MSc(Eng) in EnergyE
Applicable to students admitted to the curriculum in the academic year 2016-2017 and thereafter
Definition and Terminology
Discipline course – any course on a list of courses in the discipline of curriculum which a candidate must pass at least a certain number of credits as specified in the Regulations.
Elective course – any course offered by the Departments of the Faculty of Engineering for the fulfilment of the curriculum requirements of the degree of MSc(Eng) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering that are not classified as discipline courses.
Capstone Experience# – a 24-credit dissertation which is a compulsory and integral part of the curriculum.
Curriculum Structure
Candidates are required to complete 72 credits of courses as set out below, normally over one academic year of full-time study or two academic years of part-time study:
| Course Category |
No. of Credits |
| Discipline Courses |
Not less than 30 |
| Elective Courses |
Not more than 18 |
| Capstone Experience# |
24 |
| Total |
72 |
Candidates shall select courses in accordance with the regulations of the degree. Candidates are required to follow a prescribed curriculum comprising a 24-credit dissertation and another 8 courses, including at least 5 discipline courses from the List of Discipline Courses (including at least 2 fundamental courses). They may select no more than 3 courses offered by other taught postgraduate curricula in the Faculty of Engineering as electives. All course selection will be subject to approval by the Course Coordinators.
List of Discipline Courses for MSc(Eng) in Energy Engineering
Fundamental courses (select at least two out of three);
| Codes |
Course Titles |
| EMEE6002 |
Sustainability and climate change |
| EMEE6005 |
Renewable energy technology I: Fundamental |
| EMEE6010 |
Electricity quality and energy efficiency |
| Codes |
Course Titles |
| ELEC7402 |
Advanced electric vehicle technology |
| EMEE6003 |
Nuclear energy |
| EMEE6004 |
Energy conservation and management |
| EMEE6006 |
Renewable energy technology II: Advanced |
| EMEE6007 |
Energy and carbon audit |
| EMEE6008 |
Green project management |
| EMEE6009 |
Green facilities management |
| EMEE6011 |
Energy saving lighting |
| MEBS6016 |
Energy performance of buildings |
| MECH7011 |
Applied thermodynamics and power plant technology |
Applicable to students admitted to the curriculum in the academic year 2015-2016
Each candidate is required to follow a prescribed curriculum comprising 12 modules, out of which the candidate has to pass at least 9 discipline modules selected from the List of Discipline Modules (including the 2 core modules). The candidate can select to undertake a dissertation in lieu of 4 modules, and has to pass at least 5 discipline modules (including the 2 core modules). The candidate can select Taught Postgraduate level modules offered by other curricula in the Faculty of Engineering as electives.
List of Discipline Modules
MSc (Eng) in Energy Engineering (2015-16)
| Codes |
Course Titles |
| ELEC7402 |
Advanced electric vehicle technology |
| EMEE6002 |
Sustainability and climate change |
| EMEE6003 |
Nuclear energy |
| EMEE6004 |
Energy conservation and management |
| EMEE6005 |
Renewable energy technology I: Fundamental |
| EMEE6006 |
Renewable energy technology II: Advanced |
| EMEE6007 |
Energy and carbon audit |
| EMEE6008 |
Green project management |
| EMEE6009 |
Green facilities management |
| EMEE6010 |
Electricity quality and energy efficiency |
| EMEE6011 |
Energy saving lighting (Mutually exclusive with: ELEC6090) |
| EMEE7001 |
Dissertation (4 modules) |
| MEBS6016 |
Energy performance of buildings |
| MECH7011 |
Applied thermodynamics and power plant technology |
Applicable to students admitted to the curriculum in the academic year in 2014-2015
Each candidate is required to follow a prescribed curriculum comprising 12 modules, out of which the candidate has to pass at least 9 discipline modules selected from the List of Discipline Modules. The candidate can select to undertake a dissertation in lieu of 4 modules, and has to pass at least 5 discipline modules. The candidate can select Taught Postgraduate level modules offered by other curricula in the Faculty of Engineering as electives.
