

The major research groups with links to the course are the Energy Technology, group and the Renewable Energy group in the School of Mechanical Engineering, the Sustainable Design group and the Ocean and Aerodynamic Engineering Instrumentation group in the School of the Built Environment, and the Institute of Petroleum.