The Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering offers undergraduate and postgraduate training encompassing all aspects of the photovoltaic sector. The Centre offers undergraduate degrees in Photovoltaic and Solar Energy and Renewable Energy which includes training in technology development, manufacturing, quality control, reliability and lifecycle analysis, cell interconnection and encapsulation, the full range of solar cell applications, system design, maintenance and fault diagnosis, marketing, policy development and the use of all renewable energy technologies. Innovative teaching techniques have been developed to enhance the learning environment including the availability of material via the Internet to facilitate distance learning. UNSW academics in this field have been consistently ranked amongst the leaders worldwide through international peer review. This team has held the world record for silicon solar cell efficiencies for almost 15 years, and has been responsible for developing the most successfully commercialised photovoltaic technology internationally throughout the same period. Photovoltaic Engineering has close links with several other engineering and science disciplines. A unique feature of this undergraduate degree program is the opportunity provided to students to specialise in a second area of science or arts during the second and subsequent years of the program. These second areas of specialisation can in general be further expanded through an extra year of study to facilitate the achievement of a combined degree.