MSc in Power Plant Engineering

Objective of the Program

The Master's degree program has been developed to train highly qualified professionals to design, operate, and maintain power plants.

Upon graduation, the participants will become proficient in the field of the modern energy sector. Our graduates of the “Power Plant Engineering” Master Program are highly-trained professional engineers capable of the analysis, evaluation, and implementation of state-of-the-art technical solutions aimed at improving the energy efficiency of power plants. Our graduates develop practical skills and professional competencies in the design and operation of power plants, including construction, commissioning, start-up, and management; and the capability to simulate and analyze the operation of power plants with the use of the up-to-date sophisticated software.

Key Advantages

The program provides our students with:

• extensive interaction between lecturers and students during scientific and research work
• the profound knowledge and wide network of international contacts for further careers in top positions in energy companies;
• tours to industrial facilities.

The program offers a unique opportunity to have an internship in the leading Russian energy companies.

The program gives foreign students the opportunity to study in an international and multinational academic environment, be involved in extracurricular activities at the University.

Unique opportunities for international academic mobility. One semester abroad in one of the partner universities.

Since the program is very popular among foreign students we’ve designed three possible individual educational tracks for the Master’s degree to choose from:

Diploma: awarded by SPbPU, Russia
Double Diploma: awarded by Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland and SPbPU, Russia

Successful graduates from the study program will be awarded three degrees:
Master of Science (MSc) in Technology (Energy technology)
from Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
Master of Science (MSc) in Power Plant Engineering
from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia