Program Overview

---

Electrical Power Systems (MSc)

Award: Master of Science

Typical Offer: 2:1 degree

Duration: 1 year

Course Type: Full-time

Campus: Highfield

Next course starts: September 2025

About this course

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.

Entry requirements

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

You must also have a good 2:1 (65%) score in the following:

• 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)

Course structure

This is a one-year course running September to the following September split over 3 semesters. In semesters 1 and 2 you'll study taught modules, and in semester 3 (summer) you'll complete an individual research project with dissertation.

Modules

• Fundamental Principles of Energy and Power Systems
• MSc Project and Dissertation
• Power Distribution: Design, Operation and Protection
• Power Generation: Technology and Impact on Society
• Power Systems Operation and Economics
• Research Methods and Project Preparation
• Bioenergy
• High Voltage Insulation Systems
• Mechanical Power Transmission and Vibration (MSc)
• Power Electronics for DC Transmission
• Power System Dynamics, Stability and Control
• Renewable Energy from Wind, Wave and Tide

Learning and assessment

• Lectures and tutorials
• Laboratory sessions
• Visits to industrial sites
• Lectures from visiting industrialists and academics
• Independent learning (studying on your own)

Careers and employability

Graduates commonly work in a range of organisations or sectors including:

• Manufacturing
• Scientific and Technical
• Water and Waste Management
• Education
• Public Administration
• Defence
• Finance

Careers directly related to this course:

• Electrical engineer
• Power systems engineer
• Sustainability consultant
• Researcher
• Design engineer
• Energy analyst
• Technology analyst

Fees, costs and funding

• Tuition fees: £9,250 (UK students), £33,900 (EU and international students)
• Deposit: £2,000 (international students)
• Living costs and accommodation costs are not included in tuition fees.

How to apply

• Use the online application system
• Create an account and submit your application
• Pay the £50 application assessment fee (exemptions apply)
• Submit your application by the deadline (Tuesday 9 September 2025 for UK students, Tuesday 26 August 2025 for international students)