Atlantic Technological University (ATU) is a college that places teaching and research at its core. ATU aims to provide students with a transformative university experience that prepares them to make significant contributions to society. With a focus on applied learning, teaching, and research that reflects the needs of businesses and professions in the region, ATU strives to be a preferred partner for research and innovation. The university seeks to attract and support students and staff from around the globe, enabling them to reach their full potential.

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Energy Engineering is a broad field dealing with energy efficiency, energy product design and services, facility management, plant engineering, environmental compliance, and alternative energy technologies. The main job of an Energy Engineer is to find the most efficient and sustainable way to power our homes, businesses and industrial processes. This discipline is one of the most recent to emerge, driven by exciting new opportunities: to generate, distribute and store energy to deliver energy efficiency using smart devices to monitor energy use, and energy services GMIT offers students access to state-of-the-art, energy dedicated teaching and research laboratories. The Energy Engineering degree is accredited by Engineers Ireland at Associate Engineer level. GMIT’s Energy Engineers have the skills and knowledge that are highly sought after by multinationals, government agencies and businesses worldwide to meet the challenges of climate change and the decarbonisation of the world economy. Our graduates have a 100% employment record. Show less

Course Details

Year 1
Mathematics 1
10 credits

Computer Aided Design 1
10 credits

Academic and Professional Skills (SC:EN)
5 credits

Electrical Science
5 credits

Mechanical Dissection
5 credits

Engineering Science
10 credits

Manufacturing Engineering 1
10 credits

Introduction to Energy Systems
5 credits

Year 2
Fluid Mechanics
5 credits

Mathematics 2
5 credits

Mechanics and Dynamics of Machines
5 credits

Building Information Modelling I - Fundamentals
5 credits

Manufacturing Automation 2
5 credits

Mechanics and Properties of Materials
5 credits

Thermodynamics
5 credits

Mathematics 3
5 credits

Building Information Modelling II - Building Services
5 credits

Renewable Energy Technologies
10 credits

Statics and Dynamics
5 credits

Year 3
Electrical Energy Technologies
5 credits

Programming for Embedded Controllers
5 credits

Heat Transfer
10 credits

Machine Design
10 credits

Thermofluids
5 credits

Thermodynamic Systems
5 credits

Instrumentation and Control
5 credits

Building Energy Performance
5 credits

Professional Practice for Energy Engineers
10 credits

Year 4
Integrated Energy Systems
5 credits

Nuclear Engineering and Electrochemical Energy Technology
5 credits

Energy Management
5 credits

Plant Engineering
5 credits

Wind and Wave Energy
5 credits

Reliability and Maintenance
5 credits

Major Project
10 credits

Computer Aided Engineering
10 credits

Electrical Machines
5 credits

The Engineer in Society
5 credits

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