Masters in Electrical Power Engineering
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
Key Information
Campus location
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
CZK 50,000 / per semester **
Application deadline
Request info *
Earliest start date
Sep 2024
* English 1st round: October 31, Czech 2nd round: September 15
** tuition fee is 4000 EUR per academic year, payable at the beginning of each academic year. It is non-refundable.
Introduction
The aim of the two-year master’s course in Electrical Power Engineering is to educate engineers with a broad base of knowledge both of theory and of practical applications from the whole field of electrical power engineering, with the possibility of continuing to develop the acquired knowledge in doctoral studies. The graduates of the course are able to deal with both operational technical and research issues in the sphere of the production, transmission, distribution, and use of electrical energy, including an orientation focus on electrical machines and apparatus. The link to electrical power engineering companies and industrial partners is used both in the teaching, in the form of lectures given by experts from practice, and in the implementation of theses.
Key Facts
- Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Type of study: Follow-up Master
- Language of instruction: English
- Code of the program: N0713A060004
- Title of the program: Electrical Power Engineering
- Regular period of the study: 2 years
- Cost: 50,000 CZK per semester
- Coordinating department: Department of Electrical Power Engineering
- Coordinator: prof. Ing. Stanislav Rusek, CSc.
- Keywords: Use of Electrical Energy, Electrical Power Engineering, Electrical Machines and Apparatus, Production of Electrical Energy Transmission and Distribution of Electrical Energy
Program Outcome
Study aims
The follow-up master's degree program in Electrical Power Engineering is focused on independent creative activities in particular areas of electrical power engineering, which include especially:
- production, transmission and distribution of electricity,
- electrical machines and apparatus,
- use of electrical energy in the electric light area.
Therefore, the study is focused on deepening the theoretical basis of electrotechnical disciplines and on a more detailed introduction to up-to-date knowledge in narrower focus, which is followed by the topic of the thesis. The Master's program enables students to build on related bachelor study programs offered at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of VŠB-TUO and other universities.
The aim of the master's degree program is to educate professionals who develop their ability to work independently in bachelor's degree programs. By further study of theoretical and application courses according to the study curriculum and elaboration of the master thesis, the student demonstrates the ability to apply the knowledge of the studied programme in a creative way. The study basis of the program consists of the courses Functions of Complex Variable and Integral Transformations, Power Engineering Theory and Selected Principles of Electrical Power Engineering. The theoretical foundations are followed by courses with a practical focus on the production and distribution of electricity or electrical machines and apparatus or electric light.
Graduate's knowledge
Graduates of the continuation Master’s study program demonstrate:
- a broad knowledge and understanding of the subject and scope of the discipline corresponding to the contemporary state of the knowledge.
- a wide and/or deep knowledge and understanding of theories, concepts and methods appropriate to the contemporary state of knowledge of the discipline.
- an understanding of the possibilities, conditions and restrictions on the use of knowledge of related disciplines.
Graduate's skills
Graduates of the continuation Master’s study program are able to:
- using their expertise, independently identify and creatively solve theoretical or practical problems in the field.
- solve complex problems independently and creatively using selected theories, concepts and methods of the discipline.
- use some of the advanced research methods of the discipline in a way which enables the acquisition of new and original information.
Graduate's general competence
Students of the continuation Master’s study program are able to:
- make independent and responsible decisions within new or changing contexts or in a fundamentally changing environment, taking into account the wider social implications of the decision.
- according to the evolving context and the available resources, define the terms of reference for professional activities, coordinate them, and bear the ultimate responsibility for their results.
- independently solve an ethical problem.
- clearly and persuasively communicate their own expert opinions both to professionals and to the general public.
- use their expertise, skills and general competence in at least one foreign language.
- plan, support and manage the acquisition of additional expertise, skills and competencies of other team members, using the theoretical knowledge of the discipline.
Graduate's knowledge
Graduates of the continuation Master’s study program demonstrate:
- a broad knowledge and understanding of the subject and scope of the discipline corresponding to the contemporary state of the knowledge.
- a wide and/or deep knowledge and understanding of theories, concepts and methods appropriate to the contemporary state of knowledge of the discipline.
- an understanding of the possibilities, conditions and restrictions on the use of knowledge of related disciplines.
Graduate's skills
Graduates of the continuation Master’s study program are able to:
- using their expertise, independently identify and creatively solve theoretical or practical problems in the field.
- solve complex problems independently and creatively using selected theories, concepts and methods of the discipline.
- use some of the advanced research methods of the discipline in a way which enables the acquisition of new and original information.
Career Opportunities
Graduate's employment
Graduates of Electrical Power Engineering are able to solve operational and technical problems in the production, transmission, distribution and use of electricity. Graduates will find jobs in managerial and executive positions in the phase of installation, commissioning, maintenance and operation of electrical equipment, in technical, design, investment and operating departments of power plants and transmission and distribution companies, power dispatch centres, departments of preparation and operation of the power grid, in the technical, design, investment, installation and operational units of industrial plants, in the use of electricity in industry, in addressing the issues of electric drives, electro-thermal equipment, electric lighting of indoor and outdoor spaces, as well as in testing, technical inspection and in research and development institutes.
Professions
- Energy production technology engineer
- Water and wind power plant technologist
- Lightning systems designer
- Power grid maintenance engineer
- Electric machinery design engineer
- Electrical power engineer
- Transmission grid operator
- Industrial power engineering development specialist
- Power plant system engineer
- Electrical testing engineer
- Power plant dispatcher
Hard skills
- Renewable energy sources
- Designing
- Lighting systems
- Electrothermal devices
- Orientation in the field of thermal energy equipment
- LV networks and wiring in buildings
- Electricity networks
- Measurement of electrical quantities
- Electroenergetic devices
- Design of electrical devices
- Energy balances
- Creation of technical reports in the field of electrical engineering
- Electricity safety
- Design of rotating electrical machines
- Electrical machines and appliances
- Distribution networks
- Design of non-rotating electrical machines
- Orientation in electrotechnical, construction, and building diagrams
- Knowledge of electroenergetics in transport
- Design of lighting
Admissions
Program Tuition Fee
Curriculum
Semester 1
Compulsory
- Electrical Power Engineering Theory
- Electrical Protections
- Functions of Complex Variable and Integral Transformations
- Safety in Electrical Engineering I
- Selected Principles of Electrical Power Engineering
- Povinně volitelný typu A
- Electrical Apparatuses II
- Lighting Systems Operation
Optional
- English
- Czech Language for Foreign Degree Students a/I
- English Language for Foreigners c/I
- English Conversation for FEI
- German Conversation for FEI
- Russian Conversation for FEI
- Safety in Electrical Engineering II
- Spanish Conversation for FEI
Semester 2
Compulsory
- Energy Problems of Electrical Heating Equipment
- Transient Effects in Electrical Systems
- Povinně volitelný typu A
- Designing Lighting Systems I
- Designing with Support CAE
- Electrical Apparatuses III
- Electrical Machines III
Optional
- Company English II
- Czech Language for Foreign Degree Students a/II
- Lighting in Automotive
- Numerical Methods for Designing Electrical Machines and Apparatuses
- English Conversation for FEI
- German Conversation for FEI
- Russian Conversation for FEI
- Safety in Electrical Engineering II
- Spanish Conversation for FEI
- English Language for Foreigners c/II
Semester 3
Compulsory
- Diploma Project I
Povinně volitelný typu A
- Designing Electrical Apparatuses
- Designing Electrical Machines
- Designing Lighting Systems II
- Electrical Lighting - Company Practice
- Optional
- Instruction extent
- Czech Language for Foreign Degree Students a/III
- Electrical Power Engineering of Distribution and Industrial Networks
- Electric Railways Operation
- English Language for Foreigners c/I
- English Conversation for FEI
- German Conversation for FEI
- Russian Conversation for FEI
- Safety in Electrical Engineering II
- Spanish Conversation for FEI
Semester 4
Compulsory
- Diploma Project II
Optional
- Czech Language for Foreign Degree Students a/IV
- English Conversation for FEI
- German Conversation for FEI
- Russian Conversation for FEI
- Safety in Electrical Engineering II
- Spanish Conversation for FEI
- English Language for Foreigners c/II
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the VSB-Technical University of Ostrava for more information.