Not a single modern production is complete without devices: sensors, automatic machines, automated installations collect and even process information, thereby completely controlling the operation of systems. Their work is monitored by instrumentation engineers who are trained at the SUSU Department of Informational and Measuring Technology.
Instrumentation Engineers are Leading in Industry Digitalization
Modern enterprises are focused on working according to the principles of Industry 4.0, which is the leading trend of the fourth industrial revolution. Instrumentation engineers are responsible for the digitalization of enterprises. It is they who ensure the efficient operation of devices and systems that control industrial processes.
At South Ural State University instrumentation engineers are trained at the Department of Informational and Measuring Technology of the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, following the 60-year tradition of engineering education in the South Urals.
“During its existence, the Department of Informational and Measuring Technology has trained over 2000 highly qualified specialists. Graduates work at all large industrial enterprises of the Urals, occupy high positions in the administrative, financial and commercial spheres of the city and region,” said Aleksandr Shestakov, Doctor of Sciences (Engineering), Professor, Head of the Department of Informational and Measuring Technology, Rector of SUSU.
From Instrumentation Engineering to Digital Twins
The Department of Informational and Measuring Technology has implemented a three-level education system. Bachelor students who have chosen the specialty “Instruments, Complexes and Element Base of Instrumentation Engineering” are ready to design and construct typical systems and devices; they are able to measure and make research of various objects according to a given method, use computer-aided design programs and set up instrumentation technology.
Another specialty, which is “Information-Measurement Technology in Instrument Engineering”, focuses on the development of electronics and software for measuring systems at instrumentation engineering enterprises, automation of instruments at industrial enterprises, and work with measuring equipment.
In the master's degree programmes, students mastering the field in “Information and Measuring Equipment and Technology in Innovation Industrial Projects" are taught not only to design systems and automation and control equipment, but also to collect and analyze initial data. In addition, students master the creation of software and hardware, work with them, the implementation of operational maintenance and the preparation of design and technological documentation.
The promising specialty “Digital Industry” covers the field of digital transformation of industrial enterprises, supercomputer modelling of technical devices, the creation of digital twins of equipment.
The postgraduate programmes offer such fields as “Informatics and Computer Engineering” and "System Analysis, Control and Information Processing (by Industries)". Graduates are ready to carry out scientific and pedagogical activities as research assistants.
Partnership with World Leader in Automation
The strategic partner of the Department of Informational and Measuring Technology is Emerson Corporation - the world leader in industrial automation. Thanks to the Emerson Competence Centre, opened in 2018 at SUSU, students can learn all the key elements of the digital transformation of industrial enterprises and the specifics of working in production. The Competence Centre provides a visual representation of the PlantWeb digital ecosystem architecture - the foundation of Emerson's solutions. A promising profession of an engineer in the development of instrument systems and software development opens up for students.
To become a student of the Department of Informational and Measuring Technology you need to pass the Unified State Examination in profile Mathematics, Russian Language and Physics or Computer Science. Admission to Master’s programmes and postgraduate studies is based on the results of an internal test and interview.
South Ural State University is a university of digital transformations, where innovative research is conducted in most of the priority areas of development of science and technology. In accordance with the strategy of scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation, the university is focused on elaborating major scientific interdisciplinary projects in the field of digital industry, materials science and ecology. In the Year of Science and Technology, SUSU will take part in the Priority-2030 program contest. The university also acts as a regional project office of the World-class Ural Interregional Research and Education Centre (UIREC).