Graduate Diploma of Engineering (Industrial Automation)
Engineering Institute of Technology
Key Information
Campus location
Online
Languages
English
Study format
Distance Learning
Duration
12 months
Pace
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Tuition fees
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Application deadline
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Earliest start date
24 Jun 2024
Introduction
The Graduate Diploma of Engineering (Industrial Automation) program offers eight core units that address the growth and new technologies in the industrial automation industry.
This program is offered standalone or as an exit point after the first year of the two-year master’s degree.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the institute website for more information.
Curriculum
- Industrial Automation Introduction
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Industrial Process Control Systems
- Industrial Instrumentation
- Electrical Engineering for Industrial Automation
- Professional Engineering Management
- Industrial Data Communications
- Safety Instrumented Systems
Program Outcome
What will I learn/gain:
- Advanced technical knowledge in industrial automation engineering
- Practical guidance from automation engineering experts from around the world
- Global networking contacts in academia and industry
- Improved career options
- After a review of the fundamentals, you will investigate in-depth principles of operation of programmable controllers, instrumentation, networking, and program control strategies.
- Develop advanced knowledge of process identification and Feesdback control design and a broad understanding of the hardware, system architectures, networking protocols and software techniques widely used to evaluate and implement complex control solutions.
- Use key features of widely used measurement techniques and transducers combined with microprocessor devices to determine how to apply robust and reliable industrial instruments in the context of real-world applications.
- Refine your business knowledge and communication skills and add technical knowledge necessary to lead engineering teams and execute complex solutions.
- Refine the requisite knowledge to manage, design and troubleshoot components within modern field buses, industrial wireless systems as well as Industry 4.0 networks.
- In the last unit you’ll investigate the common safety philosophy of hazard identification, risk management and risk-based design of protection methods and functional safety systems, all within the automation space.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
- Process control, commissioning and production management
- Plant, factory and building automation
- Industrial design and consultation
- Industrial Network Management
- Mining Automation Specialist
- Power Engineering
- IT/OT convergence consultation
- Manufacturing Automation Specialist
- Supply chain management, quality assurance, and sales
- Operations, maintenance, field services, and technical support
- Controls, instrumentation, and robotics
- Industrial project management and business development
Program delivery
The online graduate diploma is delivered on a part-time intensive basis over 4 terms, each of 12 weeks. Part-time students are expected to spend approximately 20 hours per week learning the program material and completing assessments. This includes attending tutorials.