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Renewable Energy Engineering

18 January 2024

Design the global energy transition. Our world-class staff works on renewable energy systems, carbon capture, future transportation, sustainable buildings, green hydrogen, and more. Study Renewable Energy with us at the Master's or PhD level or as electives during your undergrad!

HOW TO APPLY

Study Renewable Energy Engineering at the undergraduate, Master's, or PhD level.

Jannik Haas - Director Renewable Energy

"Building the energy transition is likely humanity's largest infrastructure challenge. It also is our opportunity to make energy clean and cheap!" Dr. Jannik Haas - Director of Renewable Energy Engineering Postgraduate Programmes.

Rebecca Peer - Deputy Director Renewable Energy

"Studying Renewable Energy opens the door to many careers, like an energy analyst, policy advisor, solar or wind engineer, project manager, or sustainability officer."听Dr. Rebecca Peer - Deputy Director of Renewable Energy Engineering Postgraduate Programmes.

Worldwide, jobs in the renewable energy sector have grown from 7 million in 2012 to 14 million in 2022 () and are expected to grow further to 100 million by 2030 (). You can be part of this exciting change.

Become an expert in renewable energy by enrolling into our courses, Master or PhD programmes.听

Why study Renewable Energy Engineering UC?

  • The Renewable Energy Engineering programmes are鈥痙irected by the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, consistently ranked in the top 50 globally (;听).
  • Your instructors from our Faculty of Engineering are world-class. They have worked, for example, at Stanford, the German Aerospace Center, RocketLab, ETH, Harvard University, and Cambridge.

UC is consistently ranked in the top 2% globally and top 50 in global impacts on Climate Action and Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG Rankings).

Your instructors are world leaders in designing future energy systems and technologies, reflected in over 50 million dollars of funding they have recently attracted.

Many of our students get the听. Check if you are eligible for this or other scholarships.

Our graduates get exciting jobs as policy advisors, transmission system operators, solar system designers, energy analysts, sustainability consultants, and more. Salaries from 95 000 to 110 000 NZD (Seek NZ).

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Find out more听about our courses, as well as the Master and PhD programmes in renewable energy engineering.

Renewable energy and sustainable technologies are part of most of UC's undergraduate engineering degrees. At Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, we offer the following courses, which you can choose as electives during your undergraduate studies:

  • Sustainable Energy鈥疶echnologies
  • 鈥疎ngineering in Developing Communities
  • 鈥疎nergy,鈥疨olicy and Society
  • 鈥疎nergy Systems Modelling and Analysis
  • 鈥疻ind Resource Modelling
  • 听Building Energy Systems Design Practice
  • 听Planning and Design of Sustainable Transport
  • 听Energy Project
  • 贰狈础贰605鈥Sustainable Building Design Practice
  • ENAE610鈥疊uilding Sustainability Assessment

You can also take courses from other engineering departments.

Overview

Help shape our future energy systems and policy by becoming a Master in the area of renewable energy.听This one-year programme is designed to be flexible to meet your needs.

The programme is鈥痙irected by the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, which is consistently ranked in the top 50 globally (; ).

Many other engineering departments teach into the programme. Overall, the 蜜桃儿直播听is consistently ranked in the top 2% globally (Rankings UC, 2024), and does particularly well (top 50 globally) in the Impacts Ranking related to Climate Action, Sustainable Cities and Communities, and听Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG Rankings UC, 2024).

Our students come from a wide range of engineering and science backgrounds and other areas like economics, energy, architecture, business and management, public policy, and international development.听

Our graduates get exciting jobs. For example, we have graduates working as policy advisors (e.g., Ministry for Foreign Affairs), transmission system operators (e.g., Transpower), solar system designers (e.g., Sunrun), energy analysts (e.g., Intelligent Energy Systems), or consultants (e.g., PSC Consulting).

The programme is officially called "Master of Engineering Studies endorsed in Renewable Energy". In other words, you will get a Master of Engineering specialised (endorsed) in Renewable Energy. "Studies" means it听is course-based and not research-based.

Our courses

You need 8 courses to graduate. We offer many courses on renewable energy, such as:

  • 听Renewable Energy鈥疶echnologies or 听Advanced Energy Systems Engineering
  • 鈥疎nergy,鈥疨olicy and Society
  • 鈥疎nergy Systems Modelling and Analysis
  • 鈥疪enewable Electricity System Design
  • 鈥疻ind Resource Modelling
  • 鈥疉dvanced Energy Processing Technologies and Systems
  • Building Energy Systems Design Practice
  • 听Planning and Design of Sustainable Transport
  • 听Energy Project (this can be a research project at UC or a project at a company serving as entry to the job market)

Further electives inside and outside the Faculty of Engineering allow you to diversify your studies on energy systems, including courses from science, policy, psychology, economics, and others. Courses offered at UC can be searched鈥here.

Scholarships

Many of our students get the . Further scholarships can be found here. Check if you are eligible.

Job opportunities

Postgraduate studies in renewable energy are a door opener.听 You could be looking at careers as an:

  • Energy analyst
  • Energy policy advisor
  • Sustainable energy manager
  • Solar or wind energy engineer
  • Energy project director
  • Sustainability professional
  • Renewable energy technologist
Meet your Lecturers

World-class professors (we call them lecturers in New 蜜桃儿直播) teach into the programme.听Along with other UC staff working on renewable energy, they have recently attracted over 50 million dollars of research funding and founded many startups. For example:

顿谤.听, formerly at Stanford. Lectures . Researches sustainable energy systems.

顿谤.听,听formerly at the German Aerospace Center. Lectures . Researches future energy systems.

顿谤.听, formerly at Harvard. Lectures . Researchers low-carbon buildings.

顿谤.听, formerly at ETH. Lectures . Researches sustainable transport systems.

顿谤.听,听formerly at Cambridge. Lectures . Researches integration of renewable technologies into power grids.

Matt Watson

顿谤.听, founder of NILO and Aspiring Materials. Lectures . Researches industrial decarbonisation.

Vladimir Golovko

顿谤.听,听formerly at the University of Queensland. Lectures . Researches environmental life cycle assessment.

Christina Dunker

Dr. Christina Dunker, formerly at RocketLab. Lectures . Works for the space industry.

Andrew Lapthorn

Dr. , Director of the High Voltage Lab. Lectures . Researches high voltage technologies.

PhD in Renewable Energy Engineering

Advance the future of energy: Do a PhD in Renewable Energy Engineering at the 蜜桃儿直播.

Our PhD in Renewable Energy Engineering is designed for visionary leaders and researchers who are driven to shape the future of global energy systems. This program offers cutting-edge research opportunities, access to state-of-the-art facilities, and interdisciplinary collaboration with world-renowned experts.

Your first steps towards a PhD involve finding a supervisor for your topic (see our research groups below) and exploring our PhD scholarships.

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