Program description
The program is an interdisciplinary program that covers the energy studies from electrical and mechanical points of view. It aims to study both conventional energy and renewable sources of energy. Energy flows, constraints, generation, transmission, distribution, consumption, and management knowledge are acquired through the period of study. Students are provided with a deep knowledge of conventional and renewable energy technologies, generation, and applications. Thermal power plants, machine construction, design, and stability are topics covered. Students study hydro, tidal, wave, wind, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, concentrated solar power, biomass, geothermal, and other renewable energy technologies. Renewable energy applications are illustrated and evaluated both theoretically and economically. Power system networks (transmission and distribution) control and modeling are explained. Energy management is discussed in detail using demand-side management, and energy efficiency, energy consumption, and audits are explained in detail. Finally, the program encourages problem identification and solving as well as critical thinking skills. All topics under study prepare the program graduates for the national, regional, and international energy job market.

Career Prospects
This program qualifies its graduates to work in electrical power engineering, mechanical power engineering, and energy and renewable energy engineering fields. Graduates can join electrical sector entities such as generation (conventional and renewable), transmission, and distribution companies, either public or private. Power plants, control centers, the petroleum industry, factories, maintenance applications, and energy management sectors can be a target for the program’s graduates. Distribution installations, refrigeration and air conditioning, water desalination and distillation applications, and solar pumping fields are candidate jobs for energy graduates.

Program Concentrations
There are two concentrations in this program:
1.    Power generation: This concentration focuses on the power generation field, considering conventional (thermal) and renewable energy (hydro, tidal, wave, wind, solar photovoltaic, concentrated solar power, biomass, geothermal, etc.) and waste conversion generating power stations. The core focus of this concentration includes power system analysis, stability, reliability, modeling, and advanced control. Graduates from these concentrations are qualified to join electricity utilities such as generation (public and private) and transmission entities. The graduation project focuses on the design and the evaluation of possible uses of renewable energies, power delivery systems analysis and control, etc.
2.    Energy management: This concentration tackles the energy management field that includes energy auditing, energy efficiency, clean energy technologies, and demand-side management, considering power quality standards and economical aspects. This management as it is carried out is subject to international and national quality control and quality systems and assurance methodologies. Renewable energy applications are studied, such as water desalination and distillation for industrial and residential activities, local production of energy in remote areas, energy storage, etc. Graduates from this concentration are qualified to work in electrical distribution systems’ installations, design and operation of refrigeration and air conditioning systems, management departments of large projects/industries, distribution companies (public and private), etc. The graduation project could focus on energy efficiency standard applications, solar pumping, power generation for domestic purposes and their impacts on power quality, compressor work requirements for cooling loads in air conditioning projects, etc.