Power Engineering and Sustainable Energy, MSc
Swansea UniversityBay Campus, United Kingdom
Course overview
The MSc in Power Engineering and Sustainable Energy equips you with a sound knowledge of semiconductor devices and technologies, advanced power electronics, and advanced power systems. You will also learn about renewable energy generation technologies, wide band gap electronics, energy harvesting, solar cells and biofuels. Growing concerns about greenhouse gas emissions and global warming mean the subject of power engineering and sustainable energy has never been more vital.
This course offers you the opportunity to do an additional year for an Industry Placement or project, giving you valuable work experience and the opportunity to improve technical plus interpersonal skills. The second Industry Placement Year course fees are £3600 for International students and £1800 for Home students. We are now able to offer academic performance based bursaries to cover this second year course fee.
For more information, you can view our MSc with Industry page. Support and guidance is provided to help secure your placement; however it is not guaranteed.
Key highlights
- Covers semiconductor devices, advanced power electronics and advanced power systems
- Modules in renewable generation, wide band gap electronics and energy harvesting
- Explores solar cells and biofuels as sustainable energy technologies
- Optional additional year for an industry placement or project
- Support and guidance provided to help secure a placement
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — 2.2.
- Degree: 2nd class — to include Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Physics; or above
Scholarships
Chevening Scholarships
International Postgraduate Alumni Bursaries
First Class - £5,000 per year; Second Class, First division - £3,000 per year; Second Class, Second division - £1,000 per year; Taught Masters to Research Degree - £3,000 per year subject to satisfactory progress.
Swansea University International Postgraduate Research Excellence Scholarship (SUIPRES)
The SUIPRES Scholarship covers the difference between the International and the Home tuition fee rate for the duration of the PhD/Professional Doctorate programme.
Careers this course leads to
- Power systems engineer
- Power electronics engineer
- Renewable energy engineer
- Electrical engineer
- Energy systems engineer
- Solar energy engineer
Cost of study
UK/Home: £12,100 per year | International: £23,350 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Swansea University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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