Which master's specialisation suits an Electrical Engineering graduate with 7.8 CGPA and no backlogs applying to Ireland or New Zealand?

Your 7.8 CGPA and clean record open both destinations, so the more useful comparison is which specialisation each country's own skilled-migration and job-market signals actually reward, rather than picking a broad Electrical Engineering degree and hoping it fits.

Power Systems and Renewable Energy: The Top Choice for Both Countries

• Programme fit: TU Dublin's MSc or ME in Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems covers power-system analysis, renewable energy and distributed generation, while the University of Auckland's Master of Energy offers a dedicated Power Systems track.
• Best if: Your undergraduate coursework was in electrical machines, power systems or renewable energy, and you do not mind working in the energy or utilities sector.

Embedded Systems and Electronics: The Stronger Pick for Ireland Specifically

If you prefer programming and electronics over high-voltage power engineering, University of Galway's Electrical and Electronic Engineering master's offers project areas in embedded systems, signal processing and biomedical electronics, and Ireland's electronics and technology ecosystem, spanning medical devices, automation and semiconductors, supports this route particularly well.

This Information Is Also Available On

Ireland's Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Critical Skills Occupations List, New Zealand Immigration's Green List (Appendix 13), TU Dublin's own MSc Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems page, and University of Auckland's own Master of Energy study tracks page.

My Advice

In my experience, students with a 7.8 CGPA sometimes assume the university ranking matters more than the specialisation, when actually matching your undergraduate subjects, power systems versus electronics versus control, to the master's modules matters more for both admission and eventual job prospects. Between the two countries, I would lean toward Ireland if you are drawn to electronics and embedded work, and New Zealand if power systems and renewable energy is the stronger interest.