Energy Engineering Degree Courses in the UK - Bachelors & Masters

Program University Student satis­faction Unem­ployed Drop­out Tuition (UK) Tuition (Inter­national) UCAS Tariff City
Environmental Engineering MEng (Hons) The University of Nottingham 82% 6% 5% £9250 £26500 172 Nottingham On campus Full-time
Energy Engineering BEng (Hons) University of the Highlands and Islands 83% 15% 20% £9000 £13620 134 Inverness On campus Full-time
Civil and Environmental Engineering MEng University of Strathclyde 100% 0% 3% £9250 £22400 196 Glasgow On campus Full-time
Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering MEng (Hons) The University of Nottingham 82% 6% 5% £9250 £26500 172 Nottingham On campus Full-time
Renewable Energy Engineering BEng (Hons) Southampton Solent University 94% 0% 10% £9250 £13800 118 Southampton On campus Full-time
Energy and Environmental Engineering BEng (Hons) Edinburgh Napier University 70% 0% 5% £9250 £16425 133 Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Renewable Energy Engineering with Science and Engineering Foundation Year BEng (Hons) Southampton Solent University 94% 0% 10% £9250 £12000 118 Southampton On campus Full-time
Renewable Energy Engineering BEng (Hons) Ulster University 89% 0% 20% £9250 £15360 133 Coleraine On campus Full-time
Civil and Environmental Engineering (Year in Industry) MEng (Hons) Cardiff University 79% 0% 3% £9000 £23450 149 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Energy Engineering with Environmental Management BEng (Hons) University of East Anglia 68% 0% 0% £9250 £21700 £22800 129 Norwich On campus Full-time
Civil and Environmental Engineering MEng (Hons) Liverpool John Moores University 75% 2% 9% £9250 £16100 131 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Renewable Energy BSc (Hons) University of Exeter 92% 0% 5% £9250 £25000 157 Exeter On campus Full-time
Energy Engineering MSc (PG) University of East Anglia 68% 0% 0% £7850 £16400 131 Norwich On campus Full-time
Energy Engineering MEng University of Huddersfield 65% 10% 14% £9250 £16000 117 Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Civil with Environmental Engineering BEng (Hons) University of Brighton 85% 0% 3% £9250 £13842 100 Brighton On campus Full-time
Energy Engineering MSc (PG) De Montfort University 75% 8% 25% £8500 £14600 69 Leicester On campus Full-time
Civil and Environmental Engineering BEng (Hons) Cardiff University 79% 0% 0% £9000 £23450 149 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Energy and Environmental Engineering BEng (Hons) University of Wales 67% 5% 13% £9000 £13500 101 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Electrical Energy Systems MEng University of Strathclyde 75% 2% 5% £9250 £22400 210 Glasgow On campus Full-time
Renewable Energy Engineering MSc University of Central Lancashire 57% 3% 13% £7100 £14500 116 Preston On campus Full-time
Energy Engineering MEng MEng De Montfort University 75% 8% 25% £9250 £14250 69 Leicester On campus Full-time
Energy BSc (Hons) Ulster University 90% 2% 5% £9250 £15360 135 Coleraine On campus Full-time
Engineering (Renewable Energy) MEng (Hons) Durham University 86% 4% 1% £9250 £28500 205 Durham On campus Full-time
Renewable Energy Engineering MEng University of Portsmouth 78% 2% 5% £9250 £18300 101 Portsmouth On campus Full-time
Civil & Environmental Engineering (International) Year in Industry MEng (Hons) Cardiff University 79% 0% 3% £9000 £23450 149 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Civil and Environmental Engineering MEng (Hons) Anglia Ruskin University 72% 10% 5% £9250 - 76 Cambridge On campus Full-time
Sustainable Energy Engineering BEng (Hons) Queen Mary University of London 76% 4% 5% £9250 - 140 London On campus Full-time
Energy Engineering (Foundation Entry) BEng (Hons) University of Central Lancashire 57% 3% 13% £6000 - 116 Preston On campus Full-time
Energy Engineering BEng (Hons) University of Central Lancashire 57% 3% 13% £9250 - 116 Preston On campus Full-time
Civil and Environmental Engineering BEng (Hons) Coventry University 70% 0% 6% £9250 - 112 Coventry On campus Full-time
Civil and Environmental Engineering (with Foundation Year) BEng (Hons) University of West London 89% 5% 15% - - 116 Ealing On campus Full-time
Architecture and Environmental Engineering (with Foundation Year) BEng (Hons) University of the West of England 81% 0% 5% - - 135 Bristol On campus Full-time
Sustainable Energy Systems MSc Queen Mary University of London 76% 4% 5% - - 140 London On campus Full-time
