The tokamak simulation code (TSC) has been used to model several ohmic discharges in the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) experiments. Good agreement between the simulation and experiment has been obtained in the plasma current and shape evolution, as well as electron temperature, surface voltage and volt–second consumption. With the verified TSC transport models, an ohmic discharge has been predicted. The poloidal field current trajectories, plasma current and shape evolution follow the designed traces in the experiment.