States on education of power electronics and electrical drive in China's university

Abstract

This paper describes the educational states and recent changes of power electronics (PE) and electrical drive (ED) in China's universities. The factors which promote the progress of the PE and ED education recently are introduced, such as teaching programs and typical textbooks, R&D cooperation with companies and R&D institutes at the universities, and the government's educational projects and foundations. An example about the course reform on electrical machinery and drive in Tsinghua Univ. is explained.