Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering LIT

Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering LIT
Limerick Institute of Technology

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Research institutions
Technology institutions
Country: 
Ireland
Short name: 
Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering LIT
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BEng Industrial Automation and Robotic Systems
The Industrial Automation and Robotic Systems programme equips graduates with the necessary skills to troubleshoot, maintain, install and design automated production systems required for high-tech manufacturing industries. There is a large demand for such graduates, since the trend over the last decade is to move labour intensive production operations to lower wage economies. This trend has ultimately meant that remaining manufacturing operations within Ireland demand highly automated production systems and require highly skilled graduates to maintain them.

This three year Bachelor of Engineering Level 7 programme covers all the technologies used in modern manufacturing Automation and Robotic systems. It covers a wide range of areas including electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical systems, motion control and robotic systems, instrumentation systems, as well as PLC and SCADA programming. The programme contains approximately 50% theoretical content with 50% dedicated to practical hands-on learning.