masters in automation and control engineering

Automation and Control Engineering Technology (ACET)

Industrial automation is the use of control systems, predominately computer based, to control industrial machinery and processes. Automation has and will continue to play an increasingly important role in the global economy as well as our daily experiences. The automation and control engineering technology program provides the knowledge and management skills needed to pursue a rewarding career in the field of automation.

Accreditation

The University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

Enrollment & Graduation Data

Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

Below are the Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) that describe what graduates are expected to attain within a few years of graduation:

PEO 1 Be employed in Automation and Control Engineering Technology related field(s)

PEO 2 Communicate well, think creatively, and work effectively independently and/or in teams

PEO 3 Continue education and professional development

PEO 4 Demonstrate ethical, social, and professional responsibility

Student Outcomes (SOs)

Below are the Student Outcomes (SOs) that describe what graduates are expected to attain by the time of graduation:

(1) an ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline;

(2) an ability to design systems, components, or processes meeting specified needs for broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline;

(3) an ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in broadly-defined technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature;

(4) an ability to conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results to improve processes; and

(5) an ability to function effectively as a member as well as a leader on technical teams.

Careers

Are there career opportunities in the field of automation? Yes! The automation and control engineering technology program at ISU will equip you with the knowledge to launch a professional career in a wide variety of roles in business and industry that involve automated systems. Automation professionals are responsible for the direction, definition, design, development/application, deployment, documentation, and support of systems, software, and equipment used in control systems, manufacturing information systems, systems integration, and operational consulting.

Typical job positions include: automation engineer, controls engineer, production engineer, project engineer, manufacturing engineer, quality engineer and maintenance engineer. With experience you will advance to managerial positions such as: team leader, supervisor, project manager, maintenance manager and technical manager. With extended experience, automation professionals have the background to move into upper level management roles that exist in business and industry.

Professional Organizations

areppim chart and statistics showing the number of top Automation & Control engineering universities in 2019.

A sizable number of countries claim automation & control engineering schools among the 200 world best. This is likely a marker of the worldwide effort to foster the industry migration from the man-controlled to the cybernetics paradigm.

Five countries account for 56% of the top 200 automation & control engineering schools:

China, 53 or 27%.
United States, 29 or 15%.
Australia, 11 or 6%.
United Kingdom, 10 or 5%.
Canada, 9 or 5%.

