Energy Engineering with a year in Industry

Energy engineering is one of the most important technical disciplines for addressing the defining challenge of our time. As the demand for clean energy grows, so does the demand for energy engineering graduates equipped with the skills, knowledge, and industrial connections needed to tackle global energy challenges and shape the future of society. This four-year programme at the University of East Anglia combines rigorous academic training with a year in industry, ensuring you graduate with both the theoretical foundations and the practical experience that employers in the energy sector require.

You will study the thermodynamic, electrical, and fluid mechanical principles that underpin energy systems, alongside the specific technologies driving the energy transition, including renewable energy generation, energy storage, grid integration, and energy efficiency in buildings and industrial processes. The year in industry places you in a professional engineering environment, where you will apply your technical knowledge to real-world problems and build the professional connections and contextual understanding that classroom study alone cannot provide. Entry typically requires around 136 UCAS tariff points.

Energy engineering graduates work in renewable energy companies, utilities, grid operators, government agencies, engineering consultancies, and the growing sectors of energy storage and smart energy systems. The combination of engineering fundamentals with energy-specific knowledge and industrial experience is highly valued as every sector of the economy works to meet its net zero commitments. Many graduates continue to postgraduate study or pursue Chartered Engineer status through relevant professional bodies.