East Anglia is a major region for energy engineering, and you’ll feel the benefit of our connections with local industry right from the start of this four-year course. You’ll get a taste of the many career paths energy engineering could open up to you through role-model meetings, site visits and opportunities for short-term internships and placements.Our close partnerships with major engineering companies also enable us to support and encourage student innovation and the development of your networking skills. Both of which are critical to the sector and to ensuring we can deliver the engineers the energy industry needs today, and for the future.All engineering courses within the School have a common first year to give you the full breadth of the subject, after which you can elect to tailor the course or continue to pursue a broad-based approach. We work closely with other UEA Schools including Environmental Sciences, Computing Sciences and Mathematics, so that your learning is informed by a range of expertise.This course is accredited by the Energy Institute.**Course Structure****Year 1**In your first year you’ll take on small design projects to gain a grounding in engineering mathematics and principles, supported by a broad introduction to energy from practising engineers. Engineering Studies will allow you to study a number of more focused engineering disciplines. Introductions to mechanical, electronic and electrical and energy engineering are delivered through fieldwork, hands-on component assembly, CADCAM and case studies provided by visiting industrialists.After these introductions you’ll be given the flexibility to change your degree path based on what you’ve learnt. You can choose your preferred path at any point before the start of your second semester or, with appropriate module choices, further delay the decision until the end of second year.**Year 2**Year two will build on the foundations of your first year. You’ll explore case studies and industry-standard codes of practice in greater depth, focusing on examples such as wind turbines and combined heat plant design.You’ll develop a thorough understanding of micro-hydro schemes by analysing pumps and turbines linked to pipe flow and networks. While the study of grid storage will push your understanding of electricity further. And your mathematical knowledge will be developed through more advanced material, including programming skills.**Year 3**Your individual project will be the major focus of your third year. Essentially this is your chance to become an expert in the area of energy engineering that fascinates you most. Previous examples include ‘Investigating the impact of a tidal barrage in a particular location’ and ‘Prediction of the long-term impact of electric cars on the National Grid’.In addition to your research project, you’ll be given a brief introduction to health and safety risk management, with nuclear power and solar energy used as examples. And you’ll begin to understand how the National Grid works.**Year 4**In your final year you’ll undertake a major multidisciplinary design project. Team-based, it will encourage you to explore the breadth of your learning to-date in the context of an industrial project.The project will typically be based on a real client brief, acquired or adapted from industry, and presented to you in the autumn term. You’ll work within a team to explore the brief, carry out site visits, and develop proposals, which you will then present to professional energy engineers. **Disclaimer** Course details are subject to change. You should always confirm the details on the provider's website: **www.uea.ac.uk**