World Rank	Institution¹	Country	Score
Total score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	United States	318.1	47.2	63.9	66.5	93.6	100
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	United States	304.3	55.6	81.6	68.3	100	53.5
3	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich	Switzerland	291	48	82.1	79.3	79.6	65.5
4	Harbin Institute of Technology	China	282.9	100	86.7	61.5	83.9	0
5	University of Toronto	Canada	279.6	41	82.9	73.6	56.5	84.5
6	University of California, Berkeley	United States	276.5	45.8	70.4	67.1	71.3	75.6
7	Imperial College London	United Kingdom	276.2	47	69.1	86.3	77.3	65.5
8	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Australia	265.3	43.4	65.3	90.4	73	65.5
9	Harvard University	United States	262.4	34.2	100	70.2	48.7	65.5
10	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	United States	261.3	51.2	68.7	62.7	75.4	53.5
11	University of California, Santa Barbara	United States	260.1	34.1	80.7	76.6	76.5	53.5
12	Stanford University	United States	259.8	34.3	74.8	56.3	54.9	84.5
13	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	252.1	68.2	82.1	86.4	84.6	0
14	City University of Hong Kong	China-Hong Kong	242	55.6	96.6	60.7	77.7	0
15	University of Groningen	Netherlands	234.6	33.8	66	78.1	65.7	53.5
16	KTH Royal Institute of Technology	Sweden	233.8	46	77.3	83.3	93.9	0
17	Zhejiang University	China	233.1	78.4	73.5	62.3	68.8	0
18	The Australian National University	Australia	233	30.9	67	91.3	63.4	53.5
19	Southeast University	China	231.2	68.4	93.2	60.2	57.6	0
20	Beihang University	China	229.3	84	74.1	50.8	61.1	0
21	Sapienza University of Rome	Italy	223.9	31.5	62.2	66.4	41.4	75.6
21	Tsinghua University	China	223.9	73.4	74.7	61.9	63.4	0
23	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	216.4	27.9	62	80.7	44.9	65.5
24	The University of Adelaide	Australia	216.1	43.5	100	96.4	53.3	0
25	University of California, San Diego	United States	215.2	42.9	75	74.5	82.5	0
26	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	214.2	74.7	69.1	56.7	59.1	0
27	The University of Hong Kong	China-Hong Kong	210.7	43.5	88.5	58.5	67.1	0
28	Northeastern University (Shenyang)	China	210.2	76.2	69	53	54.4	0
29	National University of Singapore	Singapore	209	58.1	79.6	79.2	55.5	0
30	Carnegie Mellon University	United States	207.6	46.8	73.9	67.8	73.4	0
31	New York University	United States	207.2	28.2	83.8	73	42.8	37.8
32	CENTRALESUPELEC	France	204.9	50.9	55.3	86.6	81.4	0
33	Victoria University	Australia	203	38.2	100	99.7	44.9	0
34	King Abdulaziz University	Saudi Arabia	202.9	46.4	98	100	38.5	0
35	The University of Manchester	United Kingdom	199.8	35.7	68.3	78.9	42.1	37.8
36	Saint Petersburg State University	Russia	198.5	31.6	51	68.8	48.7	53.5
37	Shandong University	China	197.5	57	62.5	44.2	69.2	0
38	Beijing Institute of Technology	China	197.1	62.5	71.3	58.7	51.6	0
39	Technion-Israel Institute of Technology	Israel	194.6	29.6	48.1	71.1	49.3	53.5
40	University of Lorraine	France	194	43.5	65.8	74.9	69.7	0
41	Eindhoven University of Technology	Netherlands	193.9	44.1	62.4	74.2	72.6	0
42	Georgia Institute of Technology	United States	192.8	52.4	57.8	62	70.1	0
43	University of Padua	Italy	192	36.9	73.6	70.1	67.5	0
44	Brunel University	United Kingdom	190.8	32.7	100	94.7	39.2	0
45	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	China	190	71.1	71.7	51.9	36.9	0
46	Nanjing University of Science and Technology	China	188.9	56.4	75	53.5	46.8	0
47	McGill University	Canada	186.2	30.2	58.9	72.4	44.9	37.8
48	RMIT University	Australia	186.1	31.1	100	86.5	37.7	0
