ObjectivesThis prestigious training programme has been developed to provide an up-to-date and dynamic course in Power Electronics and Drives, and their applications. The control and conversion of electric power using solid-state techniques are now commonplace in both the domestic and industrial environments. A recent estimate suggested that over 40% of all electric power generated passes through silicon before reaching its final destination. A knowledge and understanding of the diverse disciplines encompassed by Power Electronics: devices, converters, control theory and motor drive systems, is therefore essential to all power engineers. This course aims to provide a specialist education in power electronics and drives techniques, covering key fundamental principles along with modern applications and current practices.
Academic titleMSc Power Electronics and Drives
Course descriptionPower Electronics and Drives (MSc)
Duration: 1 year
Course Content
During the autumn and spring semesters, you will complete 120-credits’ worth of taught modules. This will include 100 credits of compulsory modules:
Electrical Machines
Special Drives
Power Quality and EMC
Control Electronics and Microprocessors
Power Electronic Design
Control Design
Induction Motor Drives
In addition, you will be able to choose 20-credits’ worth of supporting material from the following list:
Power Networks
Instrumentation and Measurement
Advanced Control System Design
Power Electronics
Control 1
Please note that all module details are subject to change.
After completing the taught components of the course, you will undertake a major piece of advanced independent research over the summer under the supervision of a specialist in your chosen area.
We will provide you with advice and guidance while you select and refine your area of study, and offer close supervision and support as you complete your research and your MSc.
Course Structure
The MSc in Power Electronics and Drives is taught on a full-time basis over 12 months.
This course is operated on a modular basis and consists of two semesters during which you will follow a series of taught modules (worth 120 credits), followed by a 60-credit research project undertaken during the summer period.
You will be taught using the latest advances in teaching methods and electronic resources, as well as small-group and individual tuition.
Tutors provide feedback on assignments. Our objective is to help you develop the confidence to work as a professional academic, at ease with the conventions of the discipline, and ready to tackle any area of research in Power Electronics and Drives.
In the early stages of your project dissertation, your supervisor will read through and comment on your draft work. The project dissertation itself comprises a significant piece of your own research.
We offer a Postgraduate Diploma in Power Electronics and Drives, which shares its taught components with the MSc but does not carry a dissertation requirement.
In addition, you may be interested in the MSc and CPD flexible learning course in Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, which is specifically aimed at industrially-based, part-time students and is taught through a mixture of classroom-based study and via web-based distance learning.
Key facts
The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nottingham has long been at the forefront of research and teaching in the area of Power Electronics and Drives.
Particular features of the programme include: one-to-one tuition with expert members of staff; teaching informed by active leading-edge researchers in the field; innovative and engaging teaching methods; access to many online resources; and flexibility in course content.
The Faculty of Engineering is widely recognised as world-class - this fact is borne out by the high standard of our research and the extensive funding it attracts - overall research awards recently topped £80m.
The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nottingham has a strong reputation in both teaching and research. It achieved an excellent rating for its teaching quality rating (22/24) in 2000, and a grade of 4 in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise