Automation and Computer-integrated Technologies
6.151.00.00 Automation and Computer-integrated Technologies
Qualification awarded: Bachelor of Automation and Computer-Integrated Technologies
Entry year: 2021
Mode of study: full
Program duration: 4 years
Institute: Institute of Power Engineering and Control Systems
Number of credits: 240 ECTS credits
Level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework: NQF Level 6 (First cycle of QF-EHEA / EQF Level 6)
Field(s) of study: Automation and instrumentation
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning: If the previous qualification level was obtained in another country the nostrification by Lviv Polytechnic National University is required. There are no mechanisms for recognizing the non-formal and informal education.
Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements: The full implementation of the curriculum and presentation of a thesis for a bachelor's degree
Characteristics of the educational program: Speciality is focused on the development and exploitation of automated control systems of technological process and computer-integrated technologies which are the basis of any modern production. The programme provides study of basic sciences, computer engineering, electronics and microprocessor engineering, information technologies. Students acquire knowledge and skills to create specialized software for industrial controllers, process control systems, acquire skills to design, to develop and to adjust equipment and automated systems, computer-integrated systems. Also bachelors acquire knowledge in economics, foreign languages, law, which enables them to adapt to the labour market and to occupy engineering positions in the departments of automation, control and measuring devices, metrology and energy metering, operation of computer-integrated systems at industrial plants, at firms working in the field of design of automation hardware and software, at design and research organizations and also to obtain further education and to work in educational institutions.
Gained competence: - knowledge of scientific and mathematical principles which are the basis of automation devices, automation systems, computer integrated technologies;
- knowledge of identification methods of the objects, methods of building of mathematical models and models of control systems, methods of study of control systems and their components;
- knowledge of design methodologies, regulative documents, standards and technical specifications;
- knowledge of modern and advanced technologies in the field of automation and computer-integrated technologies, including structure, functionality, interfaces, programming languages of microprocessor controllers, building principles of SCADA, fundamentals of programming of real-time devices;
- knowledge of fundamentals of occupational safety and health, fire safety while using technological equipment;
- knowledge of engineering solutions impact on the society, economy and environment.
- ability to apply knowledge of technological processes, technical characteristics, construction features, purposes and operation rules of equipment in order to solve engineering problems in speciality;
- skills in development of automatic systems of measuring, control and protection of technological processes;
- skills in application methods of automatic control theory, analytical and numerical methods for the development of mathematical and simulation models of automated systems for their analysis;
- skills in development algorithms and programs for microprocessor controllers for automation systems of technological process;
- skills in configure the network of industrial controllers on the basis of known industrial data exchange protocols;
- ability to design multi-level SCADA, to develop software for create database of process parameters, their archiving and visualization;
- ability to develop units for automation devices, to use computer-aided design for building of their schemes and calculation of their characteristics;
- skills in development project and design documentation for automation systems and devices;
- skills in maintenance of automation and control systems.
- ability to think creatively and to generate innovative ideas;
- ability to combine theory and practice, make decisions and develop a strategy to solve the problems of the speciality considering human values, social, state and industrial interests;
- ability to carry out an experimental studies and apply research skills in professional area;
- ability to evaluate obtained results and substantiate made decisions;
- skills in Internet search of information on science and technology and patent search, relying on foreign language skills;
- ability to realize the necessity of lifelong learning to improve the acquired knowledge and to acquire new professional skills.
Academic mobility: Not required, but mobility is encouraged and accepted according to ECTS procedures.
Work placement(s): Pre-diploma internship according to the bachelor's thesis
Programme director: Hanna Krykh
Occupational profiles of graduates: Automation and Computer-Integrated Technologies
Access to further studies: Obtaining the second (master's) level