I. Program Overview

The program was established in 1976. It was successively recognized as a “Heilongjiang Provincial Key Program” during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2006) and Twelfth Five-Year Plan (2011). In 2016, the Ministry of Education approved it as a “Comprehensive Reform Pilot Undergraduate Program” and became the university’s first engineering specialty to pass the Engineering Education Professional Certification. It passed the recertification in 2018 and was designated as a “National First-Class Undergraduate Program Construction Site” in 2021. Building on the Double First-Class Discipline of Forestry Engineering and the Doctoral Program in Forestry Engineering Automation, the specialty adheres to the mission of fostering virtue and cultivating talents. Guided by the New Engineering Education initiative and driven by the Engineering Education Professional Certification, it has developed an innovative talent cultivation model. This model emphasizes broad-based platform courses, specialized courses with distinctive features, and enterprise-oriented practical training centered on student learning. It prioritizes respecting students’ aspirations and motivating their "academic drive" to achieve educational excellence.

II. Educational Objectives

The program aims to cultivate application-oriented technical and management talents who possess strong humanistic and scientific literacy, a sense of social responsibility, and professional ethics; a broad foundation in natural sciences, solid expertise in automation, and essential skills; as well as capabilities in engineering practice, problem-solving for complex engineering issues, and team management. Graduates of this program are expected to become engineers in the field of automation within approximately five years after graduation. They will be equipped to undertake engineering design, technological development, and engineering management in automation-related fields, evolving into technical or managerial professionals within their respective organizations in related domains.

III. Core Curriculum

Core Foundational Courses: Circuit Theory, Analog Electronics, Digital Electronics, Electromagnetic Fields, Electric Machines and Drives, Principles and Applications of Microcontrollers, Electrical Control, and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs).

Core Professional Courses: Detection and Conversion Technology, Principles of Automatic Control, Modern Control Theory, Motion Control, Computer Control Systems, Process Control Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Fundamentals of Robotic Control.

Major Practical Teaching Components: Metalworking Practice, Electronic Technology Course Project, Introductory Internship, Microcontroller Principles and Applications Course Project, Automatic Control Technology Course Project, Electrical Control and PLCs Course Project, Motion Control Course Project, Computer Control Course Project, Production Internship, Process Control Course Project, Scientific Research and Engineering Practice, Control System Design Course Project, Graduation Project (Thesis).

4.Characteristic advantages

Feature 1: As the first major in our university to pass the China Engineering Education Accreditation, it provides an internationally recognized quality "passport" for students' global development; National First-Class Undergraduate Major Construction Site, Heilongjiang Province First-Class Undergraduate Construction Major; Key Major in Heilongjiang Province during both the 11th Five-Year Plan and 12th Five-Year Plan periods, and a key construction major at Northeast Forestry University; Grants academic degrees including Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering, Professional Master, and Doctoral Degree.

Feature 2: The institution boasts a robust faculty team with a high proportion of senior professional titles. 81.5% of faculty members hold doctoral degrees, with over 40% possessing international exchange, study, or work experience. The faculty demonstrates high academic standards and rigorous academic ethos. Strong research capabilities are evidenced by abundant research funding and research achievements. The institution maintains 11 university-level key courses and has been awarded three first prizes and 4 second prizes in provincial-level teaching achievement awards.

Feature 3: The institution boasts well-established experimental teaching facilities and has co-established eight internship bases with enterprises. It maintains good cooperative relationships with leading domestic enterprises, including Suzhou Boss Robot Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai Tongjie Technology Co., Ltd., AirTAC (China) Co., Ltd., Acheng Relay Co., Ltd., Beijing Jinyu Tiantan Furniture Co., Ltd., and Shandong Taikai Group.

Feature IV: Select outstanding students to be recommended for admission to Master’s degree programs at “985” or “211” universities without entrance examinations; cultivate talents through multiple international collaboration pathways, with annual selection of top-performing undergraduates for overseas study programs at prestigious universities in the United States, Australia, and other countries (joint training partnerships).