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Automation Engineering and Control of Complex Systems

Academic Year: 
2023/2024
Degree Level: 
Master's Degree
Duration: 
2 anni
Teaching Facility: 
Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering
Access Requirements: 
Unscheduled
Italian Classification: 
LM25 - Ingegneria dell'automazione
Teaching Languages: 
English
Location: 
Catania
Double Degree: 
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

Course Overview

The Master's Degree programme in Automation Engineering and Control of Complex Systems is designed for the future workforce, dealing with technological innovation in specific industrial contexts and in public or private research labs.

The programme also features the needs of streamlining process and methodology towards successful outcomes in terms of process, control and automation design, with advanced techniques such as computer design.

Thanks to a collaboration agreement between the University of Catania and the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP), the course allows you to obtain the "double title" of study. The possibility is offered (after enrollment) to a maximum of 4 candidates, through participation in a specific call.

Educational Goals

The job of an automation engineer is marked by a really great understanding of the issues that industrial engineering goes through as opposed to other fellow professionals of the information technology arena. It is in systems design, in fact, that the actual process takes place, which is why it is generally managed by engineers of the industrial sector.

This MSc is delivered in English to enable easy entry into the job market.

Job Opportunities

Automation Engineers can find job opportunities within the automatic or robotic sector and with high-tech manufacturers integrating IT components, measuring, transmission and actuation equipment.

Typical job titles

  • Electrotechnical and Industrial Automation Engineer
  • Design Engineer
  • Biomedical Engineer and/or Bioengineer