MSc Marine Renewable Energy Final award title: Master of Science in Marine Renewable Energy, on completion of 180 credits Intermediate award title(s): Post Graduate Certificate on completion of 60 credits Post Graduate Diploma on completion of 120 credits N/A UCAS code JACS code F730 50%, H221 50% Awarding Institution: University of Plymouth Teaching institution(s): University of Plymouth Accrediting body: Joint Board of Moderators (JBM) for: The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Distinctive Features of the Programme and the Student Experience The UK government is committed to a target of 15 % of our energy sourced from renewables by 2020. This target is equivalent to a seven-fold increase in UK renewable energy consumption from 2008 levels: the most challenging of any EU Member State. It can therefore be anticipated that the renewable energy sector will continue to experience a rapid expansion in capacity. University of Plymouth continues to have a unique ability to capitalise on its reputation for marine teaching and research to deliver masters graduates whose skills, knowledge and innovation can help drive this expansion. In 2007, the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter, with financial backing from the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA), combined to form the Peninsula Research Institute in Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE). PRIMaRE, which continues in an expanded form also including the Universities of Bath, Bristol, and Southampton provides the research support for Wave Hub (www.wavehub.co.uk), a test facility for prototype wave energy devices off the North Coast of Cornwall which is fully functional and is receiving its first test wave energy converter in June 2014. As part of the PRIMaRE initiative, six new academic staff were employed at University of Plymouth in 2008 to contribute to the development of
MSc Marine Renewable Energy Final award title: Master of Science in Marine Renewable Energy, on completion of 180 credits Intermediate award title(s): Post Graduate Certificate on completion of 60 credits Post Graduate Diploma on completion of 120 credits UCAS code N/A JACS code F730 50%, H221 50% Awarding Institution: University of Plymouth Teaching institution(s): University of Plymouth Accrediting body: Joint Board of Moderators (JBM) for: The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Distinctive Features of the Programme and the Student Experience The UK government is committed to a target of 15 % of our energy sourced from renewables by 2020. This target is equivalent to a seven-fold increase in UK renewable energy consumption from 2008 levels: the most challenging of any EU Member State. It can therefore be anticipated that the renewable energy sector will continue to experience a rapid expansion in capacity. University of Plymouth continues to have a unique ability to capitalise on its reputation for marine teaching and research to deliver masters graduates whose skills, knowledge and innovation can help drive this expansion. In 2007, the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter, with financial backing from the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA), combined to form the Peninsula Research Institute in Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE). PRIMaRE, which continues in an expanded form also including the Universities of Bath, Bristol, and Southampton provides the research support for Wave Hub (www.wavehub.co.uk), a test facility for prototype wave energy devices off the North Coast of Cornwall which is fully functional and is receiving its first test wave energy converter in June 2014. As part of the PRIMaRE initiative, six new academic staff were employed at University of Plymouth in 2008 to contribute to the development of
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