Course overview
- Description
The Master of Renewable and Future Energy is designed to upskill engineering graduates for employment in the rapidly expanding renewable energy sector. It offers an opportunity for individuals to gain skills and knowledge to tackle the current challenges and opportunities that come with the uptake of clean energy and distributed renewable energy in microgrids. The course draws on content from across engineering disciplines to provide breadth and depth and addresses four key areas: (i) renewable energy sources and generation; (ii) energy storage systems; (iii) energy transmission and distribution, including smart grids and microgrids; and (iv) the main drivers and policies that impact the adoption of clean energy.
- Course title
- Master of Renewable and Future Energy (coursework)
- Award abbreviation
- MRFE
- Course code
- 62560
- Course type
- Master's degree by coursework only
- Status
- Current / 2024
- Administered by
- Engineering
- CRICOS code
- 0100266
Course details
- Intake periods
- Beginning of year and mid-year
- Attendance type
- Full- or part-time (Student visa holders should read Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 for more information.)
- Articulation
- The Master of Renewable and Future Energy has the following exit awards: 62260 Graduate Certificate in Renewable and Future Energy (24 points) (24 points), 62360 Graduate Diploma in Renewable and Future Energy (48 points) (48 points)
- Credit points required
- 96
A standard full-time load is 24 points per semester. - Standard course duration
- 1.5 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) comprising 72 points of taught units and 24 points of admission credit, as recognised and granted by the School
- Maximum course duration
- 2 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) comprising up to 96 points of taught study (see Rule 5 for further information)
- Time limit
- 5 years
- Delivery mode
- Internal
- Locations offered
- UWA (Perth)
- Domestic fee type
- Commonwealth supported and/or HECS-HELP
- Available to international students
- Yes. For information on international student fees see 'Student Procedures: Fees'. (Enquiries: https://www.uwa.edu.au/askuwa)
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Professor Tyrone Fernando
- Fees
- Visit the fees calculator.
Prospective students should see the Future Students website for details on admission requirements, intake periods, fees, availability to international students, careers information etc.
Example Study Plans
- MRFE-2-Year-Study-Plan-SEM 1 [84 Pts] (ENSC3003 and ENSC3006)) [docx]
- MRFE-2-Year-Study-Plan-SEM 1 [84 Pts] (ENSC3021 and ENSC3016) [docx]
- MRFE-2-Year-Study-Plan-SEM 1 [90 Pts] (ENSC3006, ENSC3021 and ENSC3016) [docx]
- MRFE-2-Year-Study-Plan-SEM 1 [96 Pts] (all 4 Conversion Units) [docx]
See study plans for more information.
Specialisations
Course structure
Key to availability of units:
- S1
- Semester 1
- S2
- Semester 2
- N/A
- not available in 2024 – may be available in 2025 or 2026
- NS
- non-standard teaching period
All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.
Take unit(s) to the value of 24 points from this group.
Note: Students must complete relevant conversion units up to the value of 24 points from this group, as advised by the Faculty and informed by the scope of a student's prior study. Students can take ENSC3003 Fluid Mechanics or ENSC3010 Hydraulics.
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | ENSC3003 | Fluid Mechanics | lectures/workshops: 2 hours per week; practical classes: 1 hour per week; labs: 3 sessions during semester, totalling 6 hours | |
| S1 | ENSC3006 | Chemical Process Thermodynamics | lectures: 3 hours per week; practical classes: 2 hours per week | |
| S2 | ENSC3010 | Hydraulics | lectures: 3 hours per week; practical classes: 3 hours per week; labs: 6 hours per semester | |
| S2 | ENSC3016 | Power and Machines | lectures: 24 hours; practical classes: 24 hours; labs: 9 hours) | |
| S1 | ENSC3021 | Circuits and Electronics |
Take all units (48 points):
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | CHPR4408 | Chemical and Thermal Renewable Energies |
| 3 hours per week workshop |
| S2 | ELEC4405 | Photovoltaics and its Application to Power Systems |
| lectures: 36 hours; practical classes: 12 hours; labs: 9 hours |
| S2 | ELEC5509 | Grid Integration of Renewable Energy | lectures: 24 hours; practical classes: 24 hours; labs: 9 hours | |
| S1 | ELEC5510 | Design and Analysis of Smart Grids and Microgrids |
| lectures: 36 hours; practical classes: 12 hours; labs: 9 hours |
| S2 | GENG4410 | Fossil to Future – The Transition |
| 3 hours per week workshop |
| S1 | GENG5516 | Energy Storage Systems | lectures: 36 hours; practical classes: 12 hours; labs: 9 hours | |
| S1 | GENG5517 | Renewable Energy Case Studies | lectures: 36 hours; practical classes: 12 hours | |
| S2 | OCEN4007 | Renewable Ocean Energy |
| lectures: 3 x 45 mins per week; practical classes: 2 x 1 hrs per week; labs: 3 hours every third week |
Take unit(s) to the value of 24 points:
Note: By invitation: GENG5521 Renewable Energy Research Project 1
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1, S2 | BUSN5100 | Applied Professional Business Communications |
| lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week |
| S2 | CHPR4406 | Reaction Engineering |
| Lectures: 3 hours per week, Practical Classes: 2 hours per week |
| S2 | CHPR4407 | Transport Phenomena |
| |
| S1 | CHPR5501 | Advanced Reaction Engineering and Catalysts |
| |
| NS | CHPR5520 | Combustion Science and Technology |
| |
| S2 | CITS4009 | Computational Data Analysis |
| lectures: 2 hours per week; labs: 2 hours per week |
| S1 | ELEC4505 | Power System Analysis |
| lectures and practical classes |
| S1 | ELEC5504 | Power Electronics | lectures: 36 hours; practical classes: 12 hours; labs: 9 hours | |
| S1 | ENVT5509 | Global Ecological Challenges |
| lectures/presentation/discussions: 2 hours per week (13 sessions over 7 weeks) The total workload for the unit is 150 hours. |
| S2 | GENG5503 | Modern Control Systems | lectures, practical classes and laboratories | |
| S1, S2 | GENG5505 | Project Management and Engineering Practice |
| lectures: 26 hours; practical classes: 13 hours |
| S1, S2 | GENG5507 | Risk, Reliability and Safety | lectures: 2 hour per week; practical classes: 1 hour per week; workshops: 3 hours per week | |
| S1, S2 | GENG5521 | Renewable Energy Research Project Part 1 |
| |
| S1, S2 | GENG5522 | Renewable Energy Research Project Part 2 |
| |
| N/A | GENG5803 | Investment Management for Field Development |
| |
| NS | LAWS5521 | Climate Change Law |
| Students must attend every day of the intensive period 17-19 July 2024. Refer to the timetable website for further information. |
| S2 | MECH4424 | Measurement and Noise |
| lectures/information sessions: 3 hours per week; practical classes: 1 hour per week; labs: 2 hours per week |
| S1, S2 | MGMT5504 | Data Analysis and Decision Making |
| lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week |
| S1, S2 | MGMT5507 | Management and Organisations |
| lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week |
| S2 | MGMT5508 | Organisational Behaviour and Leadership | None | 1-hour lecture and 2-hour workshop per week for 12 weeks |
| NS | POLS5651 | Global Political Economy |
| seminars: 18 hours |
See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.
