Heat Power Engineering
6.144.00.00 Heat Power Engineering
Qualification awarded: Bachelor of Thermal Power Engineering
Entry year: 2024
Mode of study: full
Program duration: 4 years
Institute: Institute of Power Engineering and Control Systems
Number of credits: 240 credits ECTS
Level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework: NQF Level 6 (First cycle of QF-EHEA / EQF Level 6)
Field(s) of study: Electrical engineering
Specific admission requirements: No
Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements: The full implementation of the curriculum and presentation of a thesis for a bachelor's degree
Characteristics of the educational program: The program curriculum includes on-campus classes (lectures, seminars, laboratory classes and practical classes) and independent studies. The educational program is based on the well-known principles and results of modern scientific research in the field of thermal power equipment operation and it is focusing on the current specialization within which is possible further professional and scientific career.
The scope of student’s activity is designing, researching, set-up, installation, and operation of thermal power equipment.
As a result of successful completion of the educational program, students receive fundamental training in their major as well as in computer technology, programming and application of software packages for computer-aided design and simulation of power system facilities and thermal power equipment. An important component of the training program is the study of the principles of generation, distribution and efficient consumption of thermal power, introduction to modern energy-saving technologies and equipment.
During their training, students get acquainted with the latest achievements in the field of power engineering, master modern approaches to the diagnosis and management of thermal power systems and object-based software and hardware.
Bachelors majoring in the specialty are able to design, explore, exploit and maintain systems for generation and transmission of heat and electrical power, thermal systems of industrial machinery automated aggregates for thermal engineering systems.
Програмні результати навчання: - To know and understand mathematics, physics, and chemistry at the level required to achieve the outcomes of the educational programme.
- To know and understand the engineering sciences underlying the specialty Thermal Power Engineering of the relevant specialisation, at the level required to achieve other outcomes of the educational programme, including certain awareness of the latest achievements in science and technology within the field of thermal power engineering.
- To understand the interdisciplinary context of the specialty Thermal Power Engineering.
- To analyse and apply modern engineering technologies, processes, systems, and equipment in the field of thermal power engineering.
- To apply and select suitable standard analytical, computational, and experimental methods and to interpret the results of such research correctly.
- To identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems in thermal power engineering and to understand the importance of non-technical (societal, health and safety, environmental, economic, and industrial) constraints.
- To develop and design complex products in the thermal power engineering industry, processes, and systems that meet established requirements, which may include awareness of both technical and non-technical (societal, health and safety, environmental, economic, and industrial) aspects.
- To apply advanced achievements in electrical engineering and related fields when designing thermal power engineering objects and processes.
- To be able to search for necessary information in technical literature, scientific databases, and other information sources, critically assess and analyse it.
- To know and understand technical standards and safety regulations in the field of thermal power engineering.
- To possess laboratory/technical skills, plan and conduct experimental studies in thermal power engineering using modern methodologies and equipment, evaluate the accuracy and reliability of results, and draw well-founded conclusions.
- To understand key aspects and concepts of thermal power engineering, energy production, transmission, distribution, and utilisation technologies.
- To understand the fundamental design and research methodologies in thermal power engineering, as well as their limitations.
- To have skills in solving complex tasks and practical problems that involve the implementation of engineering projects and conducting research in line with the specialisation.
- To understand the key properties and limitations of the materials, equipment, tools, engineering technologies, and processes being used.
- To understand the non-technical (societal, health and safety, environmental, economic, and industrial) implications of engineering practice.
- To support with arguments and communicate judgments that reflect engineering decisions in the field of thermal power engineering and the associated social, environmental and ethical issues to both specialists and non-specialists.
- To be able to manage professional activities, participate in project work, and take responsibility for decision-making in the field of thermal power engineering.
- To be proficient in the methods of studying thermal processes in thermal power equipment, and to effectively use modern electronic tools for technological control, recording, and further processing of measurement parameters when designing thermal power equipment.
- To be capable of conducting research and solving tasks that require an integrated approach to the implementation of engineering projects in line with the educational programme.
Academic mobility: Yes
Work placement(s): Pre-diploma internship according to the bachelor's thesis
Programme director: Shepitchak Volodymyyr Bohdanovych
Occupational profiles of graduates: Thermal power plants, Industrial and Municipal Thermal Power Engineering and Energy Saving
Access to further studies: Obtaining the second (master's) level