Power Systems Engineering MSc

UCL (University College London)

At the heart of the climate crisis is the need to transition our energy systems away from fossil fuels. With the skills you’ll learn on this multidisciplinary MSc, you’ll be ready for a crucial technical role in tackling the energy transition. Transitioning energy and power systems away from fossil fuels is the biggest engineering challenge of the 21st century. To achieve sustainable societies, manufacturing and transport through orderly, just transition, we need engineers who understand the conventional energy and power systems that have gone before, as well as the renewable energy systems that will replace them. On this Master’s course, you’ll learn how to optimise conventional energy systems and find ways to mitigate emissions, as well as design and implement electrical and renewable energy-driven propulsion systems and power sources. With course content created and delivered by leading experts from UCL Mechanical Engineering, you’ll benefit from world-class engineering education funded by EPSRC, the Wellcome Trust, the Royal Society, the Leverhulme Trust, BP and many other leading organisations. You’ll also immerse yourself in the strategies, tools and techniques of project management, allowing you to deliver better outcomes for the projects you undertake and provide technical perspectives in decision making contexts. The course is for students with a relevant first degree in an engineering discipline or a related field, such as physics or applied mathematics. It will prepare you to embark on future research, to work as a Chartered Professional Engineer, or to pursue careers in higher levels of management in manufacturing, transport and power engineering. This programme is also available on a modular (flexible) basis, with a duration of 5 calendar years.