Rules
Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures
1.(1) The Student Rules apply to students in this course.
(2) The policy, policy statements and guidance documents and student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.
Academic Conduct Essentials and Communication and Research Skills modules
2.(1) A student who enrols in this course for the first time irrespective of whether they have previously been enrolled in another course of the University, must undertake the Academic Conduct Essentials module (the ACE module) and the Communication and Research Skills module (the CARS module).
(2) A student must successfully complete the ACE module within the first teaching period of their enrolment. Failure to complete the module within this timeframe will result in the student's unit results from this teaching period being withheld. These results will continue to be withheld until students avail themselves of a subsequent opportunity to achieve a passing grade in the ACE module. In the event that students complete units in subsequent teaching periods without completing the ACE module, these results will similarly be withheld. Students will not be permitted to submit late review or appeal applications regarding results which have been withheld for this reason and which they were unable to access in the normally permitted review period.
English Language competency requirements
3. To be considered eligible for consideration for admission to this course an applicant must satisfy the University's English language competence requirement as set out in the University Policy on Admission: Coursework.
Admission requirements
4. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—
(a) a UWA Master of Professional Engineering or a Bachelor of Engineering, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA;
and
(b) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 50 per cent;
and
(c) successfully completed prior tertiary study in electrical and electronic engineering, chemical engineering, or mechanical engineering, or in a related cognate discipline as recognised by UWA.
Admission ranking and selection
5. Where relevant, admission will be awarded to the highest ranked applicants or applicants selected based on the relevant requirements.
Articulations and exit awards
6.(1) This course has the following exit awards:
- 62260 Graduate Certificate in Renewable and Future Energy (24 points)
- 62360 Graduate Diploma in Renewable and Future Energy (48 points)
(2) A student who withdraws from the Master of Renewable and Future Energy course before completing it, but after completing Level 4 and Level 5 core units to the value of 24 points, may apply to the School to be awarded the Graduate Certificate in Renewable and Future Energy.
(3) A student who withdraws from the Master of Renewable and Future Energy course before completing it, but after completing Level 4 and Level 5 core units to the value of 48 points, may apply to the School to be awarded the Graduate Diploma in Renewable and Future Energy.
Course structure
7.(1) The course consists of units to a total value of 96 points (maximum value) which include conversion units to a value of 24 points.
(2) Units must be selected in accordance with the course structure, as set out in these rules.
(3) Students who have completed a relevant engineering degree, or an equivalent qualification as recognised by the Faculty. are granted credit for conversion units up to a value of 24 points.
Satisfactory progress
8. To make satisfactory progress a student must pass units to a point value greater than half the total value of units in which they remain enrolled after the final date for withdrawal without academic penalty.
9. A student who has not achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the Communication and Research Skills module (the CARS module) when their progress status is assessed will not have made satisfactory progress even if they have met the other requirements for satisfactory progress in Rule 8.
Progress status
10.(1) A student who makes satisfactory progress in terms of Rule 8 is assigned the status of 'Good Standing'.
(2) Unless the relevant board determines otherwise because of exceptional circumstances—
(a) a student who does not make satisfactory progress for the first time under Rule 8 is assigned a progress status of 'On Probation';
(b) a student who does not make satisfactory progress for the second time under Rule 8 is assigned a progress status of 'Suspended';
(c) a student who does not make satisfactory progress for the third time under Rule 8 is assigned a progress status of 'Excluded'.
11. A student who does not make satisfactory progress in terms of Rule 9 is assigned the progress status of 'On Probation', unless they have been assigned a progress status of 'Suspended' or 'Excluded' for failure to meet other satisfactory progress requirements in Rule 8.
Award with distinction
12. To be awarded the degree with distinction a student must achieve a course weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 80 per cent which is calculated based on—
(a) all units above Level 3 attempted as part of the course that are awarded a final percentage mark;
(b) all relevant units above Level 3 undertaken in articulating courses of this University that are awarded a final percentage mark;
and
(c) all units above Level 3 completed at this University that are credited to the master's degree course.
Deferrals
13. Applicants awarded admission to the course are entitled to a deferral of up to 12 months, as per the University Policy on: Admissions (Coursework).