MSc Advanced Electrical Power Systems Engineering

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2027, the tuition fees are as follows:

• MSc (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £15,400 year 1, £7,700 year 2
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £40,300 year 1, £20,200 year 2

The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs.

Fees for entry are subject to yearly review. The University reserves the right to increase your tuition fee by up to 7% each year for courses lasting more than one year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our educational and wider student experience. Postgraduate fees information .

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International student CAS deposit

Self-funded international applicants are required to pay a deposit of £2500 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. Some applicants will be required to pay a higher deposit. More information on tuition fee deposits .

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The unit aims to: 

(1) Provide students with a clear understanding of the principles underpinning the design of the major items of power system plant. 

(2) Allow students to evaluate the design of the major items of power system plant through calculations that are either paper-based, within spreadsheets and/or based on the use of commercial software packages.

(3) Provide students with knowledge of the way asset management techniques can be employed on a power system. 

(4) Introduce the electrical measurement techniques and condition diagnostic methods that are used in the type testing process and/or during production / commissioning / inspection. 

ILO 1 Formulate the drivers for effective asset management, develop and evaluate the ways asset management programmes are deployed in power systems. 

ILO 2 Formulate the plant design problems, evaluate and analyse the suitability of a specific design of power plant for a defined task using a range of paper based calculations, Excel spreadsheets and/or commercial software. 

ILO 3 Create the physical process of the way in which power system plant can fail while in service; Design, evaluate and analyse the measures that can be taken to mitigate these failures and minimise their impact to network operation. 

ILO 4 Develop and evaluate how future changes in power system design and the need to integrate increasing percentages of low carbon generation will change the design of power system plant / how it is used. 

ILO 5 Formulate the design of the main components of power system plant, as well as evaluate the scientific / engineering principles that underpin the design of these components. 

ILO 6: Formulate and evaluate the scientific / engineering principles of high voltage substations and typical substation topologies. Develop and analyse grounding systems and insulation coordination. 

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