Master of Science in Energy Transition and Sustainable Power
The people who will decide how Uganda and the region generate, price and regulate electricity over the next thirty years are mostly already in post and mostly trained in a single discipline. This programme is built for them: systems level e...
The four facts
What you actually need to compare
- Award and entry
- MSc
- A
- Duration and mode
- 18 months (3 semesters)
- Hybrid. Includes 12 months of paid, assessed cooperative education.
- Cost
- UGX 3,600,000 per year
- Tier 2 laboratory classification. Includes UGX 600,000 annual laboratory premium.
- Outcome targeted
- Energy planner, regulatory analyst, utility strategy lead
- Reviewed by 2031. If the thesis stops holding, the programme is reviewed.
Pricing Model 5.1 · The Forward Standard
Master of Science in Energy Transition and Sustainable Power fee
UGX 3,600,000 per year
- Laboratory tier
- Tier 2
- Annual premium
- UGX 600,000
- Per semester
- UGX 1,800,000
- Whole programme
- UGX 5,400,000
- Approximate USD
- ≈ USD 1,421
What this fee includes
- Teaching, practice tutoring, assessment and competency verification
- The Amagezi platform and AI tutor around the clock
- All learning materials
- Every examination, including first resits
- Identity card, library, guild, sports and basic wellbeing
- Co-op placement matching and the Capability Passport
- Graduation and the statutory NCHE fee
- Online application
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: 2031.
Roles
- Energy planner
- regulatory analyst
- utility strategy lead
- independent power producer developer
- energy economist
- climate and energy finance specialist
- ministry adviser.
Employer types
- Utilities and regulators
- ministries and planning authorities
- development finance institutions
- independent power producers
- consultancies
- and international energy institutions.
Target outcomes we hold ourselves to
- Senior technical and policy positions with immediate application in post and strong donor and development finance demand.
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
Am I eligible?
Check yourself against the published requirements
7 questions written specifically for Master of Science in Energy Transition and Sustainable Power. 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?
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
| Code | Course | CU | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| FDC 501 | Applied Intelligence for Professionals Both | 4 | 2-2-0 |
| FDC 502 | Research Evidence and Method Both | 4 | 2-2-0 |
| ECE 510 | Energy Systems Modelling and Capacity Expansion Performance | 6 | 3-2-4 |
| ECE 511 | Power System Operation and Renewable Integration Both | 6 | 4-2-2 |
| ECE 512 | Energy Economics and Markets Both | 5 | 3-2-2 |
| ECE 513 | Energy Policy, Regulation and Institutions Both | 5 | 3-2-2 |
| Code | Course | CU | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| FDC 503 | Governance, Ethics and Leadership of Intelligent Systems Both | 4 | 2-2-0 |
| ECE 520 | Energy Project Finance and Structuring Both | 6 | 4-2-2 |
| ECE 521 | Storage, Flexibility and Demand Side Performanc | 6 | 3-2-4 |
| ECE 522 | Energy Access, Equity and Productive Use Both | 5 | 3-2-2 |
| ECE 523 | Transition Pathways: Hydrogen, Gas and Electrified Transport Both | 5 | 3-2-2 |
| ECE 524 | Advanced Elective Objective | 3 | 2-2-0 |
| Code | Course | CU | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECE 530 | Major Project: National or Utility Scale Energy Study (client verified) Performance | 20 | 0-2-38 |
| ECE 531 | Data and Analytics for Energy Decision Making Performance | 5 | 2-2-4 |
| ECE 532 | Professional Practice and Policy Communication Objective | 5 | 4-2-0 |
Total credit units: 89
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 Master of Science in Energy Transition and Sustainable Power
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 explorer
Drill into the degree, step by step
Choose a study path, then a year, then a term or block, then a course. Credit totals add up as you go, and every course shows what comes before it and what it unlocks.
Step 1, choose a year
Step 2, choose a term
TERM 1 (SIX MONTHS) | FORMERLY SEMESTER 1
Year 1 · this step is worth 30 CU
Cumulative
30
Programme total
90
30 CU of 90 CU completed by the end of this step (33%)
Step 3, choose a course
Pick a course to see the detail
Credits, assessment, prerequisites and what each course unlocks later.
The twelve Forward capabilities
What this programme develops in you
Every Forward degree develops the same twelve cross-cutting capabilities. The profile below is the level this programme is designed to develop and verify by graduation, on the four-level scale in Part B2 of the Curriculum Compendium. Every claim above Level 2 is verified by someone other than the teaching lecturer.
- C1Intelligent Systems FluencyLevel 4 of 4, Leading
- C2Quantitative and Evidential Reasoning CriticalLevel 4 of 4, Leading
- C3Ethical and Contextual JudgementLevel 3 of 4, Independent
- C4Communication and PersuasionLevel 4 of 4, Leading
- C5Disciplinary MasteryLevel 4 of 4, Leading
- C6Technical Production and CraftLevel 4 of 4, Leading
- C7Problem Framing and Systems Thinking CriticalLevel 4 of 4, Leading
- C8Collaboration and Multidisciplinary TeamingLevel 3 of 4, Independent
- C9Enterprise, Value and Commercial Literacy CriticalLevel 3 of 4, Independent
- C10Professional Conduct and Workplace PerformanceLevel 4 of 4, Leading
- C11Learning to Learn and Adaptive CapacityLevel 4 of 4, Leading
- C12Stewardship and Public Contribution CriticalLevel 3 of 4, Independent
Critical capabilities for this programme: Quantitative and Evidential Reasoning · Problem Framing and Systems Thinking · Enterprise, Value and Commercial Literacy · Stewardship and Public Contribution. A graduate cannot pass out of this programme below the stated level on any capability marked critical.
Programme Learning Outcomes
What you will be able to do
Each outcome is assessed, and each is tagged with the Forward capabilities it is verified against.
- PLO 1Build and interpret capacity expansion and dispatch models for a national system.
- PLO 2Design tariff, subsidy and regulatory instruments and assess their distributional effects.
- PLO 3Structure and appraise energy projects and their financing.
- PLO 4Plan the integration of variable renewables and storage on a weak grid.
- PLO 5Assess transition pathways including hydrocarbons hydrogen and electrification of transport.
- PLO 6Advise decision makers with defensible, uncertainty aware analysis.
Why this programme exists
The people who will decide how Uganda and the region generate, price and regulate electricity over the next thirty years are mostly already in post and mostly trained in a single discipline. This programme is built for them: systems level e...
Admission requirements
A Bachelor's degree of at least Second Class Lower Division in engineering, economics, physical sciences or a cognate discipline; professional experience in the energy sector is an advantage and may substitute under recognition of prior learning. Alternative pathways: Foundation Year, diploma entry with advanced standing, mature age entry and recognition of prior learning, all governed by Part A5 and Part G. Online applicants additionally complete the compulsory Digital Readiness orientation under Part D6.