What type of engineering is best for renewable energy?

[nickaldis]

The subject says it all .
A levels are Mathematics, Futher Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.

Many engineering degrees are broad. You get to specialise in your job. Mostly. The discipline of engineering is enormous and many engineers don’t specialise very early. Often uni experience changes views too!

DH is civil and structural. You’d be surprised that his company is involved with infrastructure for renewables. As a consulting engineer, there’s good money available if you have your own company and move away from being employed.

MSc in Environmental Engineering which will give a good grounding and then they can take specialised modules or further courses.

Environmental engineering is usually a branch of civil engineering. DH’s company does loads of environmental engineering schemes - eg avoiding flooding!

Thing is, most of the “renewable specific” elements are likely to be at masters level. There are a few, and increasingly more, MSc courses - it’s a growing industry and we are all figuring out what needs teaching, as things are changing v quickly. First, get a good undergrad degree. Apply for an MSci or MEng. Then either do the whole thing or finish after 3 years with BSc or BEng (I know this is possible with MSci but not sure about MEng) and switch to a renewable specific masters once DC knows more about potential career, and once the industry is more focussed. There’s a good one at Loughborough for instance, but you do your undergrad first.

I did an MSci, for instance, and then did an industry specific MSc afterwards. It worked well. A friend left the MSci course after 3 years with a BSc and switched straight to a hydrogeology MSc as she knew that’s what she wanted to do at that stage.

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/masters/courses/list/09009/msc-renewable-energy-and-clean-technology/

https://www.masterscompare.co.uk/masters-courses/renewable-energy-systems-technology-54255/29791/