Control Engineering and Automation Program was constructed based on similar domestic and international programs in 2014. The program aims to pass the audit of multiple international education organizations.
Before 2018:
After 2018:
The SEE, IU – VNU HCMC educates graduates with highly specialized knowledge and skills to:
- Be a capable Engineer who may contribute in different areas of Electrical and Electronic industries
- Be engaged in lifelong learning and researching to adapt rapid changes in the global economy and technologies
- Serve efficiently the community, society, and industry in an ethical and responsible manner
- Have professional working style and leadership.
All graduates from the School of Electrical Engineering should have:
an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
The program is an English-only course and the minimum number of total credits is 152, over a 4.5 year period. The curriculum map for the Control Engineering and Automation Program is illustrated below:
The description of the courses in the Control Engineering and Automation program: Course description – CEA Program.
Please contact the office of the School of Electrical Engineering for further inquiries regarding the courses’ syllabi of the Control Engineering and Automation Program.
The English entrance exam will determine which level of English complementary class each student would have to attend, together with their official course. From the lowest to the highest level, the English entrance exam score is divided as follows:
- Academic English 1 ( TOEFL iBT ≥ 56 or IELTS ≥ 5.5 ) ***
- Intensive English 2 ( TOEFL iBT ≥ 35 or IELTS ≥ 5.0 )***
- Intensive English 1 ( TOEFL iBT < 35 or IELTS < 5.0 )***
- Intensive English 0 ( IELTS < 4.5 )***
*** Last update 08/08/2023
All students at the Intensive English 0 level will have to complete the IE0 program before beginning the Intensive English 1 course.
Freshman Year (1st year) | ||||||
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | |||||
MA001IU | Calculus 1 | 4 | MA003IU | Calculus 2 | 4 | |
PH013IU | Physics 1 (Mechanics) | 2 | PH014IU | Physics 2 (Thermodynamics) | 2 | |
EN007IU | Writing AE1 | 2 | MA027IU | Applied Linear Algebra | 2 | |
EN008IU | Listening AE1 | 2 | EN011IU | Writing AE2 | 2 | |
PT001IU | Physical Training 1 | 0 | EN012IU | Speaking AE2 | 2 | |
EEAC001IU | Materials Science & Engineering | 3 | EE049IU | Introduction to EE | 3 | |
EE050IU | Intro to Computer for Engineers | 3 | PE021IU | General Laws | 3 | |
PT002IU | Physical Training 2 | 0 | ||||
Total Credits | 16 | Total Credits | 18 | |||
Summer Session | ||||||
Total Credits | 0 | |||||
Sophomore Year (2nd year) | ||||||
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | |||||
PE015IU | Philosophy of Marxism and Leninism | 3 | MA026IU | Probability& Random Process | 3 | |
EEAC021IU | Mathematics for Engineers | 4 | MA024IU | Differential Equations | 4 | |
EE051IU | Principles of EE 1 | 3 | PH012IU | Physics 4 (Optics & Atomics) | 2 | |
EE052IU | Principles of EE 1 Lab | 1 | EE055IU | Principles of EE 2 | 3 | |
EE057IU | Programming for Engineers | 3 | EE056IU | Principles of EE 2 Lab | 1 | |
EE058IU | Programming for Engineers Lab | 1 | PE017IU | Scientific socialism | 2 | |
PE016IU | Political economics of Marxism and Leninism | 2 | EE053IU | Digital Logic Design | 3 | |
EE054IU | Digital Logic Design Lab | 1 | ||||
Total Credits | 17 | Total Credits | 19 | |||
Summer Session | ||||||
Military Training | ||||||
Junior Year (3rd year) | ||||||
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | |||||
EE088IU | Signals & Systems | 3 | EE092IU | Digital Signal Processing | 3 | |
EE089IU | Signals & Systems Lab | 1 | EE093IU | Digital Signal Processing Lab | 1 | |
EE083IU | Micro-processing Systems | 3 | EEAC006IU | Programmable Logic Control | 3 | |
EE084IU | Micro-processing Systems Lab | 1 | EEAC007IU | Programmable Logic Control Lab | 1 | |
EE010IU | Electromagnetic Theory | 3 | EE130IU | Capstone Design 1 | 2 | |
EE090IU | Electronics Devices | 3 | EEAC020IU | Theory of Automatic Control | 4 | |
EE091IU | Electronics Devices Lab | 1 | PE—IU | Engineering Ethics and Critical Thinking | 3 | |
PE018IU | History of Vietnamese Communist Party | 2 | ||||
Total Credits | 17 | Total Credits | 17 | |||
