Belongs to the electrical information category.
Automation of the profession is based on automatic control theory as the main theoretical basis, electronic technology, computer information technology, sensors and detection technology as the main technical means to control a variety of automation devices and systems.
The specialty has two development directions, the first is the direction of industrial process control, the second is the direction of embedded systems. It is a combination of computer hardware and software, machinery and electronics, components and systems, operation and manufacturing, control science, computer technology, electronics, mechanical engineering as one of the comprehensive disciplines. It has a "control (system) management (science) combination, strong (electricity) weak (electricity) both, soft (pieces) hard (pieces) both" distinctive features, is the science, engineering, literature, management of multi-disciplinary cross-broadening of the broad-bore engineering specialties.