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MEng (Hons) Engineering with Renewable Energy
Become an engineer with specialist knowledge in renewable energy generation and power delivery.
Year of entry: 2025/26
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Develop the skills needed to tackle current and future technological challenges.
This degree is designed to provide you with the fundamental engineering skills needed to tackle current and future technological challenges. You'll also develop the specialist knowledge necessary for developing careers in renewable energy generation and power delivery.
In the first two years, you'll learn the foundations of engineering by studying a set of modules covering core engineering topics, including:
- electrical, electronic, and mechanical engineering
- materials and manufacturing
- mathematics and modelling
- sensors and control.
In years three and four, you'll continue to build on these core skills and study a set of specialist modules designed to explore the central role of engineering in the development of renewable energy technologies.

Course content
At the beginning of your course, you'll develop a solid foundation in mechanical, electrical and electronic principles and programming.
You'll take part in extensive laboratory sessions and hands-on project work, during which you'll have the chance to build an innovative medical device, a maze-solving robot and an autonomous vehicle for in situ water quality monitoring.
In the final two years of your course, you'll specialise in renewable energy and renewable energy technologies, including renewable power generation, photovoltaics, fuel cells, electric vehicles, and sustainability.
Year 1
Core modules
- Introduction to Engineering
- Mathematics
- Programming and Digital Interfacing
- Analogue Electronics
- Materials and Mechanics
- Engineering Project 1
Academic integrity module
In addition to the above you will also need to complete our online Academic Integrity module.
Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.
Learning by design
Every course at York has been designed to provide clear and ambitious learning outcomes. These learning outcomes give you an understanding of what you will be able to do at the end of the course. We develop each course by designing modules that grow your abilities towards the learning outcomes and help you to explain what you can offer to employers. Find out more about our approach to teaching and learning.
Learning outcomes for this course
- Subject Knowledge: conduct theoretical and applied research at the interface between electronic, electrical, and mechanical engineering to create advanced components, devices, and systems in general engineering technologies, and for the harnessing of renewable energy.
- Engineering Analysis: extract and critically evaluate data from general engineering systems through analytical and computational methods and modeling.
- Engineering Design: combine electronic, electrical, and mechanical engineering to create, design, implement and operate innovative systems that address real-world problems aligned with technical, social, and economic needs, especially those related to renewable energy generation, and power delivery.
- Practical Skills: apply professional skills of electrical, electronic, and mechanical engineering, combined with an understanding of systems and components to solve technically challenging problems
- Technical Communication: debate, defend and contextualise information in a succinct and technically accurate manner for audiences of engineers and members of the public and to write and interpret technical documentation
- Management & Personal Development: proficiently manage themselves, teams, and complex projects in preparation for technical careers as leaders in applied engineering.
Fees and funding
Annual tuition fees
UK (home) | International and EU |
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£9,535 | £31,100 |
UK (home) or international fees?
The level of fee that you will be asked to pay depends on whether you're classed as a UK (home) or international student. Check your fee status.
Fees for subsequent years
- UK (home) fees may increase within the government fee cap in subsequent academic years. We will notify you of any increase as soon as we can.
- International fees are subject to increase in subsequent years in line with the prevailing Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate (up to a maximum of 10%).
More information
For more information about tuition fees, any reduced fees for study abroad and work placement years, scholarships, tuition fee loans, maintenance loans and living costs see undergraduate fees and funding.
Additional costs
There is no compulsory purchase of equipment or books necessary for this course. Lecture notes will be provided by staff, and you will be given a generous printing allowance.
Funding
We'll confirm more funding opportunities for students joining us in 2025/26 throughout the year.
York, Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial
Just four UK universities are rated Gold for teaching and top ten for research* in the latest national assessment exercises.
* Awarded joint 10th in the Times Higher Education ranking of the Research Excellence Framework 2021.
Teaching and assessment
You’ll study and learn with academics who are active researchers, experts in their field and have a passion for their subjects. Our approach to teaching will provide you with the knowledge, opportunities, and support you need to grow and succeed in a global workplace. Find out more about our approach to teaching and learning.
Teaching format
Our courses are highly intensive. Your timetabled activities each week will include:
- Lectures
- Practical work (including projects every year)
- Workshops and tutorials
- Computer laboratories
- Supervisions
You'll also be expected to spend time studying independently. As you progress through the course you'll take on more independent study, guiding your own learning and developing your project management skills.
An academic member of staff will help guide you through your final-year individual project, ensuring that you are able to combine the knowledge and skills you have learned throughout the course to successfully undertake an engineering project tailored to your interests and career goals.
In the UK, full-time students are expected to spend 1,200 hours a year learning. That's about 40 hours of classes and independent study each week during semesters. Everyone learns at a different rate, so the number of hours you spend on independent study will be different to other students on your course.
Facilities
You'll have access to laboratory space, recording studios, clean rooms, computing classrooms and the University’s JEOL Nanocentre. Explore our facilities.
Teaching location
You will be based in the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, on Campus West.