49	University of Science and Technology Beijing	China	185.9	41.7	97.2	62.6	34.4	0
50	University of Science and Technology of China	China	185.7	43.4	81.5	63.2	48	0
51-75	Aalborg University	Denmark		40.4	94.8	82.5	21.8	0
51-75	Bohai University	China		35.7	100	58.5	31.7	0
51-75	Chongqing University	China		42.2	80.5	60.6	38.5	0
51-75	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands		46.8	59.2	77.8	61.1	0
51-75	Harbin Engineering University	China		37.6	92.7	71.7	36.1	0
51-75	Lund University	Sweden		29	60.5	83.3	40	37.8
51-75	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics	China		66.2	64.8	54.4	35.3	0
51-75	Northwestern Polytechnical University	China		56.8	70.5	52.6	43.5	0
51-75	Peking University	China		43.5	84.7	53.5	46.2	0
51-75	Polytechnic Institute of Milan	Italy		43.8	63.1	66.1	56	0
51-75	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne	Switzerland		37.7	73.6	80	52.7	0
51-75	Technical University Munich	Germany		44.1	67.1	72.7	57	0
51-75	Tel Aviv University	Israel		29.5	71.1	70.8	60.6	0
51-75	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	China-Hong Kong		35.3	76.9	62.8	57.6	0
51-75	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	China-Hong Kong		31.8	79.3	63.6	54.9	0
51-75	The University of Melbourne	Australia		32.9	65.2	78.3	70.1	0
51-75	The University of New South Wales	Australia		42.7	68.2	71.9	57.6	0
51-75	Université Grenoble Alpes	France		41.3	54.8	69.2	66.6	0
51-75	University of Alberta	Canada		49.6	68.4	79.1	50.4	0
51-75	University of Duisburg-Essen	Germany		32.4	96.9	74.5	34.4	0
51-75	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	China		47.8	94.3	67.6	25.5	0
51-75	University of Macau	China-Macau		36.2	90.5	63.9	36.1	0
51-75	University of Pennsylvania	United States		33.3	72.3	49.1	59.1	0
51-75	University of Seville	Spain		38.2	83.3	71.5	40.7	0
51-75	University of Zaragoza	Spain		27.4	98.5	65	34.4	0
76-100	Concordia University	Canada		38.8	70.6	81.4	35.3	0
76-100	Dalian University of Technology	China		52.3	63.5	54.9	34.4	0
76-100	East China University of Science and Technology	China		36.1	86.3	54.5	30.8	0
76-100	Guangdong University of Technology	China		39.1	89.1	64.7	26.6	0
76-100	Hangzhou Dianzi University	China		38	79.1	63.6	36.1	0
76-100	Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble	France		39.1	55.2	68.5	63.9	0
76-100	ITMO University	Russia		29.9	68.3	86.6	47.4	0
76-100	Norwegian University of Science and Technology – NTNU	Norway		41.9	59.4	72.8	48	0
76-100	Shandong University of Science & Technology	China		31.8	83.7	60.2	33.5	0
76-100	Sorbonne University	France		42.1	54	71.4	54.9	0
76-100	South China University of Technology	China		49.8	75.6	52.7	33.5	0
76-100	Texas A and M University at Qatar	Qatar		28.3	100	99.3	20.4	0
76-100	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	China-Hong Kong		43.4	75.9	55.3	42.1	0
76-100	The University of Lille	France		38.7	62.6	80.6	48	0
76-100	The University of Texas at Arlington	United States		27.8	88.2	87	39.2	0
76-100	Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria	Chile		29.7	78.1	87	36.9	0
76-100	University of Agder	Norway		28.7	98	89.8	17.2	0
76-100	University of Lisbon	Portugal		41.5	60.1	78.6	48	0
76-100	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	United States		34	62.3	58.4	53.3	0
76-100	University of Oxford	United Kingdom		33.8	60.8	80	61.5	0
76-100	University of Southern California	United States		31.9	63.4	70.6	51	0
76-100	University of Stuttgart	Germany		33.1	60.2	69.5	56	0
76-100	University of Technology Sydney	Australia		36.9	80.5	80.4	32.6	0
76-100	University of Waterloo	Canada		40.5	65.6	76.1	51.6	0
