What we provide
You'll gain the advanced leadership, analytical, and multi-engineering skills needed to design, operate, and manage electric power networks and equipment — combining deep theoretical knowledge with the practical competencies today's energy sector demands.
- Through a curriculum built for real-world impact, you'll learn to:
- Apply cutting-edge technical solutions to improve the energy efficiency of electrical equipment;
- Simulate and analyse the operation of electrical equipment using up-to-date software tools;
- Develop project estimates for the capital construction, reconstruction, and repair of electric power networks and equipment;
- Conduct energy audits of electrical power plants, networks, and equipment;
- Collect and analyse data for the design of power plants and substations;
- Apply modern measurement and computer systems in professional practice;
- Manage personnel at electrical power plants and substations;
- Lead research projects, engaging in academic and professional activities across the field;
- Document, present, and defend solutions to complex professional challenges.
Why you should apply
Electric power networks are the backbone of modern life — and they're evolving fast, with automation, smart grids, and efficiency demands reshaping the field. This programme gives you exactly what it takes to lead that evolution: the technical depth to solve complex engineering problems, the analytical skills to drive real efficiency gains, and the leadership training to manage teams, projects, and facilities from design through operation.
Graduate ready to lead — not just operate. Whether in engineering, research, or management, you'll have the credentials to shape the future of power systems worldwide.
Where our graduates work
- Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, Turkey
- Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, Finland
- ABB, Turkey
- Donfoss Drives, Finland
- Schneider Electric, France
- BMW Group, Germany
FORMAT
- Language of instruction - English
- Duration — 2 academic years / 120 ECTS
- Degree awarded - Master's degree
- Study mode - full-time
TUITION FEE
International students 437 400 rubles per academic year
*2025-2026 academic year
- Bachelor's or Specialist's degree in a relevant area
- English language proficiency - B+ (CEFR B2)
- Test in a relevant field of studies/ Test requirements
- Online interview in English with the program coordinator
Russian Federation Quota apply by December 1, 2026
Open Doors: Russian Scholarship Project apply by December 10, 2026
August 01, 2026 – for applicants from countries with visa regime
September 10, 2026 – for applicants from visa-free countries
Application period starts on February 01, 2026.
Academic year 2024-2025 starts September 01, 2026
ADMISSION SUPPORT
- interstudy@spbstu.ru
- interadmission@spbstu.ru
- admissioninfo@spbstu.ru
8 (800) 101-18-99
195220 Russia, St. Petersburg, 28 Grazhdansky Ave., room 228
CURRICULUM
1 Semester
2 Semester
Theoretical Basis of Electrical Engineering
Scientific and Research Work
Computer-aided Technologies in Electrical Power Engineering
English for Professional Activities
Contemporary Problems of Electric Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering
High Voltage Technologies
Digital Resources in Scientific Research
Information Resources
- Internship (Obtaining Primary Professional Skills)
- Technical Superconductivity
- Human Resources Management
- Scientific and Research Work
- Electrical Systems and Power Transmission
- Electrical Power Systems
- Computer-aided Technologies in Electrical Power Engineering
- Electromagnetic Compatibility
- Designing of High Voltage Insulation
3 Semester
4 Semester
- Career Adaptability
- Automation of Electrical Substations
- Modern Equipment of High Voltage Electrical Substations
- Foundations of Overhead Line Design
- Energy Economics
- Scientific and Research Work
- Designing of High Voltage Insulation
- Business Planning and Efficiency Evaluation of Innovative Projects
- Modeling of Electric Power and Electrical Engineering Objects
- Pre-graduation Internship
- Scientific and Research Work
- Industrial Internship
- Preparation and Defense of the Master's Thesis
MASTER THESIS TOPCS
- Analysis of features of superconductive inductive energy storage with quasi force free winding
- Analysis of industrial communication protocols for power grid automation
- Arresters for protection of electric generating plants
- Development and optimization of high voltage test transformer
- Development and research of medium frequency flash butt welding transformer
- Development of software for design of film capacitors electrodes
- Influence of skin-effect on thermal distribution in overhead line conductors
- Insulation in High Voltage Power Transformers
- Modeling of the electrolytic grounding electrode under lightning impact
- Modeling of the parallel grounding electrodes under lightning impact
- Modelling of the connection between grounding conductor and electrode under lightning i
- Optimization of Solar Panels Performance
- The analysis of 110 kV transmission line modernization and protective relaying choice
- The analysis of substation modernization by integrating the new technologies in power
- Use of Milliken conductor insulated wires to reduce skin effect In large cross-section of power transmission line
Master theses are published in SPbPU Electronic Library
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