M.Eng. Power Systems Engineering

In order to fulfill requirements of the MEng Program in Power Systems Engineering you have to successfully complete either 8 required technical courses & 2 non-technical courses OR 6 required courses, 1 research project, & 2 non-technical course (a project is equivalent to two courses). The technical courses include 5 core and 3 elective courses.

Students may fulfill their 8 (course-based) or 6 (project-based) required technical courses with any of the technical courses provided in the first list below (please see “Available Required Courses - Fall 2025”). 

Students must fulfill their 8 (course-based) or 6 (project-based) required technical courses with 5 core technical courses and 3 elective technical courses or 5 core technical courses and 1 elective technical course, respectively. Please see the appropriate list below for core and elective technical courses within your stream.

To see a list of possible non-technical courses, please visit the Thompson Centre for Leadership and Innovation’s website.

For other courses of interest, such as graduate courses outside of ECE, undergraduate courses, elective courses outside of your stream, or auditing courses, please consult with the M.Eng. Chair before submitting the appropriate course enrolment form. Department approval is required for any technical course that is not listed on this page. Please submit the appropriate form to the ECE Office with all the required signatures before the enrollment deadline. Forms can be found on the main MEng webpage.

Note: On-line self-enrollment for graduate courses is completed through Student Center. Follow Login into the Student Center to enroll.

Power Systems Option

Available Required Courses - Fall 2025 Admits - *Tentative - subject to change*core technical courses in bold

Semester

Course #

Course Title

Instructor

Fall 2025

ECE 9013

Programming for Engineers

R. Jafari

Fall 2025 or Winter 2026

ECE 9014

Data Management & Applications

Fall: P. Viswanathan
Winter: V. Platsko

Fall 2025

ECE 9043

High Frequency Power Electric Converters

G. Moschopolous

Fall 2025

ECE 9048

Modeling Power Systems for Protection, Control, and Transient Studies

A. Rabiei

Winter 2026

ECE 9046

Modelling Transmission Lines in Power Systems

A. Dounavis

Winter 2026

ECE 9047

Sensor Networks & Embedded Systems

Q. Rahman

Summer 2026

ECE 9040

Flexible AC Transmission Systems FACTS

R. Varma

Courses marked with *  have prerequisite course requirements

ECE 9042 - PREREQUISITE: ECE 4464A or equivalent

Available courses- Winter 2025 *Tentative - subject to change*core technical courses in bold

Semester

Course #

Course Title

Instructor

Winter 2026

ECE 9042*

Theory & Applications of Protective Relays

F. Ajaei

Winter 2026

ECE 9046

Modelling Transmission Lines

A. Dounavis

Courses marked with * have prerequisite course requirements

ECE 9042 - PREREQUISITE: ECE 4464A or equivalent

 Available Courses- Summer 2025 Admits- *Tentative - subject to change*Core Technical courses in bold

Semester

Course #

Course Title

Instructor

Summer 2026 

ECE 9040

Flexible AC Transmission Systems

P. Varma

Courses marked with "*" are core courses in another stream

Courses marked with "*" have prerequisite course requirements

ECE 9038 - PREREQUISITE: ECE 4433/ECE 4437 or equivalent

Please note that elective courses are subject to seat availability and are not guaranteed.