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Universities Ireland University College Cork Courses BE Hons Energy Engineering

BE Hons Energy Engineering
at University College Cork

Cork, Ireland

Tuition Fee € 22,500
Country Rank#3
Duration48 Months
Score IELTS: 6.5 TOEFL: 90

Program Overview

The first year of the BE is a broad education in engineering fundamentals. At the end of the first year, you can choose to enter Energy Engineering. Your chosen area of specialization in the second year will also offer routes to further branches of engineering at the Masters level. At the end of a successful 3rd year, students enter the 4th year, which is a pathway to either the 5th Year Integrated ME for eligible students or exiting with a BE(Hons). The ME pathway finishes with a Professional Work Placement that takes place during the 2nd semester and the summer break (8 months).

In an era of unprecedented pressure on resources, energy engineering is crucial to address some of the world's greatest challenges, namely how to meet the electricity, heating and transport energy needs of the world's growing population while reducing human impact on the climate with innovative, sustainable engineering solutions.

Course Content
Modules

Year 1 Modules:
Refer to CK600

Year 2 Modules:
Numerical Methods and Programming; Solid and Structural Mechanics; Fluids; Linear Circuit Analysis; Non-Linear Circuit Analysis; Signals and Systems; Power Engineering; Heat Transfer; Engineering Statistics.

Years 3 Modules:
Construction Project Management; Hydraulics; Introduction to Electrical Power Systems; Introduction to Electric Drives; Control Engineering; Mechanical Systems; Applied Thermodynamics and Work Transfer; Primary Energy Engineering; Energy in Buildings; Energy Systems Modelling; Sustainable Energy; Transportation and Energy

BE Year 4 Modules:

Core
Electrical Power Systems; Entrepreneurial Business Start-Ups; Biomass Energy; Energy Systems in Buildings; Computer Aided Design (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning); Energy Engineering Project

Electives
Energy Systems, Power Electronics and Drives; Wind Energy; Ocean Energy; Photovoltaic Systems; Control Engineering; Industrial Automation and Control; Energy Systems Modelling; Work Placement

ME Year 4 Modules:

The first part of Year 4 consists of six core technical modules, to develop your technical skills and allow access to the more advanced Masters modules in Year 5. From January to August you will have a work placement in Industry or Research Institute to further develop your skills in a practical environment.

Professional lectures are held in the first semester to help support the skills needed to work effectively at an advanced level within a corporate environment.

Core:

Energy Systems, Power Electronics and Drives; Control Engineering II; Electrical Power Systems; Industrial Automation and Control; Wind Energy; Photovoltaic Systems; ME (Energy) Work Placement (30 credits)

ME 5 Year Modules Entry to master’s degree programmes, subject to entry requirements.

Core:

Ocean Energy; Advanced Energy Systems Modelling; Energy Innovation; Data Analytics for Engineering; ME Energy Research Project

Electives:

Entrepreneurial Business Start-Ups; Biomass Energy; Energy Systems in Buildings; Computer-Aided Design VII (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning); Carbon Geocycles and Capture Utilisation & Storage; Smart Grids
Entry Requirement
Leaving Certificate entry requirements:

At Least six subjects must be presented. Minimum grade H4 in one subject, minimum grade H5 in one subject and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. English and Irish are requirements for all programmes unless the applicant is exempt from Irish.

The following are considered Lab Science subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Physics with Chemistry (Joint) and Agricultural Science. Technology can be substituted for a Lab Science subject.

Non-EU Candidates
Non-EU candidates are expected to have educational qualifications of a standard equivalent to the Irish Leaving Certificate. In addition, where such candidates are non-native speakers of the English language they must satisfy the university of their competency in the English language.

Minimum Requirements and Accepted English Language Tests & ExaminationsThe minimum English language entry requirements for admission onto a postgraduate programme at UCC are outlined below. These requirements are for postgraduate applicants whose first language is not English. If Gaeilge (Irish) is your first language these requirements do not apply to you.There are a small number of programmes with a higher minimum English language entry requirement and we list these below under Programmes with a Higher Minimum English Language Requirement.IELTS*
- 6.5 Overall
- 6.0 Individual Skills (academic version)
TOEFL iBT
- 90 Overall
- Listening 20
- Reading 19
- Speaking 21
- Writing 20
Fees & Scholarships
The fees for BE Hons Energy Engineering may vary from €20,000 to €35,000 anually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for international students.
Career Prospect
Many graduates progress directly to the Energy Engineering profession, working in renewable energy engineering with e.g. Airtricity, Eirgrid, Bord Gais, ESB and ESBI. A significant number of graduates also work in energy management and intelligent efficiency in energy consultancy firms and the pharmaceutical sector. Other graduates make use of the valuable acquired skills to embark on careers outside of engineering, in areas including software design and development, management consulting, accountancy and industrial management.

Cost Of Studying At University College Cork

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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BE Hons Energy Engineering at University College Cork