This course combines three elements: lectures in business and industrial skills (60 credits); lectures in leading edge renewable energy technology (60 credits); and the application of these technologies to a proposed business model via a 60 credit summer project.
The business element comprises of 6 modules:
- Creative Problem Solving
- Finance and Accounting
- Innovation Management
- Project Management
- Marketing for Entrepreneurs
- Science Technology Arts and Business
The technology element comprises 3 compulsory modules:
- Regulation and Management of Energy Supply and Use
- Renewable Energy Technology
- Research Methodologies
You will then be able to choose three further optional modules from topics such as:
- Acoustics and Lighting
- Air Conditioning Technologies
- Advanced Topics of Heat Transfer
- Combined Heat and Power Systems
- Combustion and Pollution Control
- Cooling Technologies and Applications
- Energy Conversion and Utilisation
- Environmental Sustainability
- Hydrogen Economy and Technology
- Materials and Building Physics
Please note that all module details are subject to change.
The ‘Renewable Energy Technology Transfer Project’ will be completed during the summer period and will provide students with the opportunity to undertake independent research into a topic appropriate to renewable energy technology transfer and apply business knowledge and skills developed through the course, working closely with companies specialising in renewable energy technologies.
The MSc Sustainable Energy and Entrepreneurship is offered on a full-time basis over one year.
During the autumn and spring semesters, you will complete a total of 120 credits worth of modules taught within the Department of Architecture and Built Environment and Nottingham University Business School.
Finally, you will complete a Renewable Energy Technology Transfer Project (worth 60 credits) during the summer period at the end of the course.