Architecture and Environmental Engineering BEng (Hons) University of the West of England 81% 0% 5% - - 135 Bristol On campus Full-time
Chemical and Energy Engineering BEng (Hons) University of Leeds 76% 0% 2% - - 159 Leeds On campus Full-time
Renewable Energy Engineering MSc University of Exeter 92% 0% 5% - - 151 Exeter On campus Full-time
Civil and Environmental Engineering MEng (Hons) University of Leeds 84% 0% 0% - - 193 Leeds On campus Full-time
Civil and Environmental Engineering MEng (Hons) University of Aberdeen 87% 10% 15% - - 146 Aberdeen On campus Full-time
Civil and Environmental Engineering BEng (Hons) University of West London 89% 5% 15% - - 116 Ealing On campus Full-time
Renewable Energy and Power Systems Management MSc City University London 89% 5% 15% £4810 £9880 116 London On campus Part-time
Civil and Environmental Engineering Year in Europe (France) MEng (Hons) Cardiff University - - - £9000 £23450 - Cardiff On campus Full-time
Civil and Environmental Engineering (International) MEng (Hons) Cardiff University - - - £9000 £23450 - Cardiff On campus Full-time
Renewable Energy Engineering MSc Kingston University - - - £9620 £15400 - Kingston upon Thames On campus Full-time
Environment and Sustainable Energy FdSc University of Suffolk - - - £8220 £12996 - Ipswich On campus Full-time
Renewable Energy Engineering MSc MSc Brunel University - - - £9650 £19855 - Uxbridge On campus Full-time
Sustainable Energy Technologies MSc University of Southampton - - - £9250 £26000 - Southampton On campus Full-time
Mechanical and Energy Engineering BEng (Hons) Heriot-Watt University - - - £9250 £9250 £19400 £20584 - Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Civil and Environmental Engineering BEng University of Abertay Dundee - - - £9250 £14000 - Dundee On campus Full-time
Energy and Sustainability (Energy, Environment and Buildings) MSc University of Southampton - - - £9250 £26000 - Southampton On campus Full-time
Engineering (Renewable and Sustainable Energy) MSc Wrexham Glyndwr University - - - £5940 £12500 - Wrexham On campus Full-time
Energy and Power Systems with a Year in Industry MSc University of Liverpool - - - £11350 £25050 - Liverpool On campus Full-time
Civil and Environmental Engineering with Year in Europe (Spain) MEng (Hons) Cardiff University - - - £9000 £23450 - Cardiff On campus Full-time
Renewable Energy and Clean Technology MSc The University of Manchester - - - £12500 £28000 - Manchester On campus Full-time
Water, Waste and Environmental Engineering with Industrial Practice MSc University of Greenwich - - - £10349 £18000 - London On campus Full-time
Sustainability, Energy and Development MSc Durham University - - - £5500 £11600 - Durham On campus Part-time
Civil and Environmental Engineering with Year in Europe (Germany) MEng (Hons) Cardiff University - - - £9000 £23450 - Cardiff On campus Full-time
Fusion Energy MSc The University of York - - - £9010 £22720 - York On campus Full-time
Energy Engineering MSc (PG) University of Hull - - - £11000 £11000 - Hull On campus Full-time
New and Renewable Energy MSc Durham University - - - £12500 £27250 - Durham On campus Full-time
Global Energy and Climate Policy MSc SOAS, University of London - - - £16315 £17000 £22810 £24650 - London On campus Full-time
GeoEnergy MSc University of Derby - - - £10575 £19950 - Derby On campus Full-time
Subsurface Energy Engineering MSc The University of Manchester - - - £12500 £28000 - Manchester On campus Full-time
Energy and Power Systems MSc University of Liverpool - - - £11350 £25050 - Liverpool On campus Full-time
Plasma Science and Fusion Energy PhD The University of York - - - £4400 £21700 - York On campus Full-time
Energy Systems Management MSc (PG) Durham University - - - £26500 £26500 - Durham On campus Full-time
Smart Grids and Energy Systems MSc MSc University of Bradford - - - £8784 £20885 - Bradford On campus Full-time
Energy and Sustainability (Robert Kennedy College) MBA University of Cumbria - - - £14500 - - Carlisle online Part-time
Environmental Engineering PhD The University of Manchester - - - £2250 - - Manchester On campus Part-time
Renewable Energy Engineering FdEng Newcastle College - - - £9000 - - Newcastle On campus Full-time
Renewable and Sustainable Engineering BEng (Hons) Wrexham Glyndwr University - - - £9000 - - Wrexham On campus Full-time
Renewable and Sustainable Engineering (with Foundation Year) BEng (Hons) Wrexham Glyndwr University - - - £9000 - - Wrexham On campus Full-time
Energy Transition Systems and Technologies MSc University of Aberdeen - - - - - - Aberdeen On campus Full-time
Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering MEng University of Bath - - - - - - Bath On campus Full-time
Environmental Engineering and Project Management MSc (Eng) University of Leeds - - - - - - Leeds On campus Full-time
Renewable Energy: Technology and Sustainability MSc University of Reading - - - - - - Reading On campus Part-time
GeoEnergy MSc The University of Edinburgh - - - - - - Edinburgh On campus Part-time
International Energy Commerce MSc MSc University of Dundee - - - - - - Dundee On campus Full-time
Environmental Engineering MSc Newcastle University - - - - - - Newcastle On campus Part-time
Energy and Power Systems Management MSc University of Portsmouth - - - - - - Portsmouth On campus Full-time
Offshore Renewable Energy (Industrial Doctorate Centre) EngD The University of Edinburgh - - - - - - Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Energy PhD Newcastle University - - - - - - Newcastle On campus Full-time
Electrical Energy Systems MSc Cardiff University - - - - - - Cardiff On campus Full-time
Low Carbon Energy, Efficiency and Sustainability (Degree Apprenticeship) BEng (Hons) Wrexham Glyndwr University - - - - - - Wrexham On campus Part-time
Environmental and Energy Engineering MSc (Eng) The University of Sheffield - - - - - - Sheffield On campus Full-time
Oil, Gas and Energy Management HNC Coventry University - - - - - - Coventry On campus Full-time
Energy Engineering with Industrial Management MSc (Eng) The University of Sheffield - - - - - - Sheffield On campus Full-time
Energy Systems MSc University of Oxford - - - - - - Oxford On campus Full-time
Renewable Energy Enterprise and Management MSc Newcastle University - - - - - - Newcastle On campus Part-time
Energy and Climate Policy MSc University of Sussex - - - - - - Brighton On campus Part-time
Energy Systems MSc (Res) The University of Edinburgh - - - - - - Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Energy Storage MSc (PG) Ulster University - - - - - - Coleraine On campus Full-time
Energy and Environment MSc (Eng) University of Leeds - - - - - - Leeds On campus Full-time
Renewable Energy Engineering MSc University of Aberdeen - - - - - - Aberdeen On campus Full-time
Wind and Marine Energy Systems and Structures PhD The University of Edinburgh - - - - - - Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Urban Energy Technology and Policy MRes Newcastle University - - - - - - Newcastle On campus Full-time
Global Energy Technologies and Systems Masters MSc University of Birmingham - - - - - - Birmingham On campus Full-time
Renewable Energy and Clean Technology with Extended Research MSc The University of Manchester - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Sustainable Energy Systems MSc The University of Edinburgh - - - - - - Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Environmental Engineering PgDip Queen's University of Belfast - - - - - - Belfast On campus Full-time
Renewable Energy MSc Edinburgh Napier University 73% 0% 6% - - 148 Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Marine Renewable Energy MSc Bangor University 73% 0% 6% - - 148 Bangor On campus Full-time
Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology MSc University of South Wales 73% 0% 6% - - 148 Pontypridd On campus Full-time
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Technologies MSc Northumbria University 73% 0% 6% - - 148 Newcastle On campus Full-time
Water and Environmental Engineering MSc University of Surrey 73% 0% 6% - - 148 Guildford On campus Part-time
Renewable Energy Engineering MSc Coventry University 73% 0% 6% - - 148 Coventry On campus Full-time
Offshore Renewable Energy Engineering MSc (PG) Plymouth University 73% 0% 6% - - 148 Plymouth On campus Full-time
Sustainable Energy Engineering MSc MSc The University of Nottingham 73% 0% 6% - - 148 Nottingham On campus Full-time
Wind and Marine Energy Systems and Structures EPSRC CDT DPhil University of Oxford 73% 0% 6% - - 148 Oxford On campus Full-time
Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering (with placement) MEng University of Bath - - - - - - Bath On campus Full-time
Offshore Renewable Energy MSc (PG) Plymouth University - - - - - - Plymouth On campus Full-time
Civil and Geoenvironmental Engineering MSc Cardiff University - - - - - - Cardiff On campus Full-time
Energy, Society and Sustainability MSc The University of Edinburgh - - - - - - Edinburgh On campus Part-time
Renewable Energy and Energy Management MSc (PG) Ulster University - - - - - - Coleraine On campus Part-time
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Student Reviews

