Energy and Environmental Technology and Economics MSc

This MSc degree has been designed to give you a wide perspective when it comes to analysing and forecasting the future for energy, environmental technology and economics.

The Energy and Environmental Technology and Economics MSc will help you:

• Understand the technologies for energy production: fossil fuels, nuclear and renewable
• Assess the economic factors affecting energy production and supply
• Know the economics governing consumer use and purchase of energy
• Analyse and forecast the future of energy, environmental technology and economics
• Evaluate the environmental effects of energy and other industrial production
• Gain a real-world understanding of the issues - from regulation and government funding, to behavioural psychology and emerging technologies
• Understand the technologies for reducing environmental impact and their economics
• Consider ethical responsibilities in relation to energy use
• Rapidly assess the most important features of a new technology
• Integrate information across a broad range of subject areas, from engineering
  through economics to risk assessment
• Identify a range of perspectives, and look at the influence of a myriad of other forces at play by engaging with practising businesses and trade associations
• The discipline of auditing energy consumption
• Monitoring performance and engaging with international energy management standards
• Relate to professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds, academic, commercial and industrial, from professors in engineering and mathematics through to consulting engineers to senior managers and directors of large, publicly quoted companies.