Electrical Engineering
School Name:School of Electrical Engineering Major Name:Electrical Engineering
School Introduction |
School of Electrical Engineering is the earliest department established by HEBUT, and its achievements in teaching and research have made it the “flagship” school of the HEBUT. The school has 125 full-time faculty members including 47 professors, 43 associate professors and 9 post-doctoral teachers, in addition, 36% of them have overseas study experience. The school has the first experimental teaching demonstration centers in Hebei Province, two province-level excellent teaching teams, and a demonstrating center for teaching and researching of "Reliability and Intelligence of Electrotechnical Equipment" of postgraduate courses. Through the Chinese Government Scholarship Program for International Students and the International Cooperation and Training Program for Innovative Talents, the school has built a high-quality international talent training system. The school promotes teaching and serves the society through scientific research. The school attaches great importance to the cultivation of students' innovation ability, and has built the Student Innovation and Practice Centre and several laboratories open to all students, which provide an excellent platform for students to innovate on their own. |
Major Introduction |
Electrical Engineering is developed based on the national first-level key discipline of "Electrical Machinery and Electrical Appliances" in HEBUT. The major of Electrical Engineering is the top undergraduate major of China and the featured major in national level. Meanwhile, the major is ranked as one of the Ministry of Education's Outstanding Engineer Training Program. In the year of 2017, the major got China Engineering education accreditation qualification. The major follows the international advanced training concept and cultivates professional elites and social pillars with the knowledge structure, innovation ability, international vision and international competitiveness of the complete industrial chain of electrical engineering. The Electrical Engineering follows the university characteristics of integration education with engineering practice and social service as well as the promoting technological education for national prosperity emphasis on the independent learning awareness and ability to solve new problems. Students will learn knowledge about power system and its automation, new energy power generation, smart grids, power electronics technology, electrical equipment and other fields through diversified courses in an international prospective. The full-time professional master’ degree in Electrical engineering aims to cultivate high-level professionals with a strong foundation of fundamental theory, professional knowledge, and the ability to independently implement scientific research, teaching and engineering project management with career background and the international prospective. |
Educational System |
The basic study period for master’s students is 3 years, and the maximum study period is 4 years. The basic study period for doctoral students is 4 years, and the maximum study period is 6 years. |
Training Objectives |
The major cultivates students throughout the entire process of talent training, adheres to the student-centered approach, implements the output-oriented education concept, and highlights the university characteristics of integration education with engineering practice and social service as well as the promoting technological education for national prosperity. Focusing on the production, transmission and utilization of electric energy, with electrical equipment manufacturing and power system operation as the engineering application background, we will build an innovation and entrepreneurship education curriculum system that is integrated throughout the entire process, strengthen practical teaching links, deepen the integration of industry and education, comprehensively promote the connotative development of the profession, and improve Quality of talent training for electrical engineering and automation professionals. Cultivate students with profound cultural heritage and solid professional basic knowledge, good comprehensive quality and broad international vision, the ability to engage in scientific research, technology development and organizational management related to the field of electrical engineering, and the ability to develop high-tech and future technologies. Professional elites and social pillars with the potential to transform new technological achievements, scientific and technological innovation thinking, teamwork spirit, comprehensive development of moral, intellectual, physical, artistic and labor, rigorous and pragmatic, pioneering and innovative, with a sense of social responsibility, legal awareness and distinctive characteristics of Hebei University of Technology. |
Curriculum Plan |
The programme is arranged according to the schooling orientation and objectives of HEBUT. The master’s degree in Electrical Engineering consists of basic, professional and elective courses. The teaching management of international students includes performance assessment, daily attendance, and comprehensive assessment. The assessment standards are the same as those for Chinese graduate students in HEBUT. International students should participate in activities such as academic research, teaching practice, social practice, and specialized technical training in accordance with the requirements of the training plan, and abide by the regulations on thesis defense and practical assessment. |
Faculty Resources |
Currently, 125 full-time faculty members are employed in the School of Electrical Engineering, including 47 professors, 43 associate professors and 9 post-doctoral teachers. And there are 60 Ph.D supervisors (including part-time) and 116 master supervisors (including part-time), in addition, most of the supervisors have academic or professional experience aboard. The School is home to an outstanding faculty of renowned scholars and dedicated educators including 3 Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering of part-time, 6 Special government allowances of the State Council experts, 2 Excellent Young Scholars of the National Science Fund, 1 China Association for Science and Technology young talent project, 2 outstanding mid-aged experts of Hebei province, 3 Excellent Young Scholars Fund and 7 excellent management experts on Hebei Province level, in addition, the school has 7 management excellent expert, 4 talent project, 8 young core teachers in Hebei province. Moreover, a number of faculty members are selected for the “innovation team of Giant Project” and Leading talents Program, Tianjin talent development projects of Advanced electromagnetic detection sensor technology, as well as top teachers, excellent teachers, model teachers of province-level. This faculty team of high quality in terms of knowledge, passion, competence, and innovation is the fundamental guarantee to the high quality of education in School of Electrical Engineering. |
Employment Prospects |
After 120 years of historical accumulation, the HEBUT has developed its own culture of valuing fundamental education and ability training, and the School of Electrical Engineering has orientated to educate the students to match the needs of domestic manufacturing industry. For years, graduates have made contributions to China’s economic and societal development, winning good acclaim. Graduates of electrical engineering are mainly engaged in system operation, automatic control, power electronics technology, information processing, experimental analysis, research and development, scientific research management, and electronic and computer technology applications related to electrical engineering. The employment units include scientific research institutes, universities, state-owned enterprises, foreign enterprises, high-tech Enterprises etc. |