Master of Energy System Management (Professional)
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2025 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Master of Energy System Management (Professional) |
| Deakin course code | S757 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment |
| Campus | For students who commenced prior to 2025 |
| Online | No |
| Duration | 2 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
| Course Map - enrolment planning tool | The course map for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2025 will be available soon. Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central. |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 9 |
*Enrolment in a Trimester 3 study period is compulsory to complete this course. International students must also ensure they complete the course within their CoE duration. | |
The final intake to this course was in 2024. Students should contact a Student Adviser in Student Central for course and enrolment information. Further course structure information can be found in the Handbook archive. | |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Indicative student workload
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Mandatory student checks
- Pathways
- Alternative exits
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Other learning experiences
- Fees and charges
Course overview
Engineering offers an exciting future with an increasing demand for graduates globally. With ambitious renewable energy targets being set around the world, there is increasing global demand for skilled senior engineers who can design, manage and maintain new distributed energy grid systems.
The Master of Energy System Management (Professional) focuses on practical and real-world problems that blend project-based and workplace learning.
This professional program extends your knowledge in energy management systems through a unique blend of engineering, IT and science units. With a focus on practical learning, and the opportunity to undertake an industry-based placement, you will graduate career-ready and with the capacity to apply your skills to real-world problems.
Upon graduation, you will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to tackle problems associated with energy systems that include efficiencies, renewable and alternative solutions, and policy.
Want to develop real-world solutions to global energy challenges?
Deakin's School of Engineering is leading the way in cutting edge research in this area and developing innovative solutions for industry. You will have world-class facilities and equipment at your fingertips with access to Deakin's state-of-the-art engineering precinct and the Geelong Future Economy Precinct (GTP). This is home to the Renewable Energy Microgrid, Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM), Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (IISRI), CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering and the Australian Future Fibre Research and Innovation Centre.
Throughout the degree you'll develop unique strengths to work collaboratively in professional teams to develop evidence-based engineering solutions. You will acquire critical-thinking, innovative problem-solving and entrepreneurial skills. These are what employers are looking for to satisfy the growing need for intelligent energy systems and the increasing use of renewable and alternative energy sources in residential and commercial applications.
As a graduate, you'll possess the necessary skills to work as a highly skilled engineer with expertise in Energy System Management. You will be qualified to take responsibility for interpreting technological possibilities for society, business and government. You will help to ensure policy decisions are properly informed, including that costs, risks and limitations are properly understood as the desirable outcomes.
Indicative student workload
Successful students typically spend about 150 hours in learning and assessment for each one credit point unit. The time required to prepare evidence for credential assessment varies based on the student’s existing documentation.
Career opportunities
Graduates will be able to take responsibility for interpreting and implementing energy changes for society, business and government, and for ensuring that policy decisions are adequately informed.
These skills would equip graduates to work in specialist roles such as:
• energy manager
• renewable energy engineer
• energy systems engineer
• energy supply consultant.
Participation requirements
Study in Trimester 3 is compulsory, please refer to the Handbook for unit offering patterns
Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. More information available at Disability support services.
Mandatory student checks
Any unit which contains work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, Working with Children Check or other check.
Pathways
There are currently no pathway or credit arrangements.
