Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies

BEng (Hons) Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies

A career in renewable energy is one of the most positive and direct ways you can contribute to the fight against climate change and global environmental damage. There are ambitious investment plans and a political imperative to succeed in order to meet the Kyoto Agreement adopted in 1997.

This programme encourages students to learn how to maximise opportunities for renewable and low-carbon generation as well as microgeneration and community scale generation.

Key facts

Excellent facilities that include well-equipped computer-aided design laboratories, modern electronics laboratories, specialist manufacturing systems simulation software, industry standard instrumentation laboratories, industry specification Rapid Prototyping facility (fused deposition method)
Subsonic wind tunnel laboratory and a well-equipped thermofluid dynamics labs including a fully operational pelton wheel and francis turbine
Small class sizes allow for strong tutorial and laboratory experiment support and advice
There are opportunities for industrial visits to local companies
You will have access to industry standard software packages such as: Altium Designer, EWB Multisim,
HP VEE, MATLAB & Simulink, ABAQUS, AutoCAD, Fluent, ProEngineer, SolidWorks
You will be eligible to join the Energy Institute (EI) and/or the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and/ or the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and/or the Association of Building Engineers (ABE) as a student member, on payment of a fee
If you are on the FdEng you are eligible to join the Energy Institute (EI) and/or the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and/or the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) at Engineering Technician level. Prospective members are invited to interview, and membership fees are determined by grade, seniority and responsibilities

Career opportunities

Work as a graduate design engineer in electronics and satellite areas, nationally or internationally, research-based careers, further study at MSc level, teaching or lecturing careers.

Course content

Our courses have a broad-base, in order to allow you to develop skills and the ability to contribute to the design of renewable energy systems and processes to meet future requirements both within the UK and worldwide markets.

Accreditation

Degrees accredited by the Engineering Council through one of the UK professional engineering institutions offer you a fast-track route towards Chartered Engineer status, a world renowned qualification. To become a Chartered Engineer you will need to graduate from an accredited BEng Programme with further learning.

All of our undergraduate programmes meet the educational standards required for the Chartered Engineer professional qualification. Increasingly, industry is looking for graduates who have the academic qualifications leading to professional recognition. This means that you or prospective employers can be assured that your University of Wales degree from Glyndwr University has been successfully benchmarked against the Chartered Engineer standard.

Course Content

In the UK, this is a highly unique course due to the combination of study it offers. The course covers elements of both electrical and mechanical engineering, built environment and science.

Year one of this course is designed to give you a solid grounding in the principles on which you will build your studies: professional studies, electrical principles and circuit theory, and the sustainable environment. This course will enable you to develop skills in design implementation and CAD, also offering modules in mathematics to hone these skills as required by various job roles.

Learning in the second year is on a more analytical level, for example working with computer analytical tools and studying more sophisticated construction technology, engineering dynamics, thermofluid mechanics and electrical powers systems.

You have the option in year two to take an Engineering Design route or a Research Skills route: choosing specialist modules in industrial control and power electronics or aerodynamics and health and safety management or sustainable development Practice or sustainability and resource management.

Project Management and the Impact of Innovative Studies will form the backbone of Year Three studies alongside a number of specialist topics, including Energy Storage and Bioenergy Generation.

There are further options in year three enabling you to further tailor the degree to your needs. Module options include: inter-professional studies, science & technology in society, electronics design and testing or turbomachinery and energy and power generation. You have the choice in year three to conduct an individual design, construct and test project or a dissertation.

Accreditation

Accreditation will be sought for this programme at Chartered Engineer (CEng) level from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), the Institution of Mechanical Engineering (IMechE), the Energy Institute (EI), and the Association of Building Engineers (ABE).

A number of student prizes are awarded at the Graduation ceremonies each year to recognise excellence in achievement in different areas. The prizes currently established are:

Assessment

During the course of your studies you will undertake assignments, laboratory experiments, case studies and CAD. A combination of these will form part of your assessment alongside formal examinations. There are no formal examinations on the first year.

Course duration

Entry requirements and applying

The requirement for this course is 240 UCAS points at A2 level or equivalent. Alternatively, suitable experience may be accepted subject to interview. See information on general entry requirements.