Course Overview

You'll graduate equipped for a career as a professional engineer in the renewable, built environment, and traditional energy industries.

As an energy engineer, you'll be exploring cleaner, more efficient ways of using fossil fuels while investigating and specifying the design of renewable energy developing systems using renewable and sustainable resources, such as solar and wind energy. You will also look at how local climate impacts the design and selection of these systems and consider their life cycle and carbon footprint. The course focuses on learning engineering principles and practices, as well as computing skills and design principles, relating to a wide range of energy systems.

You'll also learn energy efficiency methods in design and engineering practices and create more environmentally-friendly industrial design and manufacturing forms.

In year 1, you will learn fundamental principles underpinning mechanical and electrical engineering sciences and hands-on practical skills.

You will then progress to year 2, further developing these fundamental skills while beginning to specialize in thermodynamics and mechanical engineering while considering control and automation systems, critical elements of design, and engineering management skills.

General Eligibility

Our entry requirements indicate standard and Minimum qualifications with which we usually accept students. However, competition for places varies from year to year, and you aren't guaranteed a business if you meet the minimum qualifications.

Advanced entry

Advanced entry into Year 2, Year 3, or Year 4 is possible for students with suitable qualifications.

Minimum Year 1

SQA Higher

Standard Entry Requirement

BBBB including Maths and Science (excluding Biology) or Technical Subject*.

National 5 Grade C in English.

Minimum Offer Entry Requirement

BCCC including Maths and Science (excluding Biology) or Technical Subject*. Please note that grade B must be achieved in at least one required subject.

National 5 grade C in English.

A Level

CCC including Maths and a Science (excluding Biology) or Technical Subject*.

GCSE Grade C/4 in English.

Irish Leaving Certificate

H2, H3, H3, H3 at HL, including Maths and a Science (excluding Biology) or Technical Subject*

OL English at O4.

BTEC (QCF) Extended Diploma Level 3

MMM (Merit, Merit, Merit) in a related subject. BTEC must include Maths, but if not, we would accept Level Maths at Grade C as an alternative.

GCSE Grade C/4 in English.

BTEC (QCF) National Diploma Level 3 plus A Level

MM (Merit, Merit) in a related subject plus A Level Grade C. BTEC must include Maths/A Level Grade C in Maths.

GCSE Grade C/4 in English.

International Baccalaureate Diploma

Award of Diploma with 28 points overall with three HL subjects at grades 6, 5, and 4, including HL Science (excluding Biology) or Technical Subject* at minimum grade 5.

Grade 5 in SL Maths and grade 4 in SL English.

T-Level

Grade Pass

T Level must be completed in an Engineering subject or include Science (not Biology) and Maths components. Alternatively, Level Maths and Science (not Biology) would be required.

GCSE Grade C/4 in English.

Technical subjects accepted

*Physics, Engineering Science, Design & Manufacture, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Graphic Communication, Computing Science, Design & Technology.

Minimum Year 2

SQA Advanced Higher

BBC including Maths and Science (excluding Biology) or Technical Subject*.

National 5 Grade C in English.

A Level

BBB including Maths and Science (excluding Biology) or Technical Subject*.

GCSE Grade C/4 in English.

HNC

Pass HNC in a relevant subject with a Grade B in the graded unit.

Must include Engineering Maths 1, 2 and 3

Technical subjects accepted

*Physics, Engineering Science, Design & Manufacture, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Graphic Communication, Computing Science, Design & Technology.

Minimum Year 3

HND

Pass HND in a relevant subject with a Grade B at SCQF Level 8 in all graded units.

Must include Engineering Maths 1, 2, 3, and 4 and Thermofluids 

DUT

Pass DUT in a relevant subject with an overall grade of 12 to include English at 11 in the final year of studies.

Minimum Year 4

Irish Ordinary Degree

Pass in a relevant subject with 50% overall, with a minimum of 50% at first sitting in all final year subjects.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours per week

Language Requirement

• IELTS (Academic)

  6.0 overall, with no component below 5.5

  TOEFL Internet-Based Test

  80 overall, with a minimum of 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking, and 17 in writing

  Pearson’s Test of Academic English

  56 overall, with a minimum of 51 in each component

  Cambridge C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE))

  169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component

  Cambridge B2 First (formerly Cambridge English First (FCE))

  169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component

  Cambridge C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge English Advanced (CAE))

  169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component

  Trinity Integrated Skills Test (ISE)

  ISE III, ISE III, & ISE IV with a pass in each component

  LanguageCert English language qualification

  B2 Communicator Test with an overall 39 or above and 25 or above in all skills