Transform the Power Industry. Advance Your Career.
WPI’s master's in Power Systems Management online combines essential topics in power systems engineering with technology-focused business courses, preparing graduates for careers in engineering management within the power industry.
As a student in our part-time online power systems management program, you will learn to:
- Develop expertise in distributed and renewable power generation with the current and evolving interconnection standard (IEEE 1547)
- Analyze power flows in delivery networks—both for steady state and transients
- Understand electro-mechanical energy conversion and power system operations and planning
- Design power delivery networks—both transmission and distribution
- Analyze dynamic system response to disturbances
- Design protection and control systems
- Evaluate design alternatives, including both technical and economic analysis
- Lead projects using a full suite of management tools
- Understand group and individual dynamics leading to more effective interactions
- Identify and mitigate operational risks
- Understand the impact of EVs on power systems
Learn from Power Industry Experts
WPI students work closely with WPI’s renowned Power Systems faculty: real-world, power industry experts who enrich the curriculum with decades of experience.
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Admissions Qualifications for Online Master's in Power Systems Management
Excellent candidates have an ABET accredited undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Engineers from other disciplines may be successful in Power Systems with coursework in AC Circuits and Signals as well as significant mathematics including Linear Algebra and Differential Equations.
For specific application requirements, visit application requirements page.
If you do not have a bachelor's degree, please view our list of undergraduate programs.
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Program Requirements
The online power systems management degree requires the completion of 30 graduate credit hours. The distribution of credits is as follows:
- Minimum 12 but no more than 15 credits in ECE Power Systems Engineering courses.
- Minimum 12 but no more than 14 credit hours of management classes.
- Remaining credit hours may be taken in:
- Any graduate level course work in engineering or science
Courses
All Power Systems Engineering graduate courses are 3 credits.
- ECE 523. Power Electronics
- ECE 559. Advanced Distribution System Design and Operation
- ECE 5500. Power System Analysis*
- ECE 5511. Transients in Power Systems
- ECE 5512. Electromechanical Energy Conversion
- ECE 5520. Protection and Control (not to be taken with ECE 5521)
- ECE 5521. Protective Relaying (not be taken with ECE 5520)
- ECE 5522. Advanced Applications in Protective Relaying
- ECE 5523. Power System Dynamics
- ECE 5530. Power Distribution
- ECE 5531. Power System Operations and Planning
- ECE 5532. Distributed and Renewable Power Generation
- ECE 5540. Power Transmission
Management Courses
(Choose from the suggested courses below or work with your Academic Advisor to create your own plan of study)
- BUS 546. Managing Technological Innovation
- FIN 500. Financial Management
- MIS 576. Project Management
- OIE 542. Risk Management and Decision Making
- OBC 505. Teaming and Organizing for Innovation
- OBC 506. Leadership
To find the next offering of online Power Systems Engineering and Management courses, visit the Registrar’s site.
To view a course description, visit the Graduate Catalog.
Subject to change based on availability.
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