赫瑞瓦特大学-迪拜校区

This programme gives an overview of the provision and use of energy in the world today, but allows the student to specialise in the rapidly expanding area of renewable energy engineering. The programme is aimed at students wishing to develop a critical understanding of the significant changes afoot in the energy sector due to the development and integration of wind, marine, biomass and solar technologies.

The programme will provide graduates of a calibre capable of developing and implementing creative solutions to the problems encountered in renewable energy capture, conversion, storage and management.

Heriot-Watt recognises that learning needs to be flexible and this programme allows experienced and recent graduates to tailor the programme content and structure to their specific needs.

Students will study courses and submit assignments at their own pace through Vision as well as attend evening and weekend lectures and tutorials. This balances private study with attendance at the University, allowing students to work towards a recognised degree alongside their professional career.

The programme structure is outlined below.

Semester 1
Mandatory

Foundations of Energy
This course is designed to give students an overview over all aspects of energy, from the resources and their extraction to energy use, as well as energy within the environmental, social and economic context.

Renewable Energy Technologies
This course provides an introduction to the various technologies which are available to utilise renewable energy resources and to convert them into a form which is useful in a modern community. It gives the student the knowledge to calculate the availability of such resources and evaluate their potential.

Economics of Renewable Energy
This course covers pricing mechanisms applied to energy, the economics of extracting energy and the cost-efficiency of renewable technologies. It also examines economic instruments for the environment, such as pollution taxes, tradable pollution permits, environmental valuation. and economic incentives.

Optional (choose one)

Computational Fluid Dynamics with Heat Transfer
To develop an understanding of what is involved in obtaining valid computational simulations of fluid flow and heat transfer problems.

Electrical Power Systems
This course addresses the operation of interconnected electrical power systems. Such interconnected power systems combine a number of different components, generators, transmission lines, transformers and motors, which must be appreciated to understand the operation of the interconnected system.

Semester 2
Mandatory

Advanced Renewable Energy Engineering
This course is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills required to design a renewable energy system and convey this knowledge via a design-based approach. Students will work on developing an on-paper design for an on- or off-grid renewable energy system throughout the term, supported by lectures covering all aspects of the design.

Optional (choose two)

Environmental Impact Assessment
All developments have an impact on the environment, and conventional and renewable energy plant are no exception. This course examines the principles and legal requirements for assessing the environmental impact a development will have.

Career

Many of the students on this programme are in employment and can enhance their career prospects with their current employer by gaining the MSc in Renewable Energy Engineering, both by virtue of the qualification and because they are able to contribute more by applying the knowledge and skills they acquire. This programme also equips graduates from other areas to move into employment in this exciting field as the renewable energy sector continues to grow in importance.