Advanced Power Engineering MSc

Our two-year MSc programme in Advanced Power Engineering will train you in the most up-to-date developments in power engineering technologies. <br/><br/>You will expand your knowledge of both traditional and renewable power sources and will explore efficient and sustainable methods of power production. <br/><br/>Through the taught courses you will acquire the advanced fundamentals, research tools and techniques of power engineering, as well as an in-depth knowledge of emerging technologies and advanced numerical methods to address some of the worlds grand challenges, such as integration of wind energy, offshore renewables, energy storage and photovoltaics. <br/><br/>In your second year you will undertake a year-long research project when you will be able to focus on a topic of your choice within Energy Systems. You have the opportunity to do this either within one of our research groups, or in industry in collaboration with a power company. This in-depth project will advance your research and transferable skills, preparing you for a career in the field or further study into a PhD. <br/><br/>**How will I learn?**<br/><br/>You will be taught by our expert academics who are leaders in their fields and you will deepen your knowledge through: <br/><br/><br/>* our connections with leading companies in the sector <br/><br/><br/>* practical activities where you will benefit from our specialist resources and facilities <br/><br/><br/>* participating in site visits so you can apply theory to real situations <br/><br/><br/>* gaining experience of using industry approved software <br/><br/><br/>* actively engaging in our world-leading research as part of your dissertation project <br/><br/><br/>**Research project**<br/><br/>In close collaboration with our academics, you will work as a full-time researcher on a project putting into practice the knowledge and skills you have acquired during the first two taught semesters, during which you will investigate an actual, industry-relevant power engineering problem. <br/><br/>You can carry out your project within either: <br/><br/><br/>* one of our power research groups working alongside academics and researchers from the Institute for Energy Systems, or <br/><br/><br/>* in an industrial placement at one of our collaborating companies within the power sector. <br/><br/><br/>A unique feature of the research project is that instead of a standard MSc dissertation, students on the MSc APE programme publish two journal papers: one review and one research paper, both published in the Edinburgh Power Engineering Research Archive, a journal set up specifically for the dissemination of the research outputs of the Advanced Power Engineering research projects.