Electrical Power Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Computer Engineering
with Specialization in Electrical Power Engineering
Please note: the official designation of the Master's programme is "Elektrotechnik, Informationstechnik und Technische Informatik", which is due to the fact that there are other, German-taught specializations.
The M.Sc. programmes with specialization in Communications Engineering and in Electrical Power Engineering, however, are fully taught in English.
Goals of the Course of Study
This program is designed to train students in modern Electrical Power Engineering. It offers a high-level education in close co-operation with industry. Students will gain the ability to understand and cope with the various problems of electrical power engineering by the application of scientific methods, including the ability to adapt new scientific findings for the use of electrical power engineering. Students will learn how to apply their knowledge of mathematics and electrical engineering to technical problems, and then solve problems in a global social and economic context.
During the three-month industrial internship, students are trained in practical engineering problems. Flexibility and open-mindedness are major qualifications of the electrical engineer.
Structure
The program is comprised of three semesters of lectures, tutorials and lab courses, along with a three-month industrial internship and a final Master thesis. During the three month industrial internship, students are trained in practical engineering problems. The final master's thesis is an independent, pre-defined scientific project to be completed in a fixed period of three months. The master's thesis is concluded by an oral presentation.
Students are assessed through six single exams. Additional credits will be earned in seven further courses. In addition, the program consists of several excursions to industrial plants or power utilities.
Entrance Requirements
A prerequisite for starting studies is a first university degree, with which the necessary background education can be proven, as determined in the exam regulations. The exam board determines whether it fulfills the entrance requirements. (For further information see "Examination Regulations" and "course website" at the bottom of this page.)
Examination Regulations
Exam regulations (de) regulate academic goals and prerequisites, the course of study layout, and exam procedures. The appendix to the regulations contains the description of the modules, from which the course of study is composed.
Career Opportunities
Electrical Power engineers work in electric power utilities, in industrial R & D, planning, construction, production, sale and distribution departments, in public authorities with supervision and control tasks, or in research centres and university institutes.
Module Groups
(Abbreviations: CP=Credit Points, SWS= hours per week, SS = Summer Semester, WS = Winter Semester, V=Lecture, Ü=Tutorial)
Module Group A (a total of 20 CP must be selected from this group)
| Designation | SWS | CP | Semester |
| High Voltage Engineering - Insulation Systems | V2Ü1 | 4 | SS |
| High Voltage Engineering - Testing Systems & Diagnostics | V2Ü1 | 4 | WS |
| Electrical Machines 2 | V2Ü1 | 4 | SS |
| Electrical Drives | V2Ü1 | 4 | WS |
| Power Electronics - Control, Synthesis and Applications | V2Ü1 | 4 | WS |
| Power System Under Fault Conditions | V2Ü1 | 4 | SS |
| Power System Dynamics | V2Ü1 | 4 | WS |
| Automation of Complex Power Systems | V2Ü1 | 4 | SS |
| Battery Storage Systems | V2Ü1 | 4 | WS |
| Modeling and Simulation of Complex Power Systems | V2Ü1 | 4 | W |
Module Group B (a total of 12 CP must be selected from this group)
| Designation | SWS | CP | Semester |
| Protective Measures and Equipment in Power Supply Systems and Electrical Installations | V2Ü1 | 4 | WS |
| Power Economics in the Liberalised Electricity Markets | V2Ü1 | 4 | SS |
| Power Cable Engineering | V2Ü1 | 4 | WS |
| Electromagnetic Field Simulation für Electrical Energy Applications | V2Ü1 | 4 | SS |
| Natural Gas Systems | V2Ü1 | 4 | SS |
| Low Carbon Energy Conversion Systems | V2Ü1 | 4 | WS |
| Electrothermal Process Technology | V2Ü1 | 4 |
Module Group C (a total of 4 CP must be selected from this group)
| Designation | SWS | CP | Semester |
| Signals, Systems and Communication | V2Ü1 | 2 | WS |
| Measurement Techniques and Distributed Intelligence for Power Systems | V2Ü1 | 4 | WS |
| DSP Design Methodologies and Tools | V2Ü1 | 4 | WS |
| Economics of Technological Diffusion | V2Ü1 | 4 | WS |
| Enviromental Economics | V2Ü1 | 4 | SS |
| Economics of Technical Change | V2Ü1 | 4 | SS |
| Energy Conversion Machinery | V2Ü1 | 4 |
Please note: Admisson/rejection letters will be send out in April/May at the earliest.
Application Procedure - Online Application
In order to save time and money please make use the online application process for International Master's. It is also the safest way to send your application to us.
If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Dagmar Rödingen of the International Office at RWTH Aachen University.
Further Information
Course Website: Electrical Power Engineering at IAEW
If you have specific questions on course content please contact:
Niklas Rotering, MSc ETH
RWTH Aachen University
Institute for Power Systems and Power Economics (IAEW)
Schinkelstraße 6
52056 Aachen
Germany
Tel. +49 241 809 67 11
Fax: +49 241 809 21 97
Email: master@iaew.rwth-aachen.de