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| Location: | Edinburgh / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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The MSc is designed to equip graduates and working professionals with a broad training in, and understanding of, energy production, delivery, consumption, efficiency, economics, policy and regulation. These are considered in the context of the sustainability of energy supply and consumption patterns, both locally and globally.
A unique feature of the course is its broad approach to the development of sustainable routes to the generation and supply of energy within which renewable energy is a key theme. Students are able to create study programmes suited to their interests and aspirations through their choice of optional modules and research projects. The course is engineering-based but also covers a wider range of topics including economics, sustainability and environmental studies.
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
* understand and evaluate alternative modes of energy supply, including fossil-fuelled, nuclear and renewables-based supply;
* appreciate the development of and constraints on carbon and non carbon-based energy resources;
* appreciate the economic policy and regulatory frameworks within which decisions on energy futures are made;
* be conversant with the problems of renewable energy generation, with special emphasis put on wind and marine;
* be conversant with the problems of energy transmission and distribution and the constraints on present transmission and distribution systems;
* critically analyse competing claims in the energy sector;
* evaluate options for energy supply, transmission and distribution, utilisation;
* articulate environmental sustainability of energy supply systems;
* analyse the technical and economic interaction of developments in the energy system.
Contents
A two-semester programme of taught material will be followed by a five-month dissertation work (or a research project) leading to a Masters thesis. About one-third of the taught courses are optional modules taken from other postgraduate degree programmes in the University. Some of the lectures are given by guest specialists. We also run field trips. Extra tutorials and support are always available if requested
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Entry to the course will normally require a first or upper second class Honours degree (or equivalent), preferably in engineering or a physical science. Applicants with backgrounds in fields other than engineering should be aware that although the course covers a broad spectrum of topics, it is engineering-based and students with non-engineering background have to be prepared for hard work.
Evidence of proficiency in English must be provided by those for whom English is not their first language. A pre-course English tuition programme is organised specifically by the University's Institute for Applied Language Studies.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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