Automotive Electronics

A large part of automobiles functions are inseparable from their electrical and electronic systems, which must be maintained and, if necessary, repaired. Study programme trains qualified specialists capable of installing electronic control systems for vehicles, to diagnose, maintain and repair vehicles' electronic and mechatronic systems as well as choose innovative technological and organizational tools.

It is interdisciplinary study programme developing special skills in electronic and transport engineering study fields. Šiaulių valstybinė kolegija has modern automobile technical maintenance and diagnostics workshops.

Graduates of this programme have already presented their own handcrafted vehicles – a sports car, electric recreational karting, electric scooter, four-wheel electric karting - as final projects.

Why in Šiaulių valstybinė kolegija?

Modern laboratory, technical and diagnostic software is used during the studies, which have been highly evaluated by international experts. Programme graduates are employed in automobile technical maintenance and repair companies as well as in technical testing centres.

Further possible career paths

Access to professional activity Graduate will be able to work as an engineer, a foreman, a head of automobile repair and exploitation company, auto service, automobile technical inspection center or could set up a private business and run it.
Access to further study

Graduate will be able to continue studies at universities under the programmes in the study fields of the group of Engineering Sciences in the study fields of Electronics Engineering and Transport Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Production Engineering, etc.

Study programme information

Mode and duration Full-time – 3 years. Part-time – 4 years.
Study Programme national code 6533EX003
Scope of the study 180 credits (ECTS)
Language of instruction English
Field of education Engineering and engineering trades
Group of study fields Engineering Sciences
Study field Main field – Electronics Engineering, other – Transport Engineering
Qualification degree and (or) qualification to be awarded Professional Bachelor of Engineering Sciences
Chairman of the Study Programme Committee The Head of Engineering Sciences Department Saulius Palepšaitis, email s.palepsaitis@svako.lt, tel. +370 41 52 50 98.
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Objectives of a study programme and intended learning outcomes

Objective of a study programme – to prepare qualified specialists capable to install, diagnose, maintain and repair electronic and mechatronic vehicle systems by selecting innovative technological and organizational tools and ensuring the quality and responsibility of the professional performance results..

Learning outcomes 

 
Knowledge and its application

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

2. To know the concepts of electronics engineering and transport engineering and understand their content;

3. To acquire knowledge of materials used in automobile mechatronic systems control equipment, properties of components and their application in engineering solutions;

4. To know the application possibilities of modern digital technologies in electronics.

 

 

Special (engineering analysis and design) skills


 

 

 


 

Ability to carry out research and practical activities

 

 

 

 

5. To analyze and evaluate automobile electronics systems and their interaction;

6. To be able to independently select optimal methods and appropriate equipment for solving problems in the field of transport electronics;

7. To create an automobile diagnostics and repair algorithm in accordance with the established technical, economic and environmental requirements;

8. To apply engineering knowledge in the design, implementation and control of automobile electronic control systems;

9. To design the technological process of electronic control.

 

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

11. To carry out research on vehicle electronic systems, evaluate the results and present conclusions;

12. To carry out research of electrical and electronic systems using laboratory and diagnostic equipment;

13. To operate, diagnose faults and repair electronic and mechatronic vehicle systems, ensuring employee safety and environmental protection;

14. To participate in working groups, implementing electronic and transport engineering field projects, taking into account the principles of circular economy, digitization of activities, ethical, environmental, commercial, operational, occupational safety and health circumstances and the development of the concept of sustainability;

15. To collaborate with professionals from other professional activities.

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

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

17. To organize independently activities of the company (branch), while understanding responsibility for the results of engineering activities.

 

Study subjects (modules) and practical training

Project

Full-time study subjects and practices are presented here. Part-time studies last 4 years, the sequence of subjects may vary.

YEAR I 

YEAR II 

YEAR III 

Semester I

Semester III

Semester V

  • Open Source Electronics Basics
  • Physics
  • Engineering and Computer Graphics
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Mathematics
  • Automobiles
    Information Technologies
  • Physical Education

 

  • Automobile Electronics Equipment
  • Automobile Communication and Smart Systems
  • Electromechanics Practice
  • Electronic System Design
  • Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Vehicles
  • Basics of Professional Language
  • Single Board Computers
  • Automotive Electronics Practice
  • Automobile Comfort and Safety Systems
  • Economy of Companies and Management
  • Engine Management Systems
  • Automobile Diagnostics

Semester II

Semester IV

Semester VI

  • Automobile Electrical Equipment
  • Electronics
  • Electrotechnics
  • Engineering Materials
  • Automobiles
  • Information Technologies
  • Professional Foreign Language
  •  Physical Education
  • Human Safety and Environmental Protection
  • Engineering Research
  • Microprocessors and Their Programming
  • Automobile Technical Maintenance and Repair
  • Cargo Trucks Diagnostics Practice
  • Passenger Automobiles Diagnostics Practice
  • Automobile Diagnostics
  • Engine Management Systems
  • Automatic Gearbox Control Systems / Suspension Control Systems / Brake Control Systems
  • Sociology / Technical Philosophy
  • Graduation Practice
  • Final Project