Summer Session | ||||||
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Senior Year (4th year) | ||||||
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | |||||
EE131IU | Capstone Design 2 | 2 | EE107IU | Senior Project | 2 | |
EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 01 | 4 | EE114IU | Entrepreneurship | 3 | |
EEAC004IU | PC Based Control and SCADA System | 3 | EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 02 | 3 | |
EEAC005IU | PC Based Control and SCADA System Lab | 1 | EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 03 | 3 | |
General Elective | 3 | EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 04 | 3 | ||
EEAC008IU | Sensors and Instrumentation | 3 | EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 05 | 3 | |
PE019IU | Ho Chi Minh’s Thoughts | 2 | ||||
Total Credits | 18 | Total Credits | 17 | |||
Summer Session | ||||||
EE112IU | Summer Internship | 3 | ||||
Senior Year (5th year) | ||||||
EE097IU | Thesis | 10 | ||||
Total Credits | 10 | Total Credits | 17 | |||
Freshman Year (1st year) | |||||
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||||
MA001IU | Calculus 1 | 4 | |||
IE2 | EN007IU | Writing AE1 | 2 | ||
EN008IU | Listening AE1 | 2 | |||
PT001IU | Physical Training 1 | 0 | PH013IU | Physics 1 (Mechanics) | 2 |
EE049IU | Introduction to EE | 3 | |||
MA027IU | Applied Linear Algebra | 2 | |||
PE021IU | General Laws | 3 | |||
PT002IU | Physical Training 2 | 0 | |||
Total Credits | 0 | Total Credits | 18 | ||
Summer Session | |||||
PH014IU | Physics 2 (Thermodynamics) | 2 | EN011IU | Writing AE2 | 2 |
MA003IU | Calculus 2 | 4 | EN012IU | Speaking AE2 | 2 |
Total Credits | 10 | ||||
Sophomore Year (2nd year) | |||||
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||||
EEAC001IU | Materials Science & Engineering | 3 | MA026IU | Probability& Random Process | 3 |
EEAC021IU | Mathematics for Engineers | 4 | MA024IU | Differential Equations | 4 |
EE050IU | Intro to Computer for Engineers | 3 | EE055IU | Principles of EE 2 | 3 |
EE051IU | Principles of EE 1 | 3 | EE056IU | Principles of EE 2 Lab | 1 |
EE052IU | Principles of EE 1 Lab | 1 | EE053IU | Digital Logic Design | 3 |
EE057IU | Programming for Engineers | 3 | EE054IU | Digital Logic Design Lab | 1 |
EE058IU | Programming for Engineers Lab | 1 | PE015IU | Philosophy of Marxism and Leninism | 3 |
Total Credits | 18 | Total Credits | 18 | ||
Summer Session | |||||
Military Training | |||||
Junior Year (3rd year) | |||||
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||||
EE088IU | Signals & Systems | 3 | PE017IU | Scientific socialism | 2 |
EE089IU | Signals & Systems Lab | 1 | EE010IU | Electromagnetic Theory | 3 |
EE083IU | Micro-processing Systems | 3 | EEAC006IU | Programmable Logic Control | 3 |
EE084IU | Micro-processing Systems Lab | 1 | EEAC007IU | Programmable Logic Control Lab | 1 |
EE090IU | Electronics Devices | 3 | EE130IU | Capstone Design 1 | 2 |
EE091IU | Electronics Devices Lab | 1 | EEAC020IU | Theory of Automatic Control | 4 |
PE—IU | Engineering Ethics and Critical Thinking | 3 | PH012IU | Physics 4 (Optics & Atomics) | 2 |
PE016IU | Political economics of Marxism and Leninism | 2 | |||
Total Credits | 17 | Total Credits | 17 | ||
Summer Session | |||||
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Senior Year (4th year) | |||||
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||||
EE131IU | Capstone Design 2 | 2 | EE107IU | Senior Project | 2 |
EE092IU | Digital Signal Processing | 3 | EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 01 | 3 |
EE093IU | Digital Signal Processing Lab | 1 | EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 02 | 3 |
EEAC004IU | PC Based Control and SCADA System | 3 | EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 03 | 3 |
EEAC005IU | PC Based Control and SCADA System Lab | 1 | EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 04 | 3 |
EEAC008IU | Sensors and Instrumentation | 3 | EE114IU | Entrepreneurship | 3 |
PE018IU | History of Vietnamese Communist Party | 2 | PE019IU | Ho Chi Minh’s Thoughts | 2 |
General Elective | 3 | ||||
Total Credits | 18 | Total Credits | 19 | ||
Summer Session | |||||
EE112IU | Summer Internship | 3 | |||
Senior Year (5th year) | |||||
EE097IU | Thesis | 10 | |||
EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 05 | 4 | |||
Total Credits | 14 | Total Credits | 0 | ||
Freshman Year (1st year) | |||||
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||||
IE1 | MA001IU | Calculus 1 | 4 | ||
IE2 | EN007IU | Writing AE1 | 2 | ||
EN008IU | Listening AE1 | 2 | |||
PH013IU | Physics 1 (Mechanics) | 2 | |||
EE049IU | Introduction to EE | 3 | |||
MA027IU | Applied Linear Algebra | 2 | |||
PE021IU | General Laws | 3 | |||
PT001IU | Physical Training 1 | 0 | |||
Total Credits | 0 | Total Credits | 18 | ||
Summer Session | |||||
PH014IU | Physics 2 (Thermodynamics) | 2 | EN011IU | Writing AE2 | 2 |
MA003IU | Calculus 2 | 4 | EN012IU | Speaking AE2 | 2 |
Total Credits | 10 | ||||
Sophomore Year (2nd year) | |||||
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||||
EEAC001IU | Materials Science & Engineering | 3 | MA026IU | Probability& Random Process | 3 |
EEAC021IU | Mathematics for Engineers | 4 | MA024IU | Differential Equations | 4 |
EE050IU | Intro to Computer for Engineers | 3 | EE055IU | Principles of EE 2 | 3 |
EE051IU | Principles of EE 1 | 3 | EE056IU | Principles of EE 2 Lab | 1 |
EE052IU | Principles of EE 1 Lab | 1 | EE053IU | Digital Logic Design | 3 |
EE057IU | Programming for Engineers | 3 | EE054IU | Digital Logic Design Lab | 1 |
EE058IU | Programming for Engineers Lab | 1 | PE015IU | Philosophy of Marxism and Leninism | 3 |
PT002IU | Physical Training 2 | 0 | |||
Total Credits | 18 | Total Credits | 18 | ||
Summer Session | |||||
Military Training | |||||
Junior Year (3rd year) | |||||
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||||
EE088IU | Signals & Systems | 3 | PE017IU | Scientific socialism | 2 |
EE089IU | Signals & Systems Lab | 1 | EE010IU | Electromagnetic Theory | 3 |
EE083IU | Micro-processing Systems | 3 | EEAC006IU | Programmable Logic Control | 3 |
EE084IU | Micro-processing Systems Lab | 1 | EEAC007IU | Programmable Logic Control Lab | 1 |
EE090IU | Electronics Devices | 3 | EE130IU | Capstone Design 1 | 2 |
EE091IU | Electronics Devices Lab | 1 | EEAC020IU | Theory of Automatic Control | 4 |
PE—IU | Engineering Ethics and Critical Thinking | 3 | PH012IU | Physics 4 (Optics & Atomics) | 2 |
PE016IU | Political economics of Marxism and Leninism | 2 | |||
Total Credits | 17 | Total Credits | 17 | ||
Summer Session | |||||
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Senior Year (4th year) | |||||
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||||
EE131IU | Capstone Design 2 | 2 | EE107IU | Senior Project | 2 |
EE092IU | Digital Signal Processing | 3 | EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 01 | 3 |
EE093IU | Digital Signal Processing Lab | 1 | EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 02 | 3 |
EEAC004IU | PC Based Control and SCADA System | 3 | EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 03 | 3 |
EEAC005IU | PC Based Control and SCADA System Lab | 1 | EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 04 | 3 |
EEAC008IU | Sensors and Instrumentation | 3 | EE114IU | Entrepreneurship | 3 |
PE018IU | History of Vietnamese Communist Party | 2 | PE019IU | Ho Chi Minh’s Thoughts | 2 |
General Elective | 3 | ||||
Total Credits | 18 | Total Credits | 19 | ||
Summer Session | |||||
EE112IU | Summer Internship | 3 | |||
Senior Year (5th year) | |||||
EE097IU | Thesis | 10 | |||
EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 05 | 4 | |||
Total Credits | 14 | Total Credits | 0 | ||
Freshman Year (1st year) | ||||||
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | |||||
IE0 | IE2 | |||||
IE1 | PT001IU | Physical Training 1 | 0 | |||
Total Credits | 0 | Total Credits | 0 | |||
Summer Session | ||||||
MA001IU | Calculus 1 | 4 | EN007IU | Writing AE1 | 2 | |
PH013IU | Physics 1 (Mechanics) | 2 | EN008IU | Listening AE1 | 2 | |
Total Credits | 10 | |||||
Sophomore Year (2nd year) | ||||||
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | |||||
MA003IU | Calculus 2 | 4 | PT002IU | Physical Training 2 | 0 | |
MA027IU | Applied Linear Algebra | 2 | EE049IU | Introduction to EE | 3 | |
EEAC001IU | Materials Science & Engineering | 3 | EE053IU | Digital Logic Design | 3 | |
EN011IU | Writing AE2 | 2 | EE054IU | Digital Logic Design Lab | 1 | |
EN012IU | Speaking AE2 | 2 | EE057IU