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Last checked 2026-10-15 · official uwaterloo.ca outlines

UWaterloo MEng, Electric Power.

Applied; if admitted, the plan is the normal 3-year part-time pace. Anything Waterloo does not publish is marked not published. These nine are the preferred portfolio from the learning roadmap. Waterloo lets a student choose any 9 of 18 ECE 66xxPD courses; these are not prescribed by the university.

  • Online only, part-time
  • 9 courses, 0.50 units each
  • Normally 3 years / 9 terms; maximum 5 years / 15 terms
  • Self-funded: MEng students do not receive financial assistance
  • Supported by Hydro One Networks Inc.; Power and Energy Systems Group
  • Part-time: max 1 course a term, or 2 with permission
  • Minimum 65% in each course and a 70% cumulative average
  • Complete the Graduate Academic Integrity Module
  • Fall 2026 domestic Ontario: $3,521.00 per course; incidental fees $46.25 a term
  • Spring 2026 domestic Ontario: $3,452.00 per course
  • Winter 2027 domestic Ontario: $3,521.00; out-of-province $4,194.00; international $5,349.00
  • Spring 2027 tuition: not published yet

ECE 6601PD textbooks, from the outline

  • Arrillaga and Watson, Computer Modeling of Electrical Power Systems, 2nd ed., 2001.
  • Hingorani and Gyugyi, Understanding FACTS, IEEE Press, 2000.
  • Arrillaga, High Voltage Direct Current Transmission, 2nd ed., IET, 1998.
  • ABB, Transmission and Distribution Reference Book, 5th ed., 1997.
  • BPA, EMTP Theory Book, 1986.
  • Kundur, Power System Stability and Control, McGraw-Hill, 1994.
  • Anderson, Power System Protection, IEEE, 1998.
  • Gómez-Expósito, Conejo and Cañizares, eds., Electric Energy Systems: Analysis and Operation, CRC, 2008.
  • Gross, Power System Analysis, 2nd ed., Wiley, 1986.
  • Yin et al., Unified Power Flow Controller Technology and Application, Elsevier, 2017.

ECE 6601PD · Fall 2027

Power System Components and Modeling

Claudio A. Cañizares · Wednesdays 2:00–4:50pm

Projects 40% (generator, then a line and load, both in MATLAB). Midterm 10% on Saturday 26 October at 10:00, take-home, some MATLAB. Final 50%, date not published. Weeks: generation plant 4, transformers 2, lines and cables 2, loads 2, HVDC 1, FACTS 1, then renewables and storage examples. Covers electromagnetic-transient and phasor models.

ECE 6613PD · Winter 2028

Power System Analysis

Claudio A. Cañizares · schedule not published

Projects 40% (IEEE 14-bus power flow and short circuit in PSAT and MATLAB; then stability in PSAT). Midterm assignment 10%. Final 50%, date not published. Topics run from a model review through power flow, short circuit, voltage, small-signal, transient and frequency stability.

ECE 6605PD · Spring 2027

Power System Protection

Coordinator: Sahar Azad

Protective equipment and techniques for feeders, transformers, generators and motors. The aim is a shorter fault and fewer customers affected.

ECE 6606PD · Winter 2027

Distribution System Engineering

Coordinator: Magdy Salama

Planning, design and operation: load forecasting, substations, primary and secondary systems, voltage drop, loss, regulation and capacitors.

ECE 6604PD · Fall 2027

Distributed Generation

Coordinator: Ramadan El-Shatshat

Generating technologies, power electronics, and the effect of DG on connection, protection, control, power quality, economics and regulation.

ECE 6603PD · Not scheduled Fall 2026–Spring 2028

Electromagnetic Compatibility and Power Quality

Coordinator: Ramadan El-Shatshat

Sags, interruptions, transients, flicker, harmonics, grounding, and mitigation including filters, SVC, DVR and UPQC. Includes DG effects on regulation, relaying, losses and islanding.

ECE 6616PD · Not scheduled Fall 2026–Spring 2028

Electric Safety and Grounding System Design

Not published

Safety for low, medium and high voltage, grounding design, and the management and human factors that decide whether a system is actually safe.

ECE 6617PD · Not scheduled Fall 2026–Spring 2028

Asset Management and Risk Assessment

Not published

Outage models, risk assessment, and asset-management examples for lines, generators and substations.

ECE 6610PD · Not scheduled Fall 2026–Spring 2028

Power Electronic Converters

Coordinator: Mehrdad Kazerani

Devices, AC–DC, DC–DC, DC–AC and AC–AC topologies, multi-level converters, control, snubbers, thermal design and simulation.