Electrical Power Systems (MSc)

If you’re considering a career in the industrial energy sector, this course will give you the skills to design and develop future energy networks. You'll look at all aspects of sustainable energy generation, transmission and distribution engineering. This course has evolved from the MSc in Energy and Sustainability with Electrical Power Engineering course.

Through this course you’ll gain an advanced understanding of the relationships between core types of energy, work, force, power and efficiency.

You’ll learn about:

• the design and management of power systems
• bulk electrical energy transport issues
• the design and operation of electricity transmission and distribution networks
• how to specify equipment through tools such as ERACS and PowerWorld
• the fundamentals and impact of current and future energy/power production methods

You'll get to personalise this course to your interests and career aims, through a choice of modules and an individual project. You’ll also have access to research facilities, including our high-voltage laboratory and interdisciplinary clean room.

Course lead

The course leader for this MSc is Dr Igor Golosnoy. He is an Associate Professor (Methods of Modelling and Simulation of Systems) at the Electrical Power Engineering Group.

The group's research interests range from advanced insulation materials and plasma, through to electrical power systems and sustainable energy generation.

Visit Dr Golosnoy's profile page to find out more about his work and publications.

You’ll need a 2:1 degree in electrical engineering or electronic engineering.

You must also have an upper 2:1 score in the following modules:

• 1 electrical machines module (e.g. electrical machines, electrical apparatus, electrical drives, electrical motors, control of machines or drives, electro-mechanical energy convertors)
• 1 electric power systems module (e.g. power system control, electrical power systems, energy power systems, transmissions and distribution of electrical power, power generation, electrical networks)
• 1 electrical engineering module (e.g. high voltage engineering, power circuits, electrotechnics, power electronics, electronic converters)
• 1 engineering physics module (e.g. engineering physics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, electromagnetic theory, applied electromagnetics, robotics, control engineering)

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