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Institute of High Voltage Engineering
and System Performance

Nikola Tesla Labor - External view

External view of the Nikola Tesla Laboratory of the Institute of High Voltage Engineering and System Performance.

DC Hub Austria

DC Hub Austria is investigating the feasibility of a research and demonstration plant for a medium-voltage direct current distribution system at AIT in Seibersdorf.

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Welcome to the
Institute of High Voltage Engineering and System Performance
of Graz University of Technology

Besides lectures and research work, the institute is also working on high voltage tests and analysis, focused on the assessment and development of high voltage equipment and systems.

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News

Award ceremony on 15.10.2025

As part of the OVE-Energietechnik-Tagung 2025, Bernhard Schober was awarded the "OVE Energietechnik Award 2025" by the OVE Austrian Electrotechnical Association for his PhD thesis "Automatic partial discharge classification of gas-insulated systems at DC voltage". More

Maximilian Magnes was awarded the "Österreichs Energie Award 2025" by the Association of Austrian Electricity Companies "Österreichs Energie" Research & Innovation for his master thesis "Investigations on the ageing of extruded MVAC XLPE medium-voltage cables under DC voltage stress". More

Congratulations to the winners!

Public High Voltage Experiments

On 27 June 2025 public demonstrations of high-voltage experiments took place in the Nikola Tesla Laboratory of the Institute of High Voltage Engineering and System Performance. The duration of a performance is about 60 minutes.

Registration is required.

Further information

Top Talent Program @ IHS

2023/24

We would like to congratulate Ms Giulia Vollmann on being selected as a Top Talent at the institute for the second time in a row.

As a result, she will receive intensive support with many attractive and exclusive offers in 2023/24.

2022/23

The successful Top Talents programme is entering its second round. Our Top Talents for 2022/23 were selected after intensive deliberations.

They now have the opportunity to actively participate in research at the institute and will receive intensive support.

We would like to congratulate Giulia Vollmann and Daniel Schnizer on this success.

2021/22

On 9 August, our Top Talents for 2021/22 were selected and officially welcomed to the Institute.

In the course of the Top Talent Programme, the Top Talents have the opportunity to experience research at the Institute first hand and are also promoted and intensively supported in their Bachelor's and Master's theses and project works.

We congratulate Philipp Brandl and Hannes Hager on this success.

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Contact IHS

Institute of High Voltage Engineering and System Performance

Inffeldgasse 18/I, 8010 Graz, Austria
Room HS01034

Phone: +43 316 873 7402 (Secretary)
Mail: office.hsptnoSpam@tugraz.at

Office hours:
Monday - Friday 9:00 - 11:00 am