Most of your contact hours will be in the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, with some additional teaching on Campus West.
About our campus
Our beautiful green campus offers a student-friendly setting in which to live and study, within easy reach of the action in the city centre. It's easy to get around - everything is within walking or pedalling distance, or you can use the fast and frequent bus service. Take a campus tour.
Assessment and feedback
Your assignments will be designed not just to test you but for you to creatively apply what you've learned, and to stretch you to supply novel solutions. We use a variety of assessment styles, including exams, coursework and practical engineering tasks. You'll encounter all of them during your course, but the exact balance will depend on the modules you choose:
- Closed-book and open-book exams
- Short technical reports
- Electronic portfolios, including programming exercises, video reports or blogs
- Presentations and demonstrations
- Major technical reports
You'll receive written feedback on work you hand in to help you understand your grade and develop your skills. For your final-year individual project you'll produce a written report, have a viva (a presentation and question/answer session) and also show your project on our demo day, which our external advisory board attend.
Careers and skills
We design our courses with your future in mind. Throughout your time with us, you'll build a range of transferable skills that are valuable to a variety of employers. Our students enter a wide range of careers.
Career opportunities
- Avionic systems engineering
- Design engineering
- Digital consultancy
- Software and systems engineering
- Cyber security
- Telecommunications design
- Broadcast engineering
- Automotive safety
Transferable skills
- Time management
- Teamworking
- Project management
- Communication
- System analysis
- Problem solving through design
Entry requirements
Qualification | Typical offer |
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A levels | AAA including Maths |
BTEC National Extended Diploma | DDD from the BTEC National Extended Diploma in any subject plus A level Maths grade A.
DD from the BTEC National Diploma in any subject plus A level Maths grade A. If you are studying for a different combination of A levels and BTEC qualifications please contact us for advice. |
Cambridge Pre-U | D3, D3, D3 including Mathematics |
International Baccalaureate | 36 points overall with grade 6 in Higher Level Mathematics - Applications and Interpretation or 6 in Higher Level or Standard Level Mathematics - Analysis and Approaches. |
T levels | We are currently not accepting T Levels for this course unless an additional A Level (or equivalent qualification) in Mathematics has been taken. |
Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers | Advanced Highers - A in Mathematics plus Scottish Highers - BBBB
We may also be able to consider three Advanced Highers or a combination of Highers and Advanced Highers, where an applicant does not meet the grade requirement through Highers alone. Please contact us to discuss your qualifications. |
International foundation programme | Foundation Certificate from our International Pathway College or an appropriate alternative. |
Other qualifications | We consider a wide range of academic and vocational qualifications as long as Maths is obtained at A level or equivalent and are happy to talk to you about your individual qualifications profile. We also offer a Foundation Year BEng Electronic Engineering with a Foundation Year for those not taking Maths A level which, following successful completion, allows you to progress onto one of our BEng or MEng courses depending on your Foundation Year average marks. |
Other international qualifications | Equivalent qualifications from your country |
Alternative offers
Meeting the following additional criteria may qualify you for an alternative offer.
Criteria | Adjustment |
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Widening participation | If you successfully complete one of the following programmes, you may be eligible for an alternative offer up to two A level grades (or equivalent) below our typical offer: Black Access Programme, Next Step York, Realising Opportunities. More about widening participation. |
Contextual offer | ABB including Mathematics. |
EPQ | If you achieve C or higher at EPQ, you may be eligible for an alternative offer up to one A level grade (or equivalent) below our typical offer. |
English language
If English isn't your first language you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability. We accept the following qualifications:
Qualification | Minimum requirement |
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IELTS (Academic) | 6.0, with a minimum of 5.5 in each component |
Cambridge CEFR | 169, with a minimum of 162 in each component |
Oxford ELLT | 6, with a minimum of 5 in each component |
Oxford Test of English Advanced | 126, with a minimum of 116 in each component |
Duolingo | Integrated subscores: 105, minimum 95 in each component |
GCSE/IGCSE/O level English Language (as a first or second language) | Grade C / Grade 4 |
LanguageCert SELT | B2 with a minimum score of 33/50 in each component |
LanguageCert Academic | B2 Communicator with a minimum score of 25/50 in each component |
Kaplan Test of English Language | 444 Main Flight score with 410 in each component |
Skills for English | B2: Pass with Merit overall, with Pass in each component |
PTE Academic | 55, with a minimum of 51 in each component |
TOEFL | 79 overall, with a minimum of 17 in Listening, 18 in Reading, 20 in Speaking, 17 in Writing |
Trinity ISE III | Pass in all components |
Other English language qualifications | We also accept other English Language qualifications, including various school-leaving certificates. |
For more information see our undergraduate English language requirements.
If you haven't met our English language requirements
You may be eligible for one of our pre-sessional English language courses. These courses will provide you with the level of English needed to meet the conditions of your offer.
The length of course you need to take depends on your current English language test scores and how much you need to improve to reach our English language requirements.
After you've accepted your offer to study at York, we'll confirm which pre-sessional course you should apply to via You@York.
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