Automation and Electrical Engineering

Access to professional activity

Graduates of the Automatics and Electrical Engineering study programme will be able to work as electrical engineers in electrical network companies, companies operating, installing and repairing electrical equipment and their control systems, companies engaged in the automation of technological processes.

Access to further study

Graduates can continue their studies in Lithuanian and foreign higher education institutions in electrical engineering and electronics engineering fields second cycle study programmes.

Knowledge and its application

1. To have general fundamental knowledge of mathematics and physical sciences, allowing to understand and describe the processes taking place in the study fields of electrical and electronic engineering;

2. To know the concepts of electrical and electronic engineering, the functional purpose of the elements, their interrelationships and application possibilities;

3. To know the structure of electrical components, equipment, systems and their operation;

4. To apply the knowledge of the operation principles of modern controllers, microcontrollers, electric drives and other electrical devices;

5. To know the possibilities of applying modern digital technologies in electrical and electronic engineering.

Special (engineering analysis and design) skills

6. To analyze company's electrical and automation systems and evaluate their functionality;

7. To select and apply engineering-technical solutions necessary for the implementation of the technological process;

8. To apply computer programs for modeling, calculating and designing electrical and automation systems;

9. To select and apply cost-effective automation elements in automated control systems;

10. To calculate key parameters of electric equipment and network and select their elements.

Ability to carry out research and practical activities

11. To use various information sources to collect, systematize and interpret professional information;

12. To diagnose manufacturing equipment faults, identify and eliminate their causes.

13. To carry out measurements of electrical network parameters and tests of electrical drives using laboratory equipment;

14. To install electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic drive systems and to program automatic control devices;

15. To organize and safely carry out electrical and automation equipment installation, operation and repair works taking into account the principles of circular economy, artificial intelligence, digitization of engineering activities, environmental protection, commercial, activities organization circumstances and development of the sustainability concept;

16. To collaborate with professionals from other professional activities.

Personal (decision-making, lifelong learning, collaboration and teamwork) skills

17. To communicate with specialists and clients in Lithuanian and foreign languages, when solving individually and in a team professional tasks, to learn independently in changing professional activities;

18. Independently organize the activities of the company (branch), while understanding responsibility for the results of engineering activities.