Master of Engineering (Sustainable Energy)
Master of Engineering (Sustainable Energy)
What you will study Immerse yourself in the technology to improve energy efficiency, learn to use renewable resources and reduce the environmental and social impacts of conventional energy resources. Your career in sustainable energy As an RMIT graduate, you’ll be employed in local and international industries. You’ll work on sustainable…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
What you will study
Immerse yourself in the technology to improve energy efficiency, learn to use renewable resources and reduce the environmental and social impacts of conventional energy resources.
Your career in sustainable energy
As an RMIT graduate, you’ll be employed in local and international industries. You’ll work on sustainable energy projects at professional consulting and managing levels. Our graduates are also able to take on complex scientific tasks on sustainable energy-related projects in research institutes.
Devise innovative solutions to social and environmental problems around energy supply, distribution and consumption. You’ll learn to manage the transition towards a more sustainable energy sector is a priority for governments, the private sector and the general community.
A final-year research project forms an essential part of this degree. Through this self-selected project (from a range of available topics), you will draw on not only the advanced engineering skills you have built, but also coursework around ethical, economic and social responsibility.
Career
On completion, graduates will be able to:
plan and effectively manage an independent project on sustainable energy topics at a professional engineering level;
locate and critically review scientific and engineering literature and apply engineering practices and research methods to conduct sustainable energy projects and evaluate their results; and
communicate findings effectively to a professional audience
Career outlook
Sustainable energy is a growth area. As a result, the demand for engineers and scientists with a postgraduate qualification in sustainable energy is growing rapidly. According to Job Outlook, there is a projected 13% growth in work opportunities for engineers to 2024.
Within their organisations, graduates take on lead roles in:
developing and implementing plans to improve energy efficiency and productivity to cut fuel bills, and reduce greenhouse gas/pollution emissions to meet regulatory requirements
researching, developing, demonstrating, commercialising, designing and evaluating innovative solar, wind and hydro, biomass, hydrogen and other sustainable energy supply, storage and utilisation technologies
devising innovative sustainable solutions to current problems associated with adverse economic, social and environmental problems linked to energy supply, distribution and consumption
maintaining and optimising the performance of installed sustainable energy technologies and systems
managing consultative processes with social groups affected by energy-related projects and developments
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Since its establishment in 1887, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) has been meeting the needs of the community surrounding it. Originally a Working Men’s College, RMIT showed its flexibility during World War Two, training over 20,000 servicemen in communications to help with the war effort.Now, it is a true pioneer in international education, championing cross-border study opportunities with campuses in various countries. Granted formal university status in 1992, RMIT is ranked 21st in the world for universities that are less than 50 years old.RMIT is the largest higher education institution in Australia, currently with more than 82,000 students. With nearly 20% of those students coming from overseas, it is a university that truly welcomes diversity and is a melting pot of different cultures. RMIT has three campuses in Vietnam, a European hub in Barcelona, an office in Indonesia, and partners with 200+ institutions in 42 countries to provide study opportunities worldwide.
