Advance Your Career with NJIT’s Online Graduate Programs in Electric Power Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) offers New Jersey’s most robust and specialized graduate programs in electric power engineering, designed to prepare you for impactful careers in the power and renewable energy industries. Students may CONCURRENTLY enroll in multiple graduate programs and customize a pathway that aligns with their academic interests and career goals.
Power and Energy Systems - Master Program
This 30-credit graduate certificate program will provide graduates with the skills and knowledge needed for careers in power and energy sectors. Program graduates will apply fundamental knowledge of power and energy systems to problems of power system design, protection, simulation, and operations commonly encountered in the power and energy industry. The students will acquire and demonstrate knowledge of industrial practices.
Potential Careers:
Power Systems Engineer
Protection and Control Engineer
Transmission Planning Engineer
Distribution Engineer
Grid Operations Engineer
Power System Planning Analyst
(Curriculum information updated on 14 April 2025)
Core Courses
ECE601 Linear Systems
ECE656 Power System Dynamics
ECE electives in Power and Energy Systems
Select at least three of the following:
ECE 610 Power System Steady-State Analysis
ECE 611 Transients in Power Systems
ECE 613 Protection of Power Systems
ECE 616 Power Electronics
ECE 617 Economic Control of Interconnected Power Systems
ECE 618 Photovoltaic Semiconductors and Renewable Energy
ECE 619 Intelligent Sensing for Smart Grid and Smart City
ECE 651 Wind Power Transmission and Grid Interconnection
ECE 652 HVDC Design, Operation and Maintenance
ECE 654 US Offshore Renewable Energy Policy
ECE 670 Management Strategies in the Offshore Wind Industry
ECE 671 Financing Offshore Wind
ECE 698 Selected Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE electives outside the area of Power and Energy Systems
In addition to the required core courses and electives listed above, students can choose from all other ECE graduate courses.
MS project and thesis
ECE 700B Master's Project
ECE 701B Master's Thesis
This 12-credit graduate certificate program will prepare engineers to work in the power and energy industry. Academic programs in energy technology and management are needed to prepare the future workforce for the energy and power industry as more than fifty percent of the workforce in the power industry is retiring during this decade. At the same time, developing new, clean, and more efficient energy resources and technologies is of global significance. Students in the Power Systems Engineering Graduate Certificate Program will learn a wide range of leadership and management skills
Potential Careers:
Power Systems Engineer
Grid Integration Specialist
Transmission Planning Analyst
Protection and Control Engineer
Power System Consultant
Core Courses
ECE610 Power System Steady-State Analysis
ECE611 Transients in Power Systems
Elective Courses
ECE613 Protection of Power Systems
ECE616 Power Electronics
ECE617 Economic Control of Interconnected Power Systems
ECE618 Renewable Energy Systems
ECE619 Intelligent Sensing for Smart Grid and Smart City
ECE651 Wind Power Transmission and Grid Interconnection
ECE652 HVDC Design, Operation and Maintenance
ECE656 Power System Dynamics
ECE698 Power Grid Modernization
ECE698 Selected Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
This 12-credit graduate certificate program focuses on the knowledge and skill sets needed to develop and manage the operation of offshore wind farms. Students will acquire knowledge required to manage, coordinate, plan and direct activities for operating offshore wind plants. CEOs, executives and chief engineers and government officials from industry will teach and provide insight into the industry.
Potential Careers:
Wind energy project manager
Wind research analyst
Industrial Production Managers
Project Managers
Senior wind developer
Core Courses
ECE671 Wind Plant Project Development
ECE654 US Offshore Renewable Energy Policy
ECE670 Management Strategies in the Offshore Wind Industry
Elective Courses
ECE725 Independent Study
MGMT 635 Data Mining and Analysis or CS634 Data Mining
This Graduate Certificate is sponsored by the NJEDA.
Wind Power System Operation & Maintenance - Graduate Certificate
This 12-credit graduate certificate program focuses on the operation of an offshore wind power plant and its maintenance issues at the system level. Students will learn to monitor and maintain the operation of a wind farm with a focus on the latest data analytics and inspection technologies. Participants network with project managers and industry experts.
Potential Careers:
Operation Specialties Managers
Plant and System Engineers
Operating Engineers
Stationary Engineers
Core Courses
ECE651 Wind Transmission and Grid Interconnection
ECE652 HVDC Design, Operation and Maintenance
ECE 656 Power System Dynamics
Elective Courses
ECE725 Independent Study
MGMT 635 Data Mining and Analysis or CS634 Data Mining
This Graduate Certificate is sponsored by the NJEDA.
