Engineering: Industrial Process Automation Specialization

Degree	Specialist in Industrial Process Automation
Level	Specialization
Duration	20 months
Number of credits	23
Class Schedule	Day
Modality	On-Campus Learning
SNIES Code	1569

Objectives

To train professionals with the skills and abilities for the management, design and development of projects for the automation of industrial processes, with particular emphasis on modern planning, design, implementation, operation and control techniques of automated production systems.

The program has quality professors out of which 80% of them have completed their Doctoral Degrees There are also 17 new laboratories and a learning room where engineers can develop multidisciplinary industrial applications using specialized software. In addition, students will have access to the School's research groups, among which their main support for their projects will be the Research Group on Automation and Production (GIAP).

http://giap.uniandes.edu.co.

This program lasts 300 hours, in courses of 30 hours each, divided in to three semesters, with classes on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, once a month. In total, there will be 11 obligatory courses and a thesis project.

Study-Plan

Model Program

First Semester

AUTO-5223	Fundamentals of Industrial Instrumentation	3
AUTO-5200	Control Fundamentals	3
AUTO-5220	Industrial Processes	3
AUTO-5229	Hydraulic Basics	3
Total Credit Hours:		8

Second Semester

AUTO-5214	Project Management	2
AUTO-5226	Movement Control	3
AUTO-5215	Advanced Control	2
AUTO-5211	Regulatory Control	2
Total Credit Hours:		8

Third Semester

AUTO-5201	Graduation Project	2
AUTO-5227	Optimization	3
AUTO-5228	Classified Aerial Facilities	3
AUTO-5210	Industrial Informatics	3
Total Credit Hours:		7

Alumni Profile

The alumni will have the ability to manage, design and develop project for the automation of industrial processes, with particular emphasis on modern planning design, implementation, operation and control techniques of automated production systems.