Computer and Automation Engineering

Area	Engineering
Degree code	L8 – Information Engineering
Language	Italian
Admission	Free
Venue	Ancona
Lectures	On site

Features and aims of the course

The course has a highly interdisciplinary approach that aims to model engineers with solid educational background in basic ICT subjects and in disciplines that characterize that field (computer science, industrial automation, electronics, telecommunications), all the while letting them specialize in specific aspects of modern computer systems development and in robotic, industrial and mechatronic systems modelling and control. This type of education meets the cultural, professional and working needs of the modern “information society”, in which information and automation technologies play, and will continue to play, a central role in redesigning and innovating all aspects of people’s lives as well as the development of economic activities, while shaping versatile professional figures, highly requested on the global market, and allowing them to further pursue studies through a master’s degree at the University of Ancona, or other universities both in Italy and abroad.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The Course includes a study plan for students with interdisciplinary interests in computer engineering and automation, and study plans for students more interested in either information technology or automation.

IT subjects:

Foundations of Informatics
Object Programming
Databases
Operating Systems
Computer Architecture and Cloud Computing
Mobile Programming
Web Technologies
Software Engineering

Automation subjects:

Foundations of Automation
Automatic Control
Technologies for Automation and Robotics
Industrial Automation
Automation Methods and Techniques
Modelling and Identification of Dynamic Processes
Assisted Computer Modelling of Control Systems
Automation Laboratory

YOUR FUTURE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The demand for Computer and Automation Engineering graduates, due to their versatility and the breadth of their preparation, is increasingly growing on the labour market. Graduates will be able to work in:

innovative software houses & start-ups;
businesses producing goods and/or services;
Businesses providing Internet computing and Web infrastructures services;
industrial laboratories;
energy production, transformation and distribution plants;
manufacturing industry, public administration sectors, and service companies;
companies operating in industrial automation, robotics, in the automotive field, and in the mechatronic systems field;
companies operating in the petrochemical, pharmaceutical, transport and environmental protection sectors.

STRENGTHS OF THE COURSE

Various study plans allow the student to choose freely between both computer science and automation, and offer excellent job opportunities due to the acquired flexible and interdisciplinary approach to problem solving.

The education, encompassing both theoretical and practical multidisciplinary skills and knowledge though through highly professionalizing laboratory activities and direct encounters with the main work situations of the sector, is furthermore enriched by over 250 agreements with universities from around the world, which make it possible to obtain a scholarship to study abroad for a period of time.