Bachelor of Engineering in Grid and Storage Systems
Grid and Storage Systems is published in the Complete Programme Directory as part of the second accreditation wave: 176 competency units over 4 years (8 semesters), sited in the Grid and Energy Storage Engineering department. The full curriculum volume is in preparation for submission to the National Council for Higher Education, so the term and block structures, learning outcomes and employment thesis are not yet published here.
Employment thesis
What this programme is designed to produce
Forward publishes the destination of every programme before you enrol. If the thesis stops holding, the programme is reviewed and, where necessary, retired. Next review: 2032.
Roles
Employer types
Target outcomes we hold ourselves to
Compulsory · The Forward Core
How the Core works →Every Forward programme, including this one, carries the same five cross-cutting requirements. They are graded, not optional.
- AI Fluency
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Ethics and African Context
- Human-Advantage Skills
- Enterprise
Includes 12 months paid work-integrated learning
Twelve months of paid, assessed cooperative education, as in every Forward bachelor degree. Read the co-op commitment
Am I eligible?
Check yourself against the published requirements
7 questions written specifically for Bachelor of Engineering in Grid and Storage Systems. Every answer is checked against a requirement Forward has published, and the result tells you which page that requirement comes from. Indicative only, the admissions office decides on your full file.
What is the highest qualification you hold or are completing?
Curriculum structure
The same degree, in both pathways
Every Forward programme is published in both pathways: Path One, the term plan of two six-month terms, and Path Two, the block sequence of twelve four-week blocks. Same competencies, same assessments, same award. Toggle to see this programme in each.
Path One term plan shown
Path One · The Term Model
Path One term plan not yet published for this programme
This degree is in the first accreditation wave and its term-by-term mapping is still being signed off against the Curriculum Compendium. The Path Two block sequence below carries the same courses, the same competencies and the same total credit units.
Curriculum source
Forward University Curriculum Compendium
Assessment
Coursework + project + integrated exam
Work-integrated learning
12 months paid co-operative education
Your week at Forward
A typical week on Bachelor of Engineering in Grid and Storage Systems
Path One, the Term Model: your own pace across a six-month term, one live session a week, short flexible lessons, and assessment on demand.
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Curriculum detail is being published
This programme's term and block tables are not in the current compendium export yet.
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