76-100	Yeungnam University	South Korea		31.8	98.8	74.7	18.8	0
101-150	Aix Marseille University	France		27.5	64.7	76.5	39.2	0
101-150	Beijing Jiaotong University	China		41.2	71.7	67.5	20.4	0
101-150	Central South University	China		46	70.6	55.6	28.8	0
101-150	Curtin University	Australia		31.3	58.5	82.9	38.5	0
101-150	Czech Technical University in Prague	Czech		28.8	57.1	74.9	37.7	0
101-150	Dalian Maritime University	China		27.9	96.2	52.9	17.2	0
101-150	Donghua University	China		31.2	76.6	73.1	27.7	0
101-150	Hefei University of Technology	China		34.3	74.3	64.2	20.4	0
101-150	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	India		33.5	68.5	56.6	46.2	0
101-150	Jiangnan University	China		38.3	74.5	66.8	18.8	0
101-150	King’s College London	United Kingdom		28.7	79.7	82.8	24.3	0
101-150	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	South Korea		43.4	64.5	50	27.7	0
101-150	Korea University	South Korea		28.8	76.9	67.8	23.1	0
101-150	KU Leuven	Belgium		33.1	56.4	83	36.9	0
101-150	Kyoto University	Japan		33.5	48.9	62.9	52.2	0
101-150	Michigan State University	United States		32	69.4	70.8	35.3	0
101-150	New Jersey Institute of Technology	United States		28.3	87.1	98.8	24.3	0
101-150	Polytechnic University of Catalonia	Spain		41.8	70.4	74	27.7	0
101-150	Polytechnic University of Turin	Italy		36.7	53.6	64.2	50.4	0
101-150	Purdue University – West Lafayette	United States		39.2	57.7	66	44.2	0
101-150	Queen’s University	Canada		28	56.2	68.9	47.4	0
101-150	Qufu Normal University	China		34.6	84	39.8	33.5	0
101-150	Ryerson University	Canada		28.7	74.6	64.8	23.1	0
101-150	Seoul National University	South Korea		35	61.4	47.3	36.9	0
101-150	Shanghai University	China		38.8	61	62	29.8	0
101-150	Texas A&M University	United States		35.7	60.4	59.4	36.9	0
101-150	The Ohio State University – Columbus	United States		34.5	72.8	67	32.6	0
101-150	The University of Sheffield	United Kingdom		38.5	69.7	71.7	32.6	0
101-150	The University of Texas at Austin	United States		30.6	58	42.5	49.3	0
101-150	The University of Tokyo	Japan		37.7	53.8	55.8	37.7	0
101-150	Tianjin University	China		51.4	69.9	56.5	24.3	0
101-150	Tongji University	China		43.7	71.4	64.6	31.7	0
101-150	University of Bologna	Italy		29.6	72.1	67.6	44.2	0
101-150	University of California, Los Angeles	United States		29.6	64.6	71.7	42.1	0
101-150	University of Coimbra	Portugal		35.8	64	71.4	36.1	0
101-150	University of Florida	United States		27.9	69	57.8	44.9	0
101-150	University of Maryland, College Park	United States		31.9	62.2	65.5	40.7	0
101-150	University of Naples Federico II	Italy		33.4	57.7	56.7	40	0
101-150	University of Nottingham	United Kingdom		26.6	92.5	83.4	15.4	0
101-150	University of Paris-Sud (Paris 11)	France		35.6	49.4	78.4	55.5	0
101-150	University of Roma – Tor Vergata	Italy		27.1	56.9	72.5	52.7	0
101-150	University of Southampton	United Kingdom		31.8	66.1	83.9	36.1	0
101-150	University of Sydney	Australia		27.4	68.7	76.2	37.7	0
101-150	University of Twente	Netherlands		28.3	60.7	74.5	41.4	0
101-150	University of Virginia	United States		28.9	69.8	79.5	44.9	0
101-150	Wuhan University	China		27.7	71.9	63.6	28.8	0
101-150	Xi’an Jiaotong University	China		48.6	67.2	49.1	23.1	0
101-150	Xidian University	China		44.1	70.1	58	33.5	0
101-150	Yanshan University	China		42.6	63.3	76	18.8	0
101-150	Zhejiang University of Technology	China		36.4	67.9	66.4	34.4	0
151-200	Amirkabir University of Technology	Iran		40.5	56.6	57.8	15.4	0
151-200	Beijing University of Chemical Technology	China		28.7	70.2	58.6	25.5	0