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Source: National Student Survey NSS 2022
The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Primarily based on salary data of undergraduate students

Salary of all UK Graduates of Energy Engineering

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £29524 £34063 £39731
25-75 percentile range £24937 - £32621 £27400 - £41840 £31149 - £50019
Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) by UK Department for Education Dec 20, 2022
All Energy Engineering courses in the UK

Salary of all UK Graduates of all subjects

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £29533 £32629 £38957
25-75 percentile range £26286 - £32833 £26444 - £39447 £30461 - £47436
Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Dec 20, 2022

Jobs & Career Perspectives

Career perspectives for Energy Engineering

15 months after graduation, graduates of this subject were asked about their current circumstances of employment, what they do, and whether their activities and perspectives are directly related to their studies.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Dec 20, 2022

Current jobs

Among graduates of Energy Engineering who indicated that they are working, the percentage below represents the number who “agree” or “strongly agree” with the statements about their job.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Dec 20, 2022

Typical employers for graduates of Energy Engineering

  • Industrial Employers
  • Fuel Production Industries
  • Manufacturing Companies
  • Government Departments
  • Research Department
  • The Motor Industry
  • Wider Manufacturing Industry
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Energy Agencies
  • Higher and Further Education

Specialisations within Energy Engineering

  • Materials of Energy Technology
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Water Engineering
  • Alternative Energy
  • Materials and Processes for Sustainable Energies
  • Gas Engineering

Jobs of graduates of Energy Engineering (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Energy Engineering at London South Bank University

10% Process, plant and machine operatives
10% Managers, directors and senior officials
10% Engineering professionals
10% Business and public service associate professionals
10% Information Technology Professionals
10% Science, engineering and technology associate professionals
5% Natural and social science professionals
5% Teaching Professionals
5% Finance Professionals
5%
Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Dec 20, 2022

Grading & Study Time

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Grading Distribution

Students of Energy Engineering in the UK received the following grades.

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Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) 2016

Entry Requirements / Admissions

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for Energy Engineering

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Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Dec 20, 2022

Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Energy Engineering, if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

FAQ

Energy Engineering is the study and principles of engineering as they apply to the development and exploitation of various forms of energy, e.g. wind, water, solar etc. Involves the study and application of specialist mathematics.

The median salary of graduates of Energy Engineering was £29524 15 months after graduation, £34063 3 years after graduation and £39731 5 years after graduation.

  • The following degrees are offered for Energy Engineering studies:
  • Master of Engineering (Honours) - MEng (Hons)
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - BEng (Hons)
  • Master of Engineering - MEng
  • Bachelor of Science (Honours) - BSc (Hons)
  • Master of Science (Postgraduate) - MSc (PG)
  • Master of Science - MSc
  • Foundation Degree in Science - FdSc
  • Bachelor of Engineering - BEng
  • Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
  • Master of Business Administration - MBA
  • Master of Philosophy - MPhil
  • Foundation Degree in Engineering - FdEng
  • Master of Science (Engineering) - MSc (Eng)
  • Doctor of Engineering - EngD
  • Higher National Certificate - HNC
  • Postgraduate Certificate - PgCert
  • Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip
  • Master of Science (Research) - MSc (Res)
  • Master of Research - MRes
  • Doctor of Philosophy - DPhil
  • Doctor of Engineering - DEng

Civil and Environmental Engineering - MEng at University of Strathclyde received the highest rating among all graduates in the National Student Survey 2022 with a rating of 100 out of 100 among 10 respondents.