High Voltage Engineering and Power Management University of Zambia

Overview

Students in Electrical and Electronic Engineering can opt to major either in Electrical Machines and Power Engineering (EMP) or Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering (ET).  The Department covers the following: Electronic Engineering; Telecommunications; Electrical Machines; Electrical Power Systems and Control Engineering.  

Electrical and Electronic Engineer Graduates

Electrical engineering touches almost every facet of our existence.  It is one of the fastest changing fields of technology and offers professional challenges and satisfaction to both men and women.  Electrical and electronic engineering involves the generation, distribution, supply and exploitation of electrical energy.  It deals with control of resources, transport, entertainment and telecommunication.  

Career

Graduates of the High Voltage Engineering and Power Management program at University of Zambia work in organisations that generate and supply electricity to domestic and commercial users.  They work on power conversion equipment or transportation, pumping, mineral processing and manufacturing equipment that uses high-voltage electrical power.  They are also employed in design and manufacturing industries dealing in all kinds of electrical machines, implements and appliances. 

In the electronic engineering discipline, engineers are involved in telecommunications and electronic equipment such as televisions, radios, computers, information transmission and processing.  They deal with instrumentation and control of process