Industrial Control and Automation Engineering:MJ-ICAE

You'll focus on computer-based measurement and control and the computing technologies used to operate modern industrial and autonomous systems.

You'll explore industrial control systems and their components and learn how to effectively design and plan smart power systems to increase reliability and stability of power supply. The major is industry-oriented to deliver the practical understanding and knowledge suitable for effective design, prototyping, and controlling the industrial control systems applied for various industry sectors, so you'll be job-ready when you graduate.

3 reasons to study Industrial Control and Automation Engineering at Murdoch

1. Five-star rating for student support, median graduate starting salary and learner engagement for engineering and technology.*
   *Source: Good Universities Guide 2022.
   
2. Make use of our $10.1 million Bayer Pilot Plant - a real world engineering plant with a dedicated control room, the only one of its kind in WA.
3. Gain 300 hours of real work experience as part of your degree.

What you'll learn

• Microcontroller hardware and computer-based engineering tools, commonly used in Engineering
• Analysis of direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) electrical circuits and systems and digital electronics
• Modelling & systems engineering
• Motion, energy and mass transfer in simple systems
• Complex dynamic systems and control
• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) systems
• Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Instrumentation Systems
• Fundamentals of embedded system design

Your future career

Graduating with a major in Industrial Control and Automation Engineering will open the doors to a wide range of career opportunities across the engineering and power industry sectors. Careers could include:

• Automation Engineer
• Field Service Engineer
• Electrical Engineer

Professional recognition

This major can be used to meet the continuing professional education requirements of engineering technologists in the areas related to electrical engineering.