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MSc Smart Energy and the Built Environment

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    MSc 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time, 5 years flexible

Course Description

To achieve net zero emissions a new relationship is required between how we produce, supply and consume energy: innovative smart energy technologies and services are crucial. UCL’s Smart Energy and the Built Environment MSc gives you the skills and knowledge for a career at the forefront of the smart energy revolution. It focuses on how renewable energy resources can be integrated with the built environment to enable global transformation, ensuring resilience and security of supply and controlling costs. There is a worldwide demand for specialists with deep expertise in this field, whether in business, policy or consultancy. 

To combat climate change and deliver the transition to zero carbon, we must transform how we generate and use energy. Smart energy has the power to reduce costs, increase reliability and support decarbonisation. There is significant global investment into smart energy, leveraging new technologies and data analytics to innovate energy supply and demand. Around the world a new generation of experts working in business and policy is needed to drive the transition. UCL’s Smart Energy and the Built Environment MSc will equip you with an in-depth understanding of energy supply and demand, its smart, flexible operation, and the role of the built environment. 

Entry Requirements

Normally a minimum of an upper second-class UK Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (for example physics or a related physical science, engineering, mathematics, geography, psychology, social science, architecture, planning or economics) or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard is required. Applicants with a different degree discipline but a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience are welcome to apply and will be assessed on an individual basis. Please clearly state in your personal statement how your educational or employment background (including any internships or projects) relates to the programme and what you aim to achieve through your studies.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

UCL offers a range of financial awards aimed at assisting both prospective and current students with their studies.

Student Destinations

The Smart Energy and the Built Environment MSc is designed to prepare you for a career in:

  • Energy consultancies
  • Public sector
  • NGOs
  • Energy start-ups
  • Institutions which value expertise in energy and the built environment.

Employers of Smart Energy and the Built Environment MSc graduates include Arup, Verco, Nesta, Brighton and Hove Energy Services Co-operative, ABO Wind, OVO Energy, Mace, ZTP Energy Consultancy, CBRE, Greater London Authority and London boroughs, the UK Department for Energy and Net Zero and other roles in Governments around the world. 

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Fundamentals of Smart Energy and the Built Environment
  • Society and the Energy System
  • Introduction to Smart Energy Data and Statistics
  • Modelling Community Energy Solutions
  • Smart Distributed Energy Technologies
  • Dissertation: Smart Energy and the Built Environment

Optional modules

  • Business and Sustainability
  • Energy, People and Behaviour
  • Industrial Symbiosis
  • Systems Thinking and System Dynamics
  • Energy, Environment and Resources in Developing Countries
  • Data Analytics in the Smart Built Environment
  • Social Value and New Energy Business Models
  • Urban Building Energy Modelling
  • Clean Energy and Development

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