Overview
Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 9
NFQ Award Class: Major Award
Total Credits: 60
Connected Curriculum: - Civic and Community Engagement
- Employability
- Inter-and Transdisciplinary
- Research Based Teaching
- Sustainability
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): - Affordable and Clean Energy
- Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
- Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Climate Action
Graduate Attributes: - Creator, evaluator and communicator of knowledge
- Effective global citizen
- Independent and creative thinker
- Socially Responsible
UCC policies applying to applicants/students on this programme: - Fitness to Practise Policy
Exit Award only
Students who pass but fail to achieve the requisite grade of 50% across the taught modules and the Preliminary Research Report in the MEngSc (Sustainable Energy) Degree will be eligible for the award of a Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Energy. Candidates passing Part I of the programme who do not wish to proceed to Part II may opt to be conferred with a Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Energy.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| NE6003 | Wind Energy | 5 |
| NE4008 | Photovoltaic Systems | 5 |
| NE6005 | Ocean Energy | 5 |
| NE6012 | Energy in Buildings | 5 |
| NE6013 | Sustainable Energy | 5 |
| NE6014 | Energy Innovation | 5 |
| CE6042 | Transportation and Energy | 5 |
| NE6004 | Sustainability, Bioenergy and Circular Economy Systems | 5 |
| NE6010 | Offshore Wind Energy | 5 |
| NE6212 | Clean Energy Futures | 5 |
| NE6008 | Preliminary Research Project in Sustainable Energy | 10 |
| |
| Energy Systems in Buildings | |
| Environmental Hydrodynamics | |
| Finite Element Analysis | |
| Power Electronics & AC Machines and Systems | |
| Electric Vehicle Energy Systems | |
| Energy Systems, Power Electronics and Drives | |
| Control Engineering II | |
| Electrical Power Systems | |
| Smart Grids | |
| Mechanical Systems | |
| Energy Systems Modelling | |
| Data Analytics for Engineering | |
| Total Credits | 60 |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Energy (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Apply concepts and the theoretical basis from engineering sciences to problems in sustainable energy and related disciplines;
- Identify, formulate, model and design sustainable energy systems, components and processes;
- Design, analyse, and re-engineer sustainable energy engineering systems, components, and processes with an emphasis on renewable energy technologies and sustainable energy end use;
- Evaluate critically the engineering, economic, environmental, societal, and legal impacts of complex sustainable energy systems by applying design, analysis and modeling in a holistic way;
- Plan, conduct, manage and document sustainable energy R&D-projects including data management and analysis, energy systems design, and aspects of interdisciplinary information exchange;
- Communicate effectively with the engineering community and the engineering society through the appropriate application of IT-supported communication and presentation tools and the collective development of scientific publications.
