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Program Overview
Energy for Smart Cities Program
The Energy for Smart Cities program is offered by the Ural Power Engineering Institute at UrFU.
Program Overview
The program duration is 2 years, with a direction in Electrical Engineering, and a code of 13.04.02. The language of instruction is English.
Entry Requirements
To be eligible for the program, applicants must have a Bachelor's degree and a certificate of English proficiency (B2 level or higher). Final admission is decided upon an interview.
Program Details
The program is designed to provide graduates with unique competencies in the design, operation, control, and analysis of modern urban power systems, with a particular focus on machine learning technologies. The target audience of the program includes bachelors and specialists in technical sciences.
Career Opportunities
The future professional activities of the graduates are connected with:
- designing and implementation of smart solutions for urban energy systems
- project management in power systems and power grids
- operation and monitoring of the power equipment and automated control systems
Program Curriculum
The program covers the design of modern urban energy systems, construction and operation of power equipment, and ways to integrate modern information technologies into the energy sector.
Teaching Staff
The program's teaching staff includes:
- Alexandra Khalyasmaa - Associate Professor, PhD in Technical Sciences
- Stanislav Eroshenko - Senior Lecturer, PhD in Technical Sciences
- Stanislav Shelyug - Associate Professor, PhD in Technical Sciences
- Konstantin Bugrov - Professor, Doctor of History
- Evgeny Shmakov - Assistant
Courses Taught
The teaching staff offers courses in:
- Machine Learning in the Energy Sector
- Cybersecurity in the Energy Sector
- Electrical Equipment Diagnostics
- Power Supply System Design
- Research Workshop
- Innovative Management in Power Engineering
- High Voltage Engineering and Electrophysics
- Modern Urban Electric Power Systems
- Technologies of Electric Power Generation
- Relay Protection and Emergency Automatics
- Optimization Problems in the Electric Power Industry
- Power Quality
- Energy History
Tuition Fees
The tuition fees for the program are:
- for non-CIS citizens: 357,000 Russian rubles per year
- for CIS citizens: 332,000 Russian rubles per year Note: Prices marked with "*" are valid for applicants who earn 70 and more points at the entrance test. Prices marked with "**" are valid for graduates of UrFU Preparatory Department who earn 70 and more points at the entrance test or for winners of the Open Doors Scholarship project.
Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
The CIS countries include Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Abkhazia.