MSc in Carbon Capture and Storage

Stream 2 - Carbon Capture and Storage Engineering

Climate change mitigation is a key global issue and an emphasis on the carbon emissions of fossil fuels is needed to solve the wide ranging and cross-cutting energy problems that we face. Carbon Capture and Storage has the potential to decarbonise the energy conversion and energy production sectors whilst allowing the use of fossil fuels for the next decades with reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

The University of Edinburgh’s MSc programme in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is the first degree in the UK to focus specifically on this technology option. It provides high-level interdisciplinary skills and training in the entire CCS value chain.  The programme incorporates two streams, suitable for students with differing career aims and backgrounds. One of these is specifically designed for students with engineering backgrounds, who wish to develop skills before embarking on a career in engineering for CO2 capture at power plants and other large industrial sources of CO2.

Both streams draw on our world-class inter-disciplinary academic research in Carbon Capture and Storage, including insights gained from collaboration with a broad range of industrial stakeholders. They provide a unique multidisciplinary teaching programme to develop the next generation of leaders that will implement the large-scale decarbonisation of the energy sector.

Further details including course outlines, details of teaching staff, and profiles of current students and recent graduates are available here.

You can apply online for this degree by going to: http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/finder/details.php?id=518