Renewable and Sustainable Energy MSc

Overview

The MSc Renewable and Sustainable Energy programme aims to train future engineers to lead the global energy transformation, by addressing critical challenges relating to climate change, clean growth, and sustainability.

"The world is set to invest a record $1.8T in clean energy in 2023. This needs to climb to around $4.5T-a-year by the early 2030s to be in line with our net zero pathway" (IEA-2023).

In the World Energy Transition Outlook, the phasing out of fossil fuels will be accelerated. In 2050, renewable energy will dominate the world's electricity generation supply. To achieve global energy transformation and meet the Paris Agreement, significant job growth is projected, with 42 million renewable energy jobs expected in the sector by 2050.

If you're a recent graduate from an engineering-related discipline, this Master's course offers an opportunity to specialise and develop to become a future leader in this fast-growing sector.

The programme will focus on:

• providing you with knowledge, advanced methods and tools to address technical challenges in renewable and sustainable energy
• developing your professional skills to solve real-world problems relating to renewable and sustainable energy technologies

Overarching themes of the programme include:

• innovation
• design and manufacturing
• operations and maintenance
• modelling and optimisation
• materials science
• energy economics
• energy industry big data

The course is delivered in our Faculty of Engineering and Digital Technologies by an interdisciplinary team, including external industry partners. The content is research-engaged, with academic staff providing research expertise in sustainable energy-related areas.

Career prospects

The ARENA workforce study indicates that the job market in renewable energy will increase fourfold to 42 million jobs worldwide from 2020 to 2050. The MSc Renewable and Sustainable Energy focuses on developing both technical and interpersonal skills of students to ensure their success in the energy sector.

Graduates from the MSc programme in Renewable and Sustainable Energy can work in sustainable energy and related sectors such as engineers, energy system developers, researchers, and O&M management positions.

The University and academic staff have strong links with several companies in the industry including SSE, 1Energy, Ford Motor Company, Switch2, Cummins, etc. The context of the future energy sector is embedded in the programme curriculum and topics covered, e.g. advanced sustainable energy system design, operation and maintenance, future energy mix problems, energy industrial big data, sustainability and innovation.

Career support

The University is committed to helping students develop and enhance employability and this is an integral part of many programmes. Specialist support is available throughout the course from Career and Employability Services including help to find part-time work while studying, placements, vacation work and graduate vacancies. Students are encouraged to access this support at an early stage and to use the extensive resources on the Careers and Employability Services website.

Students are given opportunities for personal development through the Bradford Mentoring Scheme and The Bradford Employability Awards. Our students can also participate in several future-focused extracurricular activities such as employability workshops, career fairs, and focused sessions by the Career and Employability Services to support student's progression to the next stage in their future careers.