Master in Electrical Power Engineering
Brno, Czech Republic
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 1,000 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Electric power - an inseparable part of our life
The Electrical Power Engineering study program offers a great opportunity to get educated in a very interesting career field with massive potential. This study program aims to produce experts in the field of power generation, transmission, distribution, and consumption. Technologies are evolving fast and there is a desperate need for people that can implement the know-how into real systems.
Power networks are getting bigger, renewable energy sources are on the rise, and the behavior of energy consumers is changing… they all require extensive changes in the current power systems, and you can be a part of it!
The education itself does not take place solely behind the desk. To obtain valuable practical skills, you will also study in top-equipped laboratories and use specialized software to solve some tasks. After you graduate, you will easily find a job as an expert on distribution network operation, power plant worker, power network designer, solar systems specialist, power quality inspector, and many others
Keywords: power engineering, engineering, electrical engineering, BUT, Master
The two-year follow-up master's degree program in Electrical Power Engineering is focused on the education of engineers with a broad base of knowledge of theory and practical applications in the field of energy, electrical engineering, and related economics. The Power Engineering study program aims to offer such a university study, which is focused on the whole field of electricity and which will provide students with basic engineering knowledge and skills related to the production, transmission, distribution, and use of electricity in the current needs and future development of electricity. Thanks to high-quality theoretical education and a broad universal basis of application-oriented field study, the high adaptability of the graduate to all specific requirements of his future professional practice is ensured.
1st Year of Study
Required Courses
- Power Plant Electrical Equipment (en)
- Substations and Lines (en)
- Transient Phenomena (en)
- Power Transmission Networks (en)
- Electrical Heat Technology (en)
- Lighting Technology (en)
Required Optional Course
- Design of Power and Data Networks (en)
- Biophysics (en)
- Diagnostics in Electricity Industry (en)
- Differential Equations in Electrical Engineering (en)
- Solid State Physics (en)
- Plasma Physics and Diagnostics (en)
- Nuclear Power Plant (en)
- Quantum and Laser Electronics (en)
- Electromagnetic Field Modeling (en)
- Modern Physics (en)
- Low Power Electrical Sources (en)
- Nanotechnology (en)
- Non-Destructive Diagnostics and Physics of Dielectrics (en)
- Unconvention Conversions (en)
- Lighting Systems (en)
- The Power Quality and Emc (en)
- Probability, Statistics, and Operations Research (en)
- High Voltages Technology (en)
2nd Year of Study
Required Courses
- Diploma Thesis (en)
- Power Systems Control (en)
- Economy of Electrical Power Engineering (en)
- Distribution and Industrial Networks (en)
- Semestral Project (en)
Required Optional Course
- Electronic Measurement Systems (en)
- A/d and D/a Converters (en)
- Diagnostics and Electrical Equipments Protections (en)
- Diagnostics and Testing (en)
- Electronic Circuits (en)
- New Technology for Microelectronic Circuits (en)
- Industrial Electronics (en)
- Advanced Methods of Programming Plc (en)
- Theory of Electrical Machines (en)
- Power Engineering of Natural Gas (en)
- Energy Storage Technologies (en)
Any Year of Study
Optional Course
- Czech Language (en)
- Czech Language (en)
- Alternative Energy Sources (en)
- Numerical Modeling 1 (en)
- Numerical Modeling 2 (en)
- Renewable Energy Sources (en)
- Energy Storage Technologies (en)
- Advanced 3 D Modelling (en)
- Properties and Production of Electrotechnic Materials (en)
The study program in Electric Power Engineering enables the graduate to acquire qualified knowledge in the field of production, transmission, distribution, and use of electricity and economics within the current needs and future development of electric power engineering. The spectrum of knowledge ranges from theoretical knowledge to practical applications. The graduate is qualified in the fields of power engineering and electrical engineering. The graduate can apply the acquired knowledge and skills in research, development, design, and operation of demanding equipment in power engineering, power engineering, and heavy current electrical engineering. In all these areas, he is also able to hold higher technical managerial and managerial positions. The graduate can also continue his / her studies in doctoral study programs.
The graduate will acquire basic engineering knowledge and skills, which he/she will professionally profile, especially in areas related to:
- with the basic problems of electricity transmission,
- the operation of distribution and industrial networks, the nature of the failure conditions of these networks, how they are protected and the standards currently used to assess the reliability of electricity supply,
- with the current state and operation of power station equipment, especially at the level of HV and VHV and with the theoretical foundations of dimensioning of distribution equipment and conductors,
- with basic mathematical models for the control of interconnected electricity systems, with power flow calculations and voltage regulation, with frequency control and dispatch control,
- with transients in the electricity system,
- with the production of electricity in power plants and heating plants, with the operating conditions of synchronous alternators and methods of their protection, with the dimensioning and control of sources for the power plant's consumption,
- with the theory of basic and special types of electrothermal heating and their technical applications,
- with the basics of lighting technology and basic information on lighting components, with the principles of light measurement, the evaluation of lighting and light sources,
- with basic and direct connections and dependencies between problems and topics of a purely technical nature in the field of electricity and between economic aspects of the problem,
- with selected parts of mathematics and physics,
- with the issue of power quality and EMC, diagnostics in the power industry, high voltage technology, the operation of renewable sources and nuclear power plants, and more.
What Degree Program Types May Have Preceded
The Graduates May Continue in A Doctoral Study Program.
Thanks to a quality theoretical education and a broad universal basis of application-oriented study of the followup master's program in Electrical Power Engineering (MPAEEN), a high adaptability of the graduate to all specific requirements of his future professional practice is ensured. Graduates will find employment as operational specialists, especially in industry, but also in commercial and other companies, not only focused on electrical engineering and energy. Within all the above technical areas, they are also able to perform higher technical managerial and managerial functions. The focus of the study program Electrical Power Engineering also enables the direct deployment of graduates in production, operational, or service technical practice, as well as in research, development, design, and operation of demanding equipment in power engineering, heavy current electrical engineering, and industry, or can continue their studies in doctoral studies. program.
Graduates can apply, for example, in the following specific professional positions:
- operational, design, and management workers in power plants, heating plants, entities operating electrical networks, and production companies focused mainly on machinery and equipment for the electricity industry,
- developer in the field of power engineering and heavy current electrical engineering,
- test technician,
- energy specialist,
- and more.