Master of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

This Course is archived with an end date of 06/03/2025

Overview

This 2 year course offers advanced training in the area of renewable and sustainable energy systems, sustainable energy policy and development, climate change adaptation and resilience, energy efficiency and carbon management. The first year is the Graduate Diploma in Energy and Carbon Studies OR the Graduate Diploma in Energy and the Environment. In the second year students will complete either a capstone unit in renewable energy and sustainable energy development or a research dissertation, in any of the areas mentioned above. The research dissertation option is offered to students with an interest in conducting independent research and with high academic grades in their first year Masters units.

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Academic Chair

Admission requirements

Enrolment restrictions

Special requirements

Entry requirements (onshore)

Recognised Bachelor's degree (AQF Level 7) or higher, or equivalent training, or professional experience in a related area. Students may be eligible for advanced standing in the Masters if they have achieved AQF Level 8 in a recognised, cognate discipline. Some of the units taken assume some prior knowledge, details of which are given in the description of each unit in the Handbook. The most common of these is the high school Physics prerequisite for units such as Energy in Society, Energy Management and Energy System Some students may therefore need to complete additional prerequisite units.

English language requirements

Learning outcomes

Identify and critically appraise current developments in renewable energy systems and advanced energy storage technologies, demonstrating proficiency in consideration of technical, economic, and policy factors

Identify and assess the criteria for net-zero energy development in both developed and developing countries.

Interpret and apply specialized principles of sustainability planning, management, and leadership to scenarios and problems in renewable and sustainable energy.

Evaluate and apply best practice approaches to create sustainable smart cities and develop skills to assist in the decarbonization of cities.

Produce techno-economic appraisals of renewable energy and diverse energy storage technologies.

Identify, analyze and demonstrate the interactions between energy and carbon management plans for commercial and industrial buildings utilising industry standards and rating tools.

Interpret data collected from renewable energy resource assessments to select appropriate renewable energy technologies for a site.

Execute a substantial research project by using the research principles and fundamentals in renewable and sustainable energy, and broader aspects of climate change management.

Apply well-developed ethical and professional behaviour to broad areas of energy and sustainability.

Structure
48 credit points

Required Units24 credit points

Specified Electives24 credit points

Option 1 - Project24 credit points

Required Units9 credit points

Specified Elective Units15 credit points

Optional

Option 2 - Dissertation24 credit points

Required Units12 credit points

Specified Elective Units12 credit points

Alternative exits

C1137 Graduate Certificate in Energy and Carbon Studies;

G1079 Graduate Diploma in Energy and Carbon Studies;

G1062 Graduate Diploma in Energy and the Environment.

Professional outcomes

Professional recognition

Accrediting bodies

Additional information

Research areas:Built Environment and Design, Engineering, Environmental Sciences