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employability
The renewable energy industry is simply exploding in size throughout the world and offers a wide variety of employment opportunities. It is a major high technology industry in the UK with a significant demand for graduates with specialist skills.
Furthermore, our students can work confidently in any career in which a sound ability in mathematics, computing, or administrative organisation is required, on top of their skills in the science and technology of energy.
So apart from the mainstream commercial activities such as wind turbines and solar cells, biomass and energy conservation, we also see our graduates taking up careers in financial management, broadcasting, with the civil service, and with the police and armed services. You will find that a Dundee engineering degree opens the door to a surprisingly wide range of career opportunities.
teaching and assessment
Our teaching uses enhanced resources in the form of state-of-the-art laboratories and expertise in areas such as solar cells and nanotechnology.
Most teaching takes place in small groups with easy access to staff and a personal approach to lectures, tutorials, and practical work. Guidance is available to you throughout your programme of study to ensure that you make good progress.
A variety of assessment methods is used, so in some cases we will ask you to submit coursework and laboratory reports, in others you will take examinations, and sometimes we will simply ask you to discuss what you have achieved.
All students undertake a research project in their final year of study, under the supervision of a member of staff. Previous projects have included:
• carbon footprints for companies/buildings • battery technology for transport use • integration of large scale wind power.
programme content • typical degree programme example BEng/BSc Honours degree (4 years)
MSci Honours degree (5 years)
Advanced entry BEng/BSc Honours degree (3 years) Advanced entry MSci Honours degree (4 years)
BSc/MSci Physics and Renewable Energy Science Level 1 and Level 2
> Students study the same modules in Levels 1 and 2 as for MSci/BSc Physics degree (see page 120).
Level 3 > Quantum Mechanics > Electromagnetism > Mathematical Methods
> Physics Lab and Transferable Skills
> Atomic Physics > Condensed Matter Physics > Computational Physics
> Solar Energy & Photovoltaics
BEng Mechanical Engineering with Renewables Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3
Students study the same modules as for BEng Mechanical Engineering degree (see page 110).
All mechanical engineering modules have a particular emphasis upon renewable energy themes and examples.
Level 4
> Renewable Energy Honours Project
> Power Generation Solar and Wind Energy
> Solid Mechanics and Materials
> Fluid Mechanics
> Computer Aided Engineering
> Control Systems Level 4
> Renewable Energy Science Project
> Thermal Physics > Environmental Physics > Wind & Marine Energy > Nuclear Energy
Level 5 (MSci only)
> MSci Independent research project
> Research Skills module (choose from a wide range of advanced modules)
> Computational Physics > Chemical Energy > Differential Equations > Mathematics of Fluids
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