University of East Anglia (UEA), MEng (Hons), Energy Engineering

Year 1

In your first year, you’ll take on small design projects to gain a grounding in engineering mathematics and principles, supported by a broad introduction to energy from practising engineers. Current modules include: Mathematics for Engineers; Engineering Practice; Engineering Principles and Laws; Mechanics; Engineering Studies; and a number of options including business and languages.

Your first year taster course called Engineering Studies allows you to study a number of more focused engineering disciplines. Introductions to civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electronic and electrical engineering, and energy engineering are delivered through fieldwork, hands-on component assembly, 3D printing, CADCAM and case studies provided by visiting industrialists.

You then have the flexibility to change your degree path based on what you’ve learnt. You can choose your path at any point up to the start of your second semester or, with appropriate module choices, you can also delay the decision until the end of second year.

Year 2

You’ll build on the fundamental engineering skills gained in first year to focus on case studies and industry-standard codes of practice – whether that’s designing wind turbines or building CHP units. While the first year is centred on teamwork, your second year introduces in-depth individual design work.

Year 3

Your third year is based around an individual research project, focused on a topic of your choice. Some examples of previous projects are: ‘Investigating the impact of a tidal barrage in a particular location’, ‘Evaluating techniques for large-scale electricity storage’, ‘Prediction of the long-term impact of electric cars on the National Grid’.

As well as the research project, you’ll be given a brief introduction to health and safety risk management based on nuclear power and solar energy examples, and you’ll begin to understand how the National Grid works.

Year 4

The key feature of fourth year is the multidisciplinary design project.  This major team-based project is the culmination of the design theme and involves the detailed design of a piece of energy infrastructure.

Each student will then have responsibility for producing a detailed design of one aspect of the work in the same way that they would as a new graduate. Students will use site visits to support their learning and present their complete proposal to the real client.