About Msc Offshore Wind Energy in University of Strathclyde

Study with us

• UK University of the Year 2019 (Times Higher Education Awards)
• Scottish University of the Year 2020 (The Sunday Times Good University Guide)
• access to excellent teaching facilities that include a fully operational ship model experiment tank, racing yacht and industry software packages

Why this course?

With almost 20 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity worldwide, and projected to increase fifteen-fold by 2040, the offshore wind energy market is booming, and it urgently needs qualified people to further succeed in being the leading sustainable energy source.

We offer a uniquely well-rounded, offshore wind-focused MSc, taught by staff having internationally leading expertise and track record in both wind turbines offshore engineering and electric and electronic engineering, unparalleled in the world.

This course is designed for ambitious graduates with a background in engineering, maths or physics who want to gain in-depth and industrially relevant knowledge in offshore wind energy.

What you’ll study

The MSc course will be delivered by the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering (NAOME), and the Department of Electronic and Electric Engineering (EEE). There are six compulsory modules, a group project, and an individual project. The taught parts of the course will comprise 120 credits including a 40-credit group project. The taught part includes modules dealing with the following subjects:

• offshore wind, wave, and current modelling
• aerodynamic and hydrodynamic loads
• structural analysis and integrity assessment
• generators, power converters, and control systems
• risk and reliability engineering
• offshore wind farm Economics, Operation & Maintenance

Facilities

We have excellent teaching facilities including:

• Catalina - our departmental racing yacht
• Kelvin Hydrodynamics Lab - the largest fully operational ship-model experiment tank in any UK university
• cutting-edge computer facilities including high-performance computers
• industry-standard software packages

Careers

There will be huge home/EU and overseas demand for these graduates. Job titles for future graduates of this postgraduate programme include but not limited to:

• PhD students/researchers
• Energy Analyst (e.g. at SSE, Natural Power)
• Graduate/Senior naval architect/engineer (e.g. at SiemensGamesa, ARUP, Frazer-Nash)
• Inspection Engineer (e.g. Cyberhawk Focus on wind turbine blade inspection)
• Marine surveyor (e.g. at DNVGL, RINA)
• Design engineer
• Project Engineer (e.g. at DEME Offshore)
• Wind Engineer / Wind Turbine Engineer (e.g. at Senvion, ESB, EDP Renewables)

Our graduates should be able to work at:

• Classification and Certification societies
• Equipment manufacturers
• Naval Architecture companies
• Offshore Engineering companies
• Offshore wind farm developers
• Operations and Maintenance companies
• Research centres, experimental facilities, and universities
• Specialist offshore wind engineering consultancies
• Wind turbine OEMs

Academic qualification equivalents

• For entry to Strathclyde postgraduate programmes, we'd look for a first-class undergraduate degree (approx 60%) from a
  recognised Indian institution.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS    :     6.5 overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in each component
• TOEFL  :    80+ overall,with the following minimum scores in each component: Listening:17 Reading: 18 Speaking:20 Writing:19
• PTE      :     58+ overall, with a minimum of 51 in each component

University of Strathclyde Highlights

University of Strathclyde Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

Fee for various range of courses available at the university varies as per their duration, level and type of program. Some of the popular courses with their respective fees are as mentioned below.

Undergraduate Courses (2020-2021)

Graduate Courses (2020-2021)

Cost of Living

List of expenses apart from the basic tuition fee are as compiled below.

Note that candidates looking for their private rented accommodation will require 100 to 125 GBP, per week, for a room in a shared plus other expenses.