Control and information systems (Bc.)

Graduates are prepared as electrical bachelors with knowledge of control, information and measurement technology. Knowledge of mathematics, physics, electrical engineering and technical cybernetics is based. These are followed by professional and practical knowledge of low-current and high-current electronics and especially microprocessor technology, computer technology used in control, information and measurement systems. The graduate bachelor is therefore qualified as a comprehensively educated electrical engineer who can work mainly in the field of automation, control, information and measuring systems. Can solve problems related to hardware and software of these systems. He also masters the basics of designing these systems. Due to the breadth and practical focus of the field, graduates are able to orient themselves well in related fields, such as communication technology, general information technology, microelectronics, etc.

Within the study of the program, emphasis is placed on the fact that graduates are equipped with professional knowledge, immediately applicable in practice - a good theoretical basis and maximum practical experience.

The graduate is a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering who, after graduation, masters the following skills:

• General technical basics - mathematics, physics, electrical engineering.
• Theoretical foundations of the field - measurement, cybernetics, signals, electronics.
• Design, implementation, maintenance of industrial control systems. Within this area, the student applies the means of industrial automation and robotics for the control of production lines, machines and processes.
• Design, implementation, maintenance of embedded control systems. Within this area, the student designs electronic systems based on microcontrollers, microprocessors, develops their software and deploys them in various types of applications.
• Design, implementation, maintenance of measuring systems, sensors and testing. Within these areas, the student applies methods and means of measuring electrical and non-electrical quantities, develops systems based on virtual instrumentation, deals with the processing of measurement signals.

This knowledge and skills are in great demand in the labor market today, as they are key to ensuring the digitization of production, which is the most significant trend in today's industry. Graduates will gain professional competence for employment in a wide range of companies, both engineering, which develop and supply automation, measuring systems, built-in electronics, and in manufacturing, where it is necessary to address maintenance, digitization of the production process, etc.

The employability of graduates on the labor market is excellent. The number of graduates currently cannot cover the requirements of companies.

Graduates work mainly in the field of automation, control, information and measuring systems. They can solve problems related to the hardware and software of these systems, they also master the basics of designing these systems. Graduates find employment in the development, design and implementation of these systems, in their implementation in practice and in their maintenance. Outside the industry, they are used in the field of services, transport and others.

Typical employers of program graduates are:

• Companies engaged in engineering activities in the field of automation, measurement, development of embedded electronic systems.
• Companies engaged in engineering production, production of electronic products, operating in the field of metallurgy and many others, where it is necessary to address the automation and digitization of production.
• Due to the fact that the field is relatively broad and combines knowledge of electrical engineering and computer science, graduates often find employment in companies dealing with information technology, communication technology, etc.

Typical job positions are as follows:

• Programmer of industrial control systems.
• Designer of measurement and control, automated control systems.
• Embedded HW developer.
• Embedded systems SW developer.
• Worker for testing electronic systems.
• Maintenance worker of automated production systems.
• Programmer of HMI / SCADA systems.
• Worker dealing with measurement and data collection.

The bachelor's degree is 3 years. During each academic year, the student must obtain at least 60 credits, a total of 180 credits during the entire bachelor's study. The study load is evenly distributed. During each semester, the student obtains approximately 30 credits in compulsory and optional subjects. In the last year, the study load is reduced so that students can devote themselves sufficiently to their final work.
The student also has the opportunity to complete optional courses, which they enroll according to their preferences, to complete the required number of credits in individual semesters / years.

During the three-year study, the student completes:

• Subjects of common electrical engineering basis - in the first year.
• Professional technical subjects - students have been profiling themselves in them since the second year.These are compulsory and optional subjects, which differentiate the programs.

The final state examination has three parts:

• Defense of bachelor thesis.
• The exam in the subject Cybernetics includes areas mainly in the field of cybernetics and other related subjects of theoretical basis.
• The exam from the subject Control and Information Systems includes areas of knowledge from the basic application areas of the study program, the basic subjects of the profiling basis.

Graduates of the bachelor's study program Control and Information Systems can continue their studies at the follow-up master's program Control and Information Systems, which is directly related to the bachelor's field. Furthermore, students can continue in the doctoral study program Cybernetics.