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You must have a relevant Master's degree in electric power engineering or control engineering, or a related field of study equally relevant to the PhD position (e.g., applied mathematics, etc.). Your course of study must correspond to a five-year Norwegian course, in which 120 credits have been obtained at the master\'s level. Master's students can apply, but the master's degree must be obtained and documented before starting the position, and no later than autumn 2026.
You must have strong modelling and programing skills in software such as Matlab/Simulink, PSCAD, OPAL-RT, etc., relevant to address the topic of this PhD thesis.
You must have a strong academic background from your previous studies and have an average grade from your Master's degree study, or equivalent education, which is equal to B or better compared to NTNU's grading scale. If you do not have letter grades from previous studies, you must have an equally good academic foundation. If you have a weaker grade background, you may be considered if you can document that you are particularly suitable for a PhD education, i.e., by having relevant work experience and/or published/publishable scientific papers.
You must meet the requirements for admission to the Faculty's Doctoral Programme.
You must have English language skills, both written and spoken, corresponding to the scale B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Applicants who are not native English speakers are encouraged to document their English language proficiency. One of the following test scores could be documented for this purpose: TOEFL iBT 79 - 101; IELTS 5.5 - 6.0; Cambridge English 160 - 179.
Further assessment of both written and oral English language skills, as well as the ability to communicate fluently, will be conducted throughout the selection process and during any interviews for all applicants.
The selected candidate must undergo an assessment of personal security suitability and must be able to obtain relevant security clearance for access to and obtain information about hydropower stations and equipment.

The Department of Electric Energy (IEL) at NTNU is seeking a highly motivated candidate for a full-time (100%) PhD position for 3 years as part of the project “KreDiT - Towards advanced monitoring and mitigation of stability issues in grids dominated by power electronic converters.”/nYou will join the research group Power System Operation and Analysis (PSOA) at IEL. /nLocation: Trondheim, Norway.

PhD in Electric Power

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spring	Mar 9, 2026