UK Renewable Energy Degree Courses

Study renewable energy at university in the UK

As the importance of renewable energy has increased over recent years, more renewable energy degree courses have been added by UK university physics, engineering and other departments. Now it is possible to do a dedicated undergraduate and post graduate renewable energy degree made up of IT, electronics, mathematics, engineering, geology, and other natural and physical sciences and/or as a joint-honours progamme with electronic engineering, engineering, and mechanical engineering.

With practical project work looking at wind (1), solar (2), geothermal (3), wave (4), tidal (5), and hydro (6) power, these degree courses are a fantastic introduction to the world of renewable energy and should help their graduates find jobs in renewable energy (7).

Below are a list links to the websites of some of the courses currently available in UK universities (last updated 16th January 2009). University websites are the worst for constantly moving files around resulting in dead links. If you find any of the links below are dead, please email neil@reuk.co.uk (8). Similarly, if you know of any other UK university RE courses which we have missed here, please let us know.

UK Renewable Energy Degree Courses

University of Exeter (9) - BSc Renewable Energy. Taught on the UoE's Cornwall Campus. In 2006 the UK's first ever renewable energy students graduated (10) from this course.

University of Nottingham (11) - MSc Electrical Technology for Sustainable and Renewable Energy Systems, and from 2008 Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy Systems (BEng/MEng).

University of Dundee (12) - BSc Renewable Energy and MSci Renewable Energy. (The linked to web page has a lot of information about the courses on offer which makes interesting reading for anyone interested in finding out more about RE). Click here for information about renewable energy scholarships (13) available.

Cranfield University (14) - Offshore Renewable Energy Msc.

De Montford University (15) - Green Energy Technology: BSc Honours. 3 years full time or 4 years sandwich course with a placement year in industry.

University of Glamorgan (16) - MSc Renewable Energy and Resource Managment.

Heriot-Watt University (17) - MSc in Renewable Energy Revelopment as the Orkney Campus. (Download course handbook 2008/2009 (18) (PDF) here.)

University of Reading (19) - MSc/PgDip in Renewable Energy: Technology and Sustainability.

University of Ulster (20) - Postgraduate Diploma / MSc in Renewable Energy and Energy Management.

Durham University (21) - MSc New and Renewable Energy. (linked to page has deep links to a lot of information about the modules taught in this course.)

University of Leeds (22) - MSc (Eng) Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy Systems. Of particular interest is the module PREN5440M - Renewable Sources of Energy (23).

Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (24) - Modular MSc Renewable Energy Systems (Loughborough University). Course available via distance learning.

University of Edinburgh (25) - MEng Mechanical Engineering with Renewable Energy.

Glyndwr University (26) North East Wales Institute of Higher Education - BEng Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies, FdEng Renewable Energy Systems.

University of East London (27) (CITE) - MSc Renewable Energy and the Built Environment.

Newcastle University (28) - MSc Renewable Energy (link to a PDF document).

Cornwall College (29) (in partnership with University of Plymouth) - FdSc Renewable Energy Technologies.

Web Link References

(1) http://www.reuk.co.uk/wind.htm
(2) http://www.reuk.co.uk/solar.htm
(3) http://www.reuk.co.uk/geothermal.htm
(4) http://www.reuk.co.uk/wave.htm
(5) http://www.reuk.co.uk/tidal.htm
(6) http://www.reuk.co.uk/hydro.htm
(7) http://www.reuk.co.uk/Jobs-in-Renewable-Energy.htm
(8) http://www.reuk.co.uk/neil@reuk.co.uk
(9) http://www.uec.ac.uk/csm/undergraduate-study/renewable-energy/index.shtml
(10) http://www.cuc.ac.uk/about-cuc/news/prominent-ec-official-visits-tremough/1st-uk-graduates-in-renewable-energy.htm
(11) http://pgstudy.nottingham.ac.uk/School/Courses/Overview.aspx?Id=223
(12) http://www.dundee.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/renewable_energy.htm
(13) http://www.dundee.ac.uk/elecengphysics/new/programmes/renewables/renew_scholarships_2008.html
(14) http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/students/courses/page1800.jsp
(15) http://www.dmu.ac.uk/Subjects/Db/coursePage2.php?courseID=1093
(16) http://www.glam.ac.uk/coursedetails/685/436
(17) http://www.icit.hw.ac.uk/red.htm
(18) http://www.icit.hw.ac.uk/RED_handbook_2008-9.pdf
(19) http://www.rdg.ac.uk/pg/pages/courses/taught/mscrenewable.asp
(20) http://prospectus.ulster.ac.uk/course/?id=6738
(21) http://www.dur.ac.uk/engineering/taughtmsc/mscnareg/
(22) http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/cgi-bin/sis/eng/ext/programme.cgi?cmd=details&level=pg&progcode=MSE-ELEC/RES
(23) http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/cgi-bin/sis/eng/ext/programme.cgi?navtop=&cmd=moduledetail&level=pg&progcode=MSE-ELEC/RES&module=PREN5440M
(24) http://crestdl.lboro.ac.uk/outside/index.php
(25) http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/undergraduate/finder/degree.php?id=0,2,H3FV
(26) http://www.newi.ac.uk/en/Coursesandfees/Undergraduate/BEngHonsRenewableEnergyandSustainableTechnologies/
(27) http://www.uel.ac.uk/cite/programmes/postgraduate/renewables-msc.htm
(28) http://www.ncl.ac.uk/regulations/specs/2008-2009/SFAC/5122_34012_3034_MSc_Renewable_Energy.pdf
(29) http://www.cornwall.ac.uk/cc/index.php?page=shared&subpage=_Course_Finder&keyword=Science&pagetitle=FdSc%20Renewable%20Energy%20Technologies&pagetype=3&coursetype=HEF&coursecode=09CASFO1ENE&ucascode=F850&location=Cornwall%20College%20Camborne&toggle=0

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Published: 29th October 2009
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