Power system engineering is about keeping things in balance. Not just the balance between generation and load or between production and consumption of reactive power. It is also about the balance between the cost of energy and its environmental impact or the balance between the reliability of the supply and the investments needed to develop the system. These programmes will teach you how to quantify both sides of these equations and then how to improve the balances through technological advances and the implementation of sophisticated computing techniques. During the second semester the course units explore in more depth the 'operation' and the 'plant' aspects of power systems. For example, you will study how renewable generation is integrated in a power system or how to assess and remedy power quality problems. It aims to provide an advanced education in electrical power engineering; give graduates the education, the knowledge and the skills they need to make sound decisions in a rapidly changing electricity supply industry; give a sound understanding of the principles and techniques of electrical power engineering; a broad knowledge of the issues and problems faced by electrical power engineers and a solid working knowledge of the techniques used to solve these problems.