Sustainable Energy Engineering (Honours) South East Technological University

Overview

The Sustainable Energy Engineering (Honours) programme from South East Technological University  is dedicated to investigating energy and its uses in areas such as sustainable low energy building design, building energy performance and analysis, energy production, low and zero carbon heat and power generation technologies, and energy policy and legislation. 

The early stages of the course are designed to introduce the students to the fundamentals of maths, engineering, science and technology that underpin the study of engineering in general and equip them with the knowledge required to undertake a more specific study of engineering in relation to sustainable energy systems.

Career opportunities

Currently there is a huge shortage of qualified energy engineers. Almost 100% of BEng (Hons) in Sustainable Energy Engineering graduates have found employment in the energy sector in the last 5 years, many securing employment before they complete their final exams. Energy engineering graduates are highly employable and are actively recruited by a range of companies (see below) working in sectors such as sustainable power generation, low energy building design, building energy systems design, energy management, energy modelling and simulation or with energy agencies or government bodies.

Graduates from the BEng (Hons) in Sustainable Energy Engineering will be equipped with the knowledge and skills required to pursue a career within the energy sector either in Ireland or abroad.  Graduates may find employment as:

• A specialist in power generation, energy storage and energy recovery

• An energy systems/building services systems design consultant

• A specialist low energy building design professional

• An energy manager/ facilities manager for a large company

• A building energy assessor

• A expert in BIM and building energy simulation

• A site engineering responsible for the installation of all energy systems for a project.