Power Plant Engineering

What we provide

You'll gain both the advanced theoretical knowledge and the hands-on technical skills needed to design, operate, and maintain thermal power plants — always with reliability, safety, and international standards at the core.

Through a curriculum built for real-world impact, you'll learn to:

• Simulate and analyse thermal power plant operations using up-to-date software tools;
• Design, build, and commission power plants, from blueprint to start-up and operational management;
• Develop design and estimate documentation for the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of power generation facilities;
• Conduct energy audits of power plants, industrial enterprises, and municipal utility systems;
• Design heat, water supply, and ventilation systems for industrial and municipal infrastructure;
• Apply automation methods and technologies to thermal power installations;
• Lead research and development projects, comparing experimental data with numerical simulations to select the best methodologies;
• Ensure safe, reliable operation of equipment, pipelines, and fixed assets at thermal power facilities;
• Manage production operations and supervise technical teams.

Why you should apply

Thermal power engineering sits at the intersection of tradition and transformation — the world still runs on it, and it still needs specialists who can make it more efficient, more reliable, and more sustainable. This programme gives you exactly that: the technical depth to solve complex engineering challenges, the analytical skills to weigh technical and economic trade-offs, and the leadership training to step into managerial, research, and policy-making roles.

Graduate ready to lead — not just operate. Whether in engineering, research, or management, you'll have the credentials to shape the future of energy generation.

Where our graduates work

• Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, Turkey
• Tufanbeyli power station, Turkey
• Green OEA Renewable Energy Innovations, Lybya
• Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia
• Yakov and Partners, Russia
• Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany
• Abo Akademy University, Finland

• CURRICULUM

  1 Semester	2 Semester
  Digital Resources in Scientific Research (2 ECTS)  High Voltage Technologies (2 ECTS)  Mathematical Physics (3 ECTS)  Numerical Methods in Heat and Mass Transfer (4 ECTS) Renewable Energy (4 ECTS) Investment Management (3 ECTS) Energy Economics (3 ECTS) Steam and Gas Turbines (4 ECTS)	Numerical Methods in Heat and Mass Transfer (3 ECTS) Thermal Power Plants (3 ECTS) Power Supply Systems for Enterprises (2 ECTS) Modeling of Vaporization Processes (2 ECTS) Internship (Obtaining Primary Skills in Software Operation Related to Professional Activities) (10 ECTS) Internship (Obtaining Primary Professional Skills) (6 ECTS) Turbine-Driven Compressors (4 ECTS) Thermal Hydraulics (2 ECTS) English for Professional Activities (4 ECTS)
  3 Semester	4 Semester
  Combined Cycle Power Plants (5 ECTS) Operating Modes of Thermal Power Plants (3 ECTS) Innovation Management (2 ECTS) Scientific and Research Work (8 ECTS) Career Adaptability (5 ECTS) Logistics in Energy (2 ECTS) Network Problems and Electrical Systems (3 ECTS)	Preparation and Defense of the Master’s Thesis (6 ECTS) Pre-graduation Internship (9 ECTS) Project Internship (17 ECTS)

• MASTER THESIS TOPCS

  • A comparative study of different working fluids used in the Organic Rankine Cycle for combined cycle power generation

    Application of a gas turbine for water desalination

    Application of Savonius Wind Turbines for electricity generation to power highway lamps

    Comparison of the supercritical Brighton cycle and other energy cycles, in terms of thermal efficiency and expediency of use for various heat sources

    Ensuring reliability and safety of nuclear power plant equipment via probabilistic safety analysis

    Feasibility study of implementing and integrating gas turbines in a commercial nuclear power plant

    Feasibility study of the use of the Brighton supercritical cycle on carbon dioxide in power plants

    Hydrogen generation at TPP by recycling municipal solid waste

    Integration between a CHP and clean hydrogen production unit

    Joule and Rankine cycle fundamental parameters' impact on the effectiveness of a combined cycle

    Life Cycle Assessment of Green hydrogen: Wind-based hydrogen vs Solar-based hydrogen

    Numerical Simulation, Technical and Economic evaluation of Multi-Effect Desalination Systems using MEDMPS

    Numerical study of flow and heat transfer features of different nanofluids in compact pipes

    Operating modes optimization of block combined CHP

    Optimization of night modes operation of CHP

    Thermodynamic and Economic Modeling and Optimization of The Steam Extraction from The Secondary Loop of A Light Water Nuclear Reactor For Cogeneration Applications

    Thermohydraulic calculation of the primary circuit heat exchanger for a MSR (

    Research of Biomass potential in Mersin, Turkey, and Evaluation of its impact on the Regional Economy

PROGRAM COORDINATORS

Yaroslav Vladimirov

Official duties

ответственный за научно-исследовательскую работу — Дирекция

заместитель директора — Дирекция

Positions

Доцент  — Higher School of Nuclear and Heat Power Engineering

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Gzhatskaya st.27, HSNHPE, 2nd floor, room 3

Natalia Donmez

Official duties

ответственный за работу с иностранными студентами — Institute of Energy

Positions

Старший преподаватель  — Higher School of Nuclear and Heat Power Engineering

Ведущий специалист  — Higher School of Nuclear and Heat Power Engineering

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Main building, office 313