Faculty:  School of Electric Power

Degree:   Ph.D

Specialty:   Power System and Automation

Minimum Total Credits: 12.0

Minimum Compulsory Course Credits:  8.0

Minimum Optional Course Credits:  4.0

This program aims to cultivate high-level specialized personnel who have solid and broad theoretical basis and systematic professional knowledge of power supply system; who are well-informed with developing trends of the frontier issues of the subject and equipped with the ability to conduct scientific researches independently and to make creative achievements with good moral character and humane accomplishments.

3 years.

1. HVDC and New Transmission Technology

2. Power Supply System Reliability and Planning

3. Power Supply System Analytical Operation and Control

4. Power Supply System Protection, Control and Automation

5. Power Market

Advisory system is applied in this doctoral program. Doctoral students should draw up a working program with the instruction of their supervisors in the first two weeks after registration. Students are supposed to participate in the medium term assessment between the 8^th and 15^th weeks of the third semester according to Doctor Degree Candidate Medium-Term Assessment Method of South China University of Technology and complete the required social practices. Regular seminars (stage summary reports) are needed. In-service doctoral students are exempt from social (teaching) practices.

Doctoral students should draw up a working thesis plan and write thesis proposals between the 8^th and 15^th weeks of the third semester. Defense of thesis proposals is held publicly at the school and three professors or above are supposed to attend the defense. The reading amount of literature review should reach no less than 30 pieces. Before applying for the thesis defense, students are required to publish academic papers officially according to the requirements listed inDocument #61, 2008 of SouthChinaUniversity of Technology. Thesis defense will be arranged according to Rules for the Implementation of Graduation Degrees of South China University of Technology and Regulations of the Applications for Thesis Defense of South China University of Technology on the completion of theses.