- UCAS course code
- H605
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Early clearing information
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This course is now full for our 2025 entry.
Master of Engineering (MEng)
MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering
*This course is now closed for applications for 2025 entry.
Duration: 4 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: H605 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Scholarships available
Accredited course
- Typical A-level offer: AAA including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: AAB including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: ABB including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 36 points overall with 6,6,6 at HL, including specific requirements
Fees and funding
Fees
Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £34,000 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
The University of Manchester is committed to attracting and supporting the very best students. We have a focus on nurturing talent and ability and we want to make sure that you have the opportunity to study here, regardless of your financial circumstances.
For information about scholarships and bursaries please visit our undergraduate student finance pages and our Department funding pages .
Course unit details:
Power System Protection and Communications
| Unit code | EEEN44422 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 15 |
| Unit level | Level 4 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
1. Introduction to protection systems: The importance of protection to the reliability of industrial and commercial power networks, protection relay types, current / voltage transformers.
2. Conventional protection systems: Fuses, overcurrent protection, high / low impedance differential protection, busbar protection, transformer protection, distance protection schemes, protection of rotating machines, including motor and generator protection.
3. Advanced protection systems: The advantages and disadvantages of multi-functional numerical protection and control devices. Principles of protection of networks with distributed generators. Wide area monitoring, protection and control systems, aimed for the protection and control of integrated power systems. Communication technology used in protection of power systems and in substations.
Pre/co-requisites
| Unit title | Unit code | Requirement type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power System Analysis | EEEN30131 | Pre-Requisite | Compulsory |
| Power System Analysis and Control | EEEN40631 | Pre-Requisite | Recommended |
Aims
This unit aims to introduce the classical and advanced operating principles and main features of various types of relays and protection schemes. It provides the knowledge necessary to understand how these relays and schemes are applied to the protection of plant and systems including transmission, distribution and industrial networks and rotating machines.
It describes the methods and instrumentation used for testing of protective devices and complex protective solutions involving a larger number of protective devices.
Finally, the unit introduces the principles of wide area monitoring, protection and control, which are underpinned by the availability of high speed information and communication technology in protection schemes.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course, a student will be able to:
ILO 1: Summarise the requirement for fast and reliable power system protection and the main components that are part of a modern protection system.
ILO 2: Evaluate the design of protection systems for use on a transmission, distribution or industrial network through the use of hand calculations, using standard software packages such as Excel or through specialist software including PSCAD.
ILO 3: Describe how modern information and communication systems are transforming the way protection is applied to the power system and responding to the challenges of increased levels of embedded generation / HVDC.
ILO 4: Describe the operating principles of a range of protection schemes including overcurrent, distance, busbar, transformer and motor protection.
Teaching and learning methods
Employing blended learning delivery and features both synchronously-delivered and asynchronously-consumed learning materials.
In addition to the planned activities, there is also private study consisting of:
- Revision
- Further practice
- Independent/further study
Assessment methods
| Method | Weight |
|---|---|
| Other | 20% |
| Written exam | 80% |
Written Examination
Four questions, answer all questions
Duration: 3 hours
Calculators are permitted
This examination forms 80% of the unit assessment
Coursework
10 pages
The coursework forms 20% of the overall unit mark
Feedback methods
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Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 24 |
| Practical classes & workshops | 6 |
| Tutorials | 6 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 114 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Peter Crossley | Unit coordinator |
| Bangama Senasingha Hewa Matharage | Unit coordinator |