Alternative exits
| Graduate Diploma of Engineering (S652) |
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Advocate ideas and make decisions from conception through to implementation by properly evaluating and integrating technical and non-technical considerations as desirable outcomes of energy system management engineering projects and practice. Apply knowledge of electrical, renewable and alternative energy engineering principles and techniques, and use research, project design and management skills and approaches to systematically investigate, interpret, analyse and generate solutions for complex problems and issues. Manage engineering solutions, projects and programs, and ensure reliable functioning of all components, sub-systems and technologies as well as all interactions between the technical system and the context within which it functions to form a complete, sustainable and self-consistent system that optimises social, environmental and economic outcomes over its full lifetime. Respond to or initiate research concerned with advancing energy system engineering and developing new principles and technologies within this specialist engineering discipline using appropriate methodologies and thereby contribute to continual improvement in the practice and scholarship of engineering. |
| Communication | Prepare high quality engineering documents and present information including approaches, procedures, concepts, solutions, and technical details in oral, written and/or visual forms appropriate to the context, in a professional manner. Use reasoning skills to critically and fairly analyse the viewpoints of stakeholders and specialists and consult in a professional manner when presenting an engineering viewpoint, arguments, justifications or solutions to engage technical and non-technical audience in discussions, debate and negotiations. |
| Digital literacy | Use a wide range of digital engineering and scientific tools and techniques to analyse, simulate, visualise, synthesise and critically assess information and methodically and systematically differentiate between assertion, personal opinion and evidence for engineering decision-making. Demonstrate the ability to independently and systematically locate and share information, standards and regulations that pertain to the specialist engineering discipline. |
| Critical thinking | Identify, discern, and characterise salient issues, determine and analyse causes and effects, justify and apply appropriate assumptions, predict performance and behaviour, conceptualise engineering approaches and evaluate potential outcomes against appropriate criteria to synthesise solution strategies for complex engineering problems. |
| Problem solving | Use research-based knowledge and research methods to identify, reveal and define complex engineering problems which involve uncertainty, ambiguity, imprecise information, conflicting technical or non-technical factors and safety and other contextual risks associated with engineering application within an engineering discipline. Apply technical knowledge, problem solving skills, appropriate tools and resources to design components, elements, systems, plant, facilities, processes and services to satisfy user requirements taking in to account broad contextual constraints such as social, cultural, economic, environmental, legal, political and human factors as an integral factor in the process of developing responsible engineering solutions. Identify recent developments, develop alternative concepts, solutions and procedures, appropriately challenge engineering practice from technical and non-technical viewpoints and thereby demonstrate capacity for creating new technological opportunities, approaches and solutions. |
| Self-management | Regularly undertake self-review and take notice of feedback to reflect on achievements, plan professional development needs, learn from the knowledge and standards of a professional and intellectual community and contribute to its maintenance and advancement. Commit to and uphold codes of ethics, established norms, standards, and conduct that characterises accountability and responsibility as a professional engineer, while ensuring safety of other people and protection of the environment. |
| Teamwork | Function effectively as a team member, take various team roles, consistently complete all assigned tasks within agreed deadlines, proactively assist, contribute to ideas, respect opinions and value contribution made by others when working collaboratively in learning activities to realise shared team objectives and outcomes. Apply people and personal skills to resolve any teamwork issues, provide constructive feedback that recognises the value of alternative and diverse viewpoints, and contribute to team cohesiveness, bringing to the fore and discussing shared individual and collective knowledge and creative capacity to develop optimal solutions to complex engineering problems. |
| Global citizenship | Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the global, cultural and social diversity and complex needs of communities and cultures through the assessment of qualitative and quantitative interactions between engineering practices, the environment and the community, the implications of the law, relevant codes, regulations and standards. Actively seek traditional, current and new information to assess trends and emerging practice from local, national and global sources and appraise the diversity, equity and ethical implications for professional practice. |
Approved by Faculty Board 21 November 2019
Course rules
To complete the Master of Energy System Management (Professional) students must pass 16 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate.
- DAI001 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in their first study period
- STP710 Career Tools for Employability (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
- SEE700 Safety Induction Program (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
- 16 credit points of core units
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. See the enrolment codes and terminology to help make sense of the University’s vocabulary.
Course structure
Core
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0 credit points) |
| STP710 | Career Tools for Employability (0 credit points) |
| SEE700 | Safety Induction Program (0 credit points) |
| SET721 | Engineering Sustainability (*) |
| SEN723 | Managing Engineering Projects |
| SEM721 | Engineering Design |
SEE707 Energy Market and Policy [No longer available for enrolment]
| SEE719 | Microgrid Design and Management |
| SEE705 | Energy Efficiency, Management and Market Analysis |
| SEE717 | Smart Grid Systems |
| SEE718 | Renewable Energy Systems |
| SEN700 | Research Methodology |
| SEN710 | Engineering Project Initiation # ~ |
| SEN720 | Project Implementation and Evaluation (2 credit points) ~ |
Plus one unit in:
| SEP701 | Continuing Professional Development # |
| SEL703 | Professional Practice # |
Plus three units in:
| SIT763 | Cyber Security Management |
| SIT719 | Analytics for Security and Privacy |
| SLE725 | Environmental Management Systems |
| SRT751 | Environmentally Sustainable Design and Technology |
# Must have successfully completed STP710 Career Tools for Employability (0 credit-point compulsory unit)
*Compulsory Trimester 3 study
~It is recommended students undertake SEN710 and SEN720 in consecutive trimesters
Course duration
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as failing of units or accessing or completing placements.
Further information
Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.
- Contact Student Central
Other learning experiences
You may choose to use one of your elective units to undertake an internship or participate in an overseas study tour to enhance your global awareness and experience.
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, and their study discipline or your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.