What is the professional category of production process automation?

Production process automation belongs to engineering specialty. Generally, it is an automation major, or an electrical engineering and automation major, or a mechanical engineering and automation major. In short, it involves automatic control.

Automation refers to the process that machines, equipment, systems or processes (production and management processes) achieve the expected goals through automatic detection, information processing, analysis, judgment, manipulation and control according to human requirements without direct participation. Automation technology is widely used in industry, agriculture, military, scientific research, transportation, commerce, medical care, service and family.