Master of Engineering Program in Clean Energy Engineering

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Master of Engineering Program in Clean Energy
Engineering

• New Program, September 2009

CERC
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Background

• Energy and the environment are pivotal global
  problems of the current century.
• This is an area of great BC and Canadian
  interest.
• UBC has considerable expertise in clean energy.
• The Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC) in the
  Faculty of Applied Science is a leader in this
  area.
• BC Hydro is supporting the initiative with 200K
  per year for 3 years. They require that we be up
  and running by the time of the Olympics.
• Program proposal has Faculty approval and has
  been submitted for Senate and Province approval.

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New Program Content

• 9 credits of required courses CEEN 501, 502, 523
• 14 credits of approved electives
• 6-credit project for most students a paid work
  term with industry (CEEN 596)
• 1-credit seminar course (CEEN 597)
• 30-credit program can be completed in 12-16 months

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Required Courses

• CEEN 501 Thermal Energy Systems
• CEEN 502 Alternative Energy Technologies
• CEEN 523 Energy and the Environment
• CEEN 596 Project and Report
• CEEN 597 Seminar
• Elective Courses
• 5 courses drawn from list related to Energy,
  Environment and Sustainability.
• Must include 1 course dealing with energy policy
  and one with energy economics.

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Instructors

• Instructors will be drawn from
• Approximately 25 CERC-affiliated faculty from
  CHBE, EECE, MECH and other departments
• Lecturers from industry
• Other part-time lecturers as needed.

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Admission Requirements

• Same as other M.Eng. programs 4-year Bachelors
  degree in engineering or a closely-related
  discipline.
• 76 or B in senior-level coursework. An
  applicant with lt 76 may be admitted if 80 or
  higher has been achieved in at least 12 credits
  of senior-level coursework, and ? 74 in
  remaining senior-level coursework

Note Students without Thermodynamics background
at the second-year level or above will need to
take remedial thermodynamics before they can take
the CEEN 501 course.
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Fees

• Canadian students 14,940 for 3 academic terms.
• International 24, 930 for 3 academic
  terms
• Offsets 10 scholarships of 5,000 each.
• Payment for work terms of 3,000 per month
  for 4-month coop work terms, i.e. 12,000, half
  subsidized by BC Hydro. In that case, students
  will need to pay a coop fee of 600 for the
  summer work term.

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Implementation and Deadline

• Subject to approval, we are planning to start the
  new program in September 2009.
• Deadline for applications June 30, 2009

For more information, visit WWW.CERC.UBC.CA