List of Discipline Modules
MSc (Eng) in Energy Engineering (2015-16)
| Codes |
Course Titles |
| ELEC6084 |
Power delivery management for metropolitan cities |
| ELEC6095 |
Smart grid (Mutually exclusive with: ELEC6096, MEBS6018) |
| ELEC7402 |
Advanced electric vehicle technology |
| ELEC7403 |
Advanced power electronics |
| ELEC7466 |
Advanced topics in power system engineering |
| EMEE6002 |
Sustainability and climate change |
| EMEE6003 |
Nuclear energy |
| EMEE6004 |
Energy conservation and management |
| EMEE6005 |
Renewable energy technology I: Fundamental |
| EMEE6006 |
Renewable energy technology II: Advanced |
| EMEE6007 |
Energy and carbon audit |
| EMEE6008 |
Green project management |
| EMEE6009 |
Green facilities management |
| EMEE6010 |
Electricity quality and energy efficiency |
| EMEE6011 |
Energy saving lighting (Mutually exclusive with: ELEC6090) |
| EMEE7001 |
Dissertation (4 modules) |
| MEBS6016 |
Energy performance of buildings |
| MECH6023 |
Power plant technology |
| MECH7011 |
Applied thermodynamics and power plant technology |
Dissertation Information
Each student is required to complete
- a dissertation under the supervision of an appropriate teacher(s) in this department
AND
- attend and satisfactorily complete a capstone workshop in his/her respective stream/programme.
The overall performance of capstone will be solely determined by the dissertation.
Students failing in fulfilling the requirement (including attendance) of the workshop will need to be re-assessed or re-take the workshop.
The details of the workshops are as follows
MSc(Eng) in EEE (Power Engineering Stream) (choose one of the following)
- Power Systems Simulation
- Power Electronics Simulation
MSc(Eng) in EEE (Communications Engineering and General Stream) (choose one of the following)
- Embedded System using Field Programming Gate Arrays (FPGA)
- Apps Programming
MSc(Eng) in EnergyE
- Simulation Techniques for Renewable Energy Systems
The workshops will normally be held in Part I Lab (LG-205, Chow Yei Ching Building) in the first 6 weeks of the first and second semesters (depending on the total number of students enrolled). In general, full-time students are given preference to take the workshop in the first semester while part-time students are given preference to take the workshop in the second semester. Details of re-assessment will be announced by instructors of the workshop.
Students should first enroll in a dissertation capstone workshop (ELEC7021/EMEE7001) of their respective stream/programme in the online enrollment system. Meanwhile, students may contact the appropriate supervisors directly for more details about the dissertation or for self-proposed dissertation. Please visit the following link for possible dissertation topics offered by the EEE Department, http://intranet.eee.hku.hk/mscproject/projlist.asp.
The list will be updated by approximately in the middle of September each year. If both the supervisor and student agree to work on a given dissertation, the student should complete and return a dissertation supervisor confirmation form (which can be downloaded in the following link) to the Department.
MSc(Eng) in EEE / MSc(Eng) in EnergyE Dissertation Supervisor Confirmation Form & Guidelines
The dissertation may last for one year or slightly longer time. For submission of the final dissertation, the students are required to submit two hardcopies and upload the softcopy to the Department (http://appsvr.eee.hku.hk/mscproj/default.htm) and HKU Moodle (Maximum File Size: 20MB). Moreover, it is required to give an oral presentation at the end of the dissertation for assessment. (Normally, the dissertation marks will be considered immediately after the teaching period at each semester.)
For more details, please refer to MSc Handbook and Dissertation Guidelines.
Scheme A training
We are given to understand that the HKIE has decided, with immediate effect, that for engineering graduates from UK and from universities not listed in the Washington Accord, their registration for the HKIE scheme “A” training may require a satisfactory completion of a MSc study or equivalent prior to the registration.
Thus for the aforementioned graduates who are interested in joining the scheme “A” training of HKIE, or wish to apply for a full HKIE membership, please clarify your current status with the HKIE. The clarification may help you to assess your needs in enroling for a dissertation or top-up courses in your MSc studies.
Should you have any queries, please feel free to contact us (email: msceng@eee.hku.hk).
Course Outlines & Course Offered
For more information of course outlines & course offered, please visit the following link for details.
- 2018-2019 Course Outlines
- 2018-2019 Course Offered
Previous Years’ Curriculum
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