151-200	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications	China		27.9	52.7	50.3	21.8	0
151-200	Chalmers University of Technology	Sweden		26.6	65.8	65.4	30.8	0
151-200	Deakin University	Australia		28.9	67.5	83.1	21.8	0
151-200	Ecole de Technologie Superieure – Canada	Canada		29.7	70.2	59.2	10.9	0
151-200	Federal University of Santa Catarina	Brazil		28.2	52.7	74.2	27.7	0
151-200	Hunan University	China		36.6	67	59.8	18.8	0
151-200	Iran University of Science & Technology	Iran		40.6	56.5	46.2	7.7	0
151-200	Islamic Azad University	Iran		55.5	52.2	49	7.7	0
151-200	Jadavpur University	India		29.9	72.1	38.7	0	0
151-200	Jiangsu University	China		27.4	72.7	41.1	13.3	0
151-200	Jilin University	China		38.2	54.1	44.5	15.4	0
151-200	K. N. Toosi University of Technology	Iran		35.6	50	39.4	17.2	0
151-200	Khalifa University	United Arab Emirates		29.1	64.3	83.5	13.3	0
151-200	King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals	Saudi Arabia		28	50	64.9	17.2	0
151-200	Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications	China		29.1	79.8	46.4	17.2	0
151-200	National Autonomous University of Mexico	Mexico		31.5	50.6	69.6	34.4	0
151-200	National Cheng Kung University	China-Taiwan		32.4	59.2	51.7	17.2	0
151-200	National Polytechnic Institute	Mexico		40.7	49	63.9	32.6	0
151-200	National Taiwan University	China-Taiwan		27.5	58.7	38.6	18.8	0
151-200	National Technical University of Athens	Greece		31	54	69	37.7	0
151-200	National University of Defense Technology	China		43.5	46.8	51	10.9	0
151-200	North China Electric Power University	China		28.9	65	58.8	15.4	0
151-200	Osaka University	Japan		32.7	46.4	51.4	32.6	0
151-200	Pennsylvania State University – University Park	United States		28.5	54.8	54.2	39.2	0
151-200	Polytechnic University of Valencia	Spain		35.1	56.6	73.6	17.2	0
151-200	RWTH Aachen University	Germany		28.7	55	53.2	18.8	0
151-200	Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna	Italy		27.3	74.6	72.8	21.8	0
151-200	Sharif University of Technology	Iran		40.3	49.7	45.7	27.7	0
151-200	Sichuan University	China		27.4	65	52.1	30.8	0
151-200	Southwest Jiaotong University	China		30.2	71.2	62.1	24.3	0
151-200	Sun Yat-sen University	China		29.6	70.2	53	15.4	0
151-200	Sungkyunkwan University	South Korea		30.4	63.2	77.5	13.3	0
151-200	The University of Auckland	New Zealand		32.6	78.2	73.8	10.9	0
151-200	The University of Texas at Dallas	United States		27.5	53.3	72.8	37.7	0
151-200	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Japan		30.7	49.9	70.3	36.1	0
151-200	University of British Columbia	Canada		29.1	56.4	77.8	25.5	0
151-200	University of Campinas	Brazil		28.7	53.6	59.3	35.3	0
151-200	University of Genoa	Italy		27.9	56.2	60.1	29.8	0
151-200	University of Malaya	Malaysia		30.2	70	84.7	0	0
151-200	University of Porto	Portugal		28.9	55.1	73.5	30.8	0
151-200	University of Sao Paulo	Brazil		32.2	50.6	48.7	38.5	0
151-200	University of Strathclyde	United Kingdom		27	65	74.2	20.4	0
151-200	University of Tabriz	Iran		26.8	72.9	43.2	10.9	0
151-200	University of Tehran	Iran		42.1	53.1	53.5	23.1	0
151-200	University of Washington	United States		27.3	56.4	56.7	40.7	0
151-200	Vienna University of Technology	Austria		29.9	50.5	64.7	28.8	0
151-200	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	United States		30.7	64.6	54	23.1	0
151-200	Xiamen University	China		27.9	61.9	60.1	18.8	0
¹ Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Updated: 08/30/2019 09:42:45

Source: ARWU (Academic Ranking of World Universities), Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

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