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Energy, Climate & Earth Systems
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Renewable Energy Systems Engineering

Specify, build and operate the generation and storage assets being installed across the continent this decade.

BEng (Hons)Campus4 years (incl. co-op)Intake August 2027
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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

  • Renewable energy engineer
  • Solar/storage design engineer
  • Project engineer (EPC)
  • Asset performance engineer

Employer types

  • Independent power producers
  • EPC contractors
  • Utilities and regulators
  • Distributed-energy companies

Target outcomes we hold ourselves to

  • 86% in an energy-sector role within 6 months
  • Every graduate designs one grid-compliant system
  • 100% completing 12 months paid co-op

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

Placement with a developer, EPC contractor or utility. Read the co-op commitment

Am I eligible?

Check yourself against the published requirements

7 questions written specifically for Renewable Energy Systems Engineering. 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.

Question 1 of 70%

What is the highest qualification you hold or are completing?

Requirement tested: A completed upper-secondary qualification (UACE, A-level, IB, high-school diploma or recognised equivalent), or a post-secondary award.

Structure

How the 4 years run

  1. 01

    Year 1

    Foundations and Forward Core

    • Engineering mathematics
    • Electrical fundamentals
    • Forward Core
  2. 02

    Year 2

    Generation and storage

    • Solar and wind systems
    • Battery and storage engineering
    • Power electronics
  3. 03

    Year 3

    Co-op

    • 12 months paid work-integrated learning
    • Site and commissioning practice
    • Assessed employer review
  4. 04

    Year 4

    Capstone and enterprise

    • Full system design capstone
    • Energy economics and PPAs
    • Forward Core: enterprise

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