NUI Galway - Energy Systems Engineering

Course Overview/Contact:

This new programme, based at NUI Galway’s new Engineering Building, is for graduates of Level 8 BE degrees who want to develop their engineering knowledge for a career in industry or research based on energy systems applications. It is designed to meet the education standard for Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.) with Engineers Ireland. It builds on the successful BE in Energy Systems Engineering, providing graduates with an opportunity to specialise further or to broaden their knowledge in engineering disciplines.

This programme is offered in the new €40 million Engineering Building, a14,200 square-metre modern, energy-efficient facility, and the largest School of Engineering in the country.

The building is a “living laboratory”, which will provide high-tech working examples for engineering students to study.

Career Opportunities:

There are job opportunities in design and testing, consultancy, project management, energy systems management, product development and facilities engineering. The need for graduates with skills in energy systems technologies is growing, including in building energy management, renewable energy systems, electrical power systems, smart grid and energy consultancy. Other potential roles are in the areas of energy economics, energy policy, energy regulation, energy planning and the law.

Programme Content:

This programme provides training in three areas: advanced technologies in energy systems engineering, transferable skills for employment and/or a research career in the energy sector, and technology development through an energy systems engineering project.

Transferable skills:

• Project Management
• Environmental Economics
• Engineering Finance
• Engineering Research Methods
• Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship Lean Systems
• Applied Statistics for Engineers
• Advanced Applied Maths
• Internet Programming
• Database Development

Advanced Technologies:

• Global Change
• Smart Grid Sustainable Energy & Buildings
• Advanced Energy Systems Engineering
• Computational Methods in Engineering Analysis
• Advanced Finite Element Analysis
• Coastal & Offshore Engineering
• Design of Sustainable Environmental Systems I
• The Built Environment
• Integrated Engineering Design Project
• Power Electronics
• Advanced Power Electronics
• Power Systems
• Power Machines & Control
• Communications Systems Engineering
• Thermal Energy Conversion
• Turbomachines & Advanced Fluid Dynamics
• Combustion Science and Engineering
• Advanced Mechanical Analysis & Design.

Modules are subject to change.

Entry Requirements:

Entry to the programme is open to individuals who have Second Class Honours in a Level 8 engineering degree in a related discipline from a recognised university or third level college.