Future Power Networks

Modules shown are for the current academic year, and are subject to change depending on your year of entry.

You will take four compulsory core modules and four optional modules. You study for these modules in the Autumn (October–December) and Spring (January–April) terms. Modules are taught through a blend of lectures, tutorials and practical coursework, and you will take written exams in May–June.

You will also carry out an individual research project: three months part-time (January–March) and four months full-time (June–September). The project gives you the opportunity to carry out research that deepens your knowledge of an area in which you have a special interest. It also develops your report writing, presentation and time management skills. You will have an academic supervisor who will mentor you, and the project is assessed by a written report and poster presentation in September.

• HVDC technology and control
• Optimisation
• Power system dynamics, stability and control
• Smart grid technologies

• Sustainable electrical systems
• Power system economics
• Energy business
• Traffic theory and queuing systems
• Probability and stochastic processes
• Digital signal processing and filters
• Spectral estimation and adaptive signal processing
• Stability and control of non-linear systems
• Design of linear multivariable control systems
• Estimation and fault detection
• Systems identification
• Wavelets and applications

We regularly review our courses in an effort to continuously improve and update them.