Faculty: School of Electric Power
Degree: Ph.D
Specialty: Electric Machines and Electric Apparatus
Minimum Total Credits: 12.0
Minimum Compulsory Course Credits: 8.0
Minimum Optional Course Credits: 4.0
Objectives
Through degree courses and doctoral dissertation research, this doctoral program aims to cultivate those who have obtained a Master degree of this discipline to become high-level specialists with well-development in moral, intellectual and physical aspects in the field of electric machinery and electric apparatus who have deep love for socialist China and who have a good command of Marxist world outlook and methodology. Students are expected to be proficient in foreign languages and computer application skills; to be equipped with solid theoretical foundation and systematically professional knowledge and have strong abilities to undertake scientific researches independently.
Years of Study
3 years.
Major Research Fields
1. Electric Drive System and Its Intelligent Control
2. Special Electric Machinery and Its Control
3. New Intelligent Electrical Equipment
4. Numerical Calculation of Electromagnetic Field
Cultivation Mode
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 according to Doctor Degree Candidate Medium-Term Assessment Method of South China University of Technology and complete the required social practices before the end of the third semester. Regular seminars (stage summary reports) are needed.
Dissertation
Doctoral students should draw up a working thesis plan and write thesis proposals between the 8th and 15th 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.
Curriculum
Compulsory Courses | Course Code | Course Title | Credit |
B0001001 | Modern Scientific and Technological Revolution and Marxism | 3 | |
B0002012 | First Foreign Language (English) | 3 | |
B0808017 | New Technology of Modern Electric Machinery and Electric Apparatus | 2 | |
Optional Courses | B0004009 | Scientific Writing and Submission Guidelines | 1 |
B0808004 | HVDC Transmission Theory | 2 | |
B0808005 | Electric Power Market | 2 | |
B0808019 | Modern Electric Machinery Control Technology | 2 |