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1.
General Information
This Department was established in
1999 in
response to the growing importance of Automatic Control and Systems
Engineering to all branches of industry world-wide. The Department
provides a range of undergraduate degree courses, postgraduate degree
courses, and continuing professional development opportunities in
Automatic Control and Systems Engineering and associated topics.
The Department of Automation is committed to
broadly-applicable research in the areas of automatic control system
with applications including automotive, aerospace, robotics, advanced
process control, etc. It aims at promoting and transferring scientific
and technological knowledge in the area of Automatic Control
Technology through teaching and applied research in order to provide
the students with the necessary scientific and technological
knowledge, capacity and skills essential for Control Engineering.
2.
Degree
The degree conferred upon completion of the curriculum
studies is equivalent to a Bachelor of Science (level 5A according to
UNESCO's ISCED classification system).
3.
Duration and Structure of Studies
The duration of studies is
eight semesters. In the first seven semesters, obligatory and elective
courses in lecture form are offered in the above areas supported by
laboratory and Applied Exercises sessions. The students are required
to attend the lectures and the laboratory sessions, work on individual
or team projects and present their results in oral and written form.
In the final semesters, the students are required to complete their
senior project while in the last semester they must do their practical
training with a company.
The senior project,
mandatory for the completion of one's studies, is based on a topic
selected by the student from a list of topics offered by the teaching
staff. It gives the student the opportunity to focus on a topic of
their interest, to apply the knowledge and skills acquired during
their studies, to participate in medium and large scale experiments,
to become familiar with bibliographical research techniques, and apply
their technical writing skills.
The practical training with
a company, supervised by a member of the teaching staff, is also
mandatory for the completion of studies. It gives the students the
opportunity to broaden their knowledge acquiring hands on experience
in real conditions, to familiarize themselves with labour laws and
workplace safety procedures and to obtain information necessary for
the completion of their senior project.
The Course Syllabus involves
Obligatory (O), Obligatory Electives (OE) and Electives (E) that can
be Theoretical (T), Laboratory (L) or Mixed (M) courses. According to
their content they are classified in General Core (GC), Special Core
(SC), Specialization (S) and Human Factors and Legislation Course (HFLC)
courses.
The syllabus is structured
based on the workload required by an average student ranging from 50
to 60 hours per week depending on the semester level. The hours of
class attendance range from 25 to 27 per week depending on the
semester. Each semester
carries 30 ECTS credits while the number of ECTS credits of a course
depends on the workload required by an average student.
The General and Special Core
as well as the Specialization courses fall under one of the two
Division of the Department:
a) The
Division
of Automatic Control and
b)
The
Division
of Software, Hardware and
Automation Systems
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