Program Overview

As a Murdoch Engineering graduate, you could combine the skills you learn in maths, technology and science with creative thinking and problem solving to develop solutions for a better world. The Bachelor of Engineering Honours at Murdoch has been carefully developed with industry to provide you with the skills you will need in your future career.

As part of the course, you’ll learn from industry experts and gain 450 hours of professional work experience. Engage with industry and learn from experts to build a deep understanding of Engineering technology with a focus on emerging trends in Engineering, sustainability, and industrial needs.

A final Honours year is embedded in this degree, allowing you to apply everything you learn in your first three years of study on an individual research or industry-based project in an area of interest for you. This will let you put what you learn into practice and further your research and applied knowledge skills.

Major: Industrial Control and Automation Engineering

Learn about the design, deployment and maintenance of the infrastructure needed to generate and distribute electricity. You’ll focus on computer-based measurement and control and the computing technologies used to operate modern industrial and autonomous systems.

You’ll explore industrial control systems and their components and learn how to effectively design and plan smart power systems to increase reliability and stability of power supply. The major is industry-oriented to deliver the practical understanding and knowledge suitable for effective design, prototyping, and controlling the industrial control systems applied for various industry sectors, so you’ll be job-ready when you graduate.

3 reasons to study Industrial Control and Automation Engineering at Murdoch

• Five-star rating and number one university in WA for medium graduate income one year for engineering and technology by the Good Universities Guide 2024.
• Make use of our $10.1 million Bayer Pilot Plant – a real world engineering plant with a dedicated control room, the only one of its kind in WA.
• Gain 300 hours of real work experience as part of your degree.

What you’ll learn

• Microcontroller hardware and computer-based engineering tools, commonly used in Engineering
• Analysis of direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) electrical circuits and systems and digital electronics
• Modelling & systems engineering
• Motion, energy and mass transfer in simple systems
• Complex dynamic systems and control
• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) systems
• Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Instrumentation Systems
• Fundamentals of embedded system design