Renewable Energy, Enterprise and Management (REEM) MSc

Overview

This multidisciplinary Master’s is for professionals and graduates from both technical and non-technical backgrounds. You’ll explore the science of energy and what’s needed to support growth and adoption of clean energy.

You'll learn to use tools and techniques used within the sector gain a grounding in renewable energy technologies. You'll also learn how business, enterprise, engineering and innovation drive the sector forward.

This research-led MSc is shaped by leading initiatives, including the National Energy Centre for Energy Materials (NECEM). This brings together energy materials, industrial systems, and enterprise.

You'll have access to Newcastle University's facilities and infrastructure and will work alongside academic staff and industry partners.

You'll also benefit from the region's renewable energy, digital, and innovation clusters, including:

• OREC (Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult)
• Energy Systems Catapult
• Energi Coast
• Digital catapult/proto cluster
• RAEng Enterprise Hub NE
• Newcastle Helix

Throughout the programme, we'll encourage you to contribute to the pursuit of Net Zero solutions. You’ll develop enterprise capabilities and focus on challenges within the sector. You'll graduate with examples of projects you have led and activities you have undertaken, demonstrating your employability.

Alumni

You'll work and learn amongst our alumni and graduates such as:

• Luke Greenwood – Project Manager - Renewable Energy, Stantec
• Andrew Clark - Business Leader (Place), Energy Systems Catapult
• Ravneet Kaur – Innovation Manager, National Grid
• Liam Smith – Project Manager NKT HV Cables

Graduates have established renewable energy and other start-ups, including:

• Ortus Energy (UK)
• Creeds Energy (Nigeria)
• Equiwatt (UK)

Quality and ranking

Professional accreditation review and recognition of professional qualifications in Europe

Professional accreditations are reviewed regularly by professional bodies to ensure they meet the latest industry practices and regulatory standards. This keeps your degree rigorous, relevant, and highly valued by employers, providing a clear pathway into your chosen career.

If you are studying an accredited degree and considering a career in Europe after graduation, it is important to stay informed about international standards. The best resource for current information is the UK Government's guidance on recognition of UK professional qualifications in EU member states.

This official resource provides essential details on:

• whether your profession is regulated in another country.
• the specific steps you need to take to practice abroad.
• which organisations you should contact to begin the process.

What you'll learn

You'll learn core skills in:

• problem-solving
• innovation and design processes for solutions
• data-driven opportunity evaluation
• information processing
• data collection and analysis
• secondary, primary and insight research
• teamwork, partnership and collaboration
• communication and presentation

You will also:

• evaluate the renewable energy policy drivers at an international, national, and regional level
• gain an appreciation for energy, its generation, and the factors behind energy management
• appreciate how technology can contribute to renewable energy production and reduce CO2
• analyse the barriers to implementing renewable energy technologies
• develop and apply an entrepreneurial mindset, and use data and insight to make sound judgements for business and innovation opportunities
• gain an understanding of project management, data handling, tools and techniques and risk
• gain an understanding of EIA tools and techniques

Modules

The module information on our course pages is intended to provide an example of what you will study.

Our teaching is informed by research. Course content changes periodically to reflect developments in the discipline, the requirements of external bodies and partners, and student feedback.

Full details of the modules on offer will be published through the Programme Regulations and Specifications ahead of each academic year. This usually happens in May.

Some courses have optional modules. Student demand for optional modules may affect availability.

Renewable Energy, Enterprise and Management (REEM) MSc modules

Compulsory Modules	Credits
Research, Communication and Professional Skills	20
Renewable Energy: Biomass and Bioenergy	10
Renewable Energy: Energy Management	10
Environmental Impact Assessment	10
Quantifying Energy Decision Making	10
Subsurface Energy Systems: Exploration, Evaluation and Sustainable Management	10
Project Management Appreciation	10
Sustainable Futures	20
Renewable Electricity Generation Systems	20
Enterprise Project	60

How you'll learn

Delivery and teaching methods

We have a multidisciplinary approach to teaching. You'll engage with students, academics and stakeholders across a range of disciplines. This offers a rich and diverse learning experience, with a focus on setting and achieving your goals.

Teaching methods on this course typically consist of:

• lectures
• seminars
• industry guest lectures
• practical sessions
• site visits
• group work
• personal supervision
• reflective practice

There is a strong emphasis on developing your research and self-directed learning. You will maintain a record of your learning and application throughout your course to build a portfolio of your competencies. This prepares you for a future career in a rapidly evolving field.

Assessment methods

Depending on your modules, you'll be assessed through a combination of:

• Case study
• Design or creative project
• Dissertation
• Essay
• Oral examination
• Oral presentation
• Portfolio
• Problem-solving exercises
• Report
• Reflective log
• Research proposal
• Thesis
• Written examination
• Written exercise

Additional assessment information

Dissertation/Enterprise Project

You'll use your scientific, technical, and entrepreneurial skills to research a renewable opportunity.

This is part of an independent dissertation project across all three semesters. It will integrate with your taught modules.

You'll work with university stakeholders to:

• create an innovative product or service
• develop a proposal

Student support

Throughout your studies, you’ll have access to support from:

• academic staff
• academic advisers and research supervisors
• our University Student Services Team
• student representatives
• peers

You'll also be assigned an academic member of staff, who will be your academic adviser throughout your time with us. They can help with academic and personal issues.

Your teaching and learning is also supported by Canvas. Canvas is a Virtual Learning Environment. You'll use Canvas to submit your assignments and access your:

• module handbooks
• course materials
• groups
• course announcements and notifications
• written feedback

 

Our staff

Sharon Joyce
Position: Senior Lecturer

Areas of expertise:

• sustainable energy management
• renewable energy
• environmental auditing

Katie Wray
Position: Senior Lecturer in Enterprise

Areas of expertise:

• enterprise and entrepreneurship
• insight driven innovation
• design thinking

Your development

Skills

From day one, you’ll develop skills to create global change through renewable energy projects. Throughout your studies we will:

• coach and support you
• help you develop life-long learning techniques
• introduce you to industry partners and cast study projects

Project opportunities vary throughout your studies. You could either create your own project, work on one proposed by an academic, or engage with a project proposed by industry.

Our course content and research projects are shaped in partnership with industry. This ensures they’re aligned to today's renewable energy challenges. Guidance from our Advisory Steering Group, led by an industry chair, keeps everything relevant.

The North East of England is at the centre of a strong energy hub, and is the perfect environment to engage with renewable energy and net zero.

Research skills

We equip students with the skills to become confident, independent researchers. Through workshops and expert-led skills sessions, students learn how to:

• Navigate academic databases and digital resources
• Find and evaluate credible sources
• Use referencing tools and avoid plagiarism
• Build critical thinking and information literacy

Our hands-on approach ensures students are ready to tackle assignments, dissertations, and projects with confidence.

Your future

Graduate destinations

Graduates on this MSc are prepared for a wide range of careers across the globe in various sectors, including:

• local government
• energy consultancies
• large and small engineering consultancies
• entrepreneurship and business start-ups

Students have secured many roles for a variety of employers after completing this course, including:

• Associate Director, Deloitte
• Business Development Manager (Luminous Energy and SSE Energy Solutions)
• Commercial Project Manager, ABO Wind
• Data Analyst, Greggs PLC
• Energy Officer, Durham County Council
• Global Lead, Sustainability and Net Zero (Turner & Townsend)
• Graduate Energy Manager, ClearVue Technologies
• Graduate Project Manager, Atkins
• Head of UK Public Affairs, RWE
• Head of Sustainability, Bellway Homes
• LCA Consultant, Below280
• Operations Executive, TotalEnergies
• Project Engineer, DEME Group
• Project Manager, Joju Solar
• Research Assistant, Rider Architecture
• Scrum Master - AI Transformation, P&G
• Solar Design Engineer, AR Power
• Transaction Analyst, Vattenfall
• UK Development Lead, Cubico Sustainable Investments

You’ll also be well-prepared to pursue PhD-level research and academic careers.

Industry links

Our strong industrial and stakeholder engagement means our degree programmes are shaped by industry, experts and government policy. You'll typically benefit from this engagement through:

• industry guest lectures
• site visits
• projects
• placements
• employment opportunities with added support from our Careers Service

We have close links with the Energy Institute, industry, centres of excellence and graduates. This allows you to enhance your employability through a diverse industry network.

Our Careers Service

Our expert Careers Service is here to help you take the next steps in your professional life. We will support you while you’re studying with us and for up to three years after you graduate.

You will have access to expert one-to-one advice and guidance through our campus careers centre and online, along with digital resources, workshops, networking opportunities, and careers and recruitment events.

We’ve been awarded 5 QS Stars for Student Employability (2025). Many of our degrees are shaped by strong links with national and international businesses. We are committed to helping you access real-world experience opportunities and develop key skills through paid work placements and internships.

Visit our Careers Service website

Facilities

You'll have access to a range of dedicated specialist facilities, including:

• the Faraday Institution North East for battery innovation
• a demonstrator digester plant at our Cockle Park Farm
• a wind-wave-current testing tunnel
• open access facilities at Driving the Electrical Revolution Industrialisation Centre North East
• several specialist research centres, including the Integrated Transport Electricity Gas Research Laboratory
• well-equipped teaching laboratories

Many of the facilities you'll use are based in our School of Engineering as well as our Centre for Energy.

Stephenson Building

The Stephenson Building is a £110 million investment in world-class education, research and collaboration across Engineering. It’s a place for future engineers, researchers and designers to collaborate and tackle global challenges, together. 

Fees, Funding and Scholarships

Tuition fees for 2027 entry (per year)

Tuition fee increases

As a general principle, you should expect the tuition fee to increase in each subsequent academic year of your course, subject to government regulations on fee increases and in line with inflation.

EU, other EEA and Swiss nationals - tuition fee status

Depending on your residency history, if you’re a student from the EU, other EEA or a Swiss national, with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, you’ll normally pay the ‘Home’ tuition fee rate and may be eligible for Student Finance England support.

EU students without settled or pre-settled status will normally be charged fees at the ‘International’ rate and will not be eligible for Student Finance England support. You may be eligible for a scholarship worth 25% off the international fee. Search our funding database. 

If you are unsure of your fee status, check out the latest guidance.

Scholarships

We support our EU and international students by providing a generous range of Vice-Chancellor's automatic and merit-based scholarships. See our searchable postgraduate funding page for more information. 

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What you're paying for

Tuition fees include the costs of:

• matriculation
• registration
• tuition (or supervision)
• library access
• examination
• re-examination
• graduation

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• living costs
• tuition fees

Deposit

If you are an international student or a student from the EU, EEA or Switzerland and you need a visa to study in the UK, you may have to pay a deposit.

You can check this in the How to apply section.

Funding deadlines

If you're applying for funding, always check the funding application deadline. This deadline may be earlier than the application deadline for your course.

For some funding schemes, you need to have received an offer of a place on a course before you can apply for the funding.

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