Automation Engineering is a key technology of central importance for domestic industry because only through increased use of mechatronics expertise in the design, production, operation and optimisation of machines and plant can the competitiveness of Austrian industry be maintained and ensured.

The Automation Engineering course has been offered  at the Wels campus since 1994 and offers education of a high quality. The course was recently chosen by more than 500 Human Resources managers of large domestic industrial companies as the best UAS engineering course for the fourth time.

Graduates of this course find excellent job offers in all branches of industry. Typical areas of work are production engineering, quality assurance, project coordination and research and development. Graduates are specialists in the analysis and solving of interdisciplinary problems as well as recognising trends and evaluating technologies for operational practice.