Dept. of Automation Engineering, NFU

The university currently comprises four colleges, nineteen departments, seventeen graduate institutes, and nine in-service master’s programs.

To promote scientific research, the university has established a General Research Center,
under which are technology R&D centers in specialized fields such as Precision Machinery Technology, Optoelectronic Displays, Energy Technology Applications, and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems.

Guided by a student-centered educational philosophy that emphasizes learning outcomes,
the university actively strengthens teaching resources and general education, enhances language proficiency, and promotes international academic exchange and collaboration.
It also builds a high-quality campus life and student activities environment, and promotes diverse arts and cultural events to enrich the campus humanistic atmosphere.
Through these efforts, students are cultivated with core competencies including professional expertise, language proficiency, arts appreciation, creativity, leadership, communication,
expression, critical thinking, analytical ability, and international perspective, enabling them to become well-rounded professionals with both internal and external strengths.
The university will continue to actively promote digitalization and comprehensive development, strengthen industry–academia collaboration and technological R&D,
cultivate outstanding professional talents, stimulate community arts and culture,
and expand international academic cooperation and exchange, continuously striving for excellence and showcasing its distinctive strengths.

A. Cultivate engineering professionals with strong theoretical foundations, practical skills, and humanistic qualities.

B. Respond to technological advancement and national industrial planning by promoting interdisciplinary programs and establishing key core technologies.

C. Emphasize foreign language proficiency to cultivate technical and vocational professionals with international perspectives and professional expertise.

D. Strengthen industry–academia collaboration and cultivate students’ ability to solve real-world engineering problems.

Educational Objectives of the Four-Year Undergraduate Program

A. Cultivate professionals capable of planning, designing, and executing experiments with knowledge in the field of automation engineering.

B. Cultivate technological professionals capable of design analysis and simulation testing for automation-related engineering problems.

C. Cultivate professionals with strong engineering ethics and moral responsibility.

Educational Objectives of the Graduate Program

A. Cultivate advanced automation engineering professionals with in-depth professional knowledge.

B. Cultivate practice-oriented technological professionals with capabilities in engineering analysis, design, and experimentation.

C. Cultivate technological professionals with international perspectives and interdisciplinary research capabilities.

Core Competencies for Undergraduate Students

A. Ability to apply mathematics, science, and engineering-related professional knowledge.

B. Ability to design and conduct experiments, and to analyze and interpret data.

C. Ability to identify and solve automation engineering–related problems.

D. Ability to design systems, components, or processes to meet specific needs.

E. Ability to work effectively in interdisciplinary and diverse teams.

F. Professional and ethical responsibility.

G. Ability to communicate effectively.

H. Recognition of the importance of and commitment to lifelong learning.

I. Understanding of current and future developments in automation technology and their impact on society and the environment.

Core Competencies for Graduate Students

A. Ability to integrate professional knowledge and technologies in automation systems.

B. Ability to write technical reports and professional papers.

C. Ability to plan and execute research projects.

D. Ability to think independently and solve engineering problems.

E. Ability to communicate, coordinate, and integrate across disciplines.

F. Ability to effectively use computer and information tools to solve engineering problems.

G. Ability to understand developments in international engineering fields.

The Department of Automation Engineering was established on August 1, 1988. The undergraduate program was founded in 1997.
Its primary mission is to cultivate outstanding automation engineering professionals and enhance the quality of human resources in Taiwan’s automation industry.
The department emphasizes a balanced integration of theory and practice, with strong attention to developing students’ independent thinking and creativity.
Located adjacent to the Huwei Base of the Central Taiwan Science Park, the university is one of the key innovation and technology development hubs in central Taiwan.

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Students who enter laboratories or training facilities without receiving remuneration are also subject to these guidelines.