Master of Engineering (Renewable Energy)

The Master of Engineering (Renewable Energy) is a two-year full-time degree that will help you develop specialised skills and knowledge for a successful career in Renewable Energy with recognised accreditation⁺. Designed for students who don't have a formal engineering accreditation but have completed undergraduate study, this degree will help you develop job prospects through specialisation, retraining or cross-training. During your study you’ll study targeted courses in renewable energy and energy efficiency.

The Master of Engineering in Renewable Energy enables students to specialise and gain depth of knowledge in areas related to renewable energy technologies, systems engineering, energy efficiency, and assessment frameworks.

Taught at Australia’s top engineering faculty, you’ll have the flexibility to specialise in one area or broaden your knowledge in other areas of engineering. Exciting and practical, this degree features complex, open-ended enquiry-based projects as well as a range of opportunities to help you become a leader in your field.

Graduates of this postgraduate degree significantly extend their knowledge and skills in this highly sought-after area of engineering. If you’re an engineer interested in the expanding renewable energy and photovoltaics industries you can develop your existing skills or refocus in the direction of renewable energy technologies, systems and integration with existing energy systems.

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⁺The Master of Engineering (Renewable Energy) is provisionally accredited by Engineers Australia.

If you want to lead the change in the way we produce energy, UNSW is a great place to develop specialised expertise. The School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE) is a leading provider of world class education and research, specialising in education for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.  We produce internationally acclaimed research and work closely with industry to provide innovative solutions to the growing renewable energy sector.

We offer innovative teaching techniques to enhance your learning including the 'Virtual Production Line' and 'Virtual World Solar Car Challenge'. Our school is well equipped for world-leading research with the Tyree Energy Technology Building and the Solar Industrial Research Facility. The laboratories at the Tyree Energy Technology Building offer capabilities in deposition, etching, structuring, simulation, and metrology tools for a range of photovoltaic and renewable energy research and hands-on learning.

Our research and education programs are helping transition energy systems across the world towards clean renewable and efficient use of energy. Benefits of studying with us include:

• Our research has produced world record solar cells for a range of materials and technologies
• Our academics are world experts in their fields and internationally respected and recognised
• We focus on translating research into practice so your learning is hands-on and up to the minute
• Since 1974 UNSW is the world leader in photovoltaic research, holding the world record for the highest efficiency silicon solar cell for more than three decades
• Industry partners include Suntech, China Sunergy, LG Electronics, Schmid, BlueScope, Ergon Energy and Solar Citizens

Admission to this program requires one of the following:

• 4-year non-accredited (under the Washington Accord) Bachelor of Engineering degree (or equivalent) in a cognate discipline with a minimum 65% average; or

• 3-year Bachelor of Engineering Science degree in a cognate discipline, at least equivalent to the first three years of an Engineering degree accredited under the Washington Accord with a minimum 75% average.

A pathway for entry into the program for graduates from both 4-year Bachelor of Engineering degrees in non-cognate disciplines, and 3-year Bachelor of Science degrees, exists via enrolment first into the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) program, where advanced standing (to a maximum of 2 years) may be granted.

Cognate disciplines

Cognate disciplines include:

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Systems Engineering
• Electrical and Renewable Energy
• Electrical and Renewable Power
• Electrical and Telecommunication Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering (Renewable Energy)
• Electronics Engineering
• New Energy Science and Engineering
• Photovoltaic and Solar Energy Engineering
• Photovoltaic Engineering
• Power Electronics
• Power Engineering
• Power Generation and Renewables
• Renewable and Sustainable Energy
• Renewable Energy
• Renewable Energy Systems
• Solar and Renewable Energy
• Solar Energy
• Solar Engineering
• Telecommunication Engineering