Iowa State University has a long-standing national and international reputation for education and research in electric power engineering and is considered to be one of the top five such programs in the nation. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has designed the Power Systems Engineering Graduate Certificate to provide engineers in the power industry the opportunity to obtain a graduate credential in this area of specialization.
The Power Systems graduate courses are designed to provide valuable in-depth education in advanced topics in electric power engineering to power engineering specialists in the government, private sector, and academia. Upon completion of the certificate program of study, power engineering specialists will be proficient in theory, modeling, and tools necessary to perform power system engineering tasks related to planning and operating electric power generation, transmission, and distribution systems, together with related public policy.
The admission to the certificate program will be
through an admission committee consisting of the same faculty members who
oversee the admission to graduate study in Electric Power and Energy
Systems (EPES). Candidates must have a
baccalaureate degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field to
be eligible to study for the graduate certificate. For graduates of
domestic schools GRE examination is not required but will be considered
in admissions decisions if offered. Applicants with undergraduate
degrees from accredited curricula who are in the upper half of their
graduating class may be considered for admission; accepted applicants
must show outstanding potential to succeed at the graduate level. The
ECpE Electric Power and Energy Systems (EPES) supervisory committee will develop and maintain
the graduate student policies and the admission
standards.
Admission and application procedures can be found on the Graduate College website. Students may take up to 9 credits as a non-degree seeking student, so it is possible to begin your studies before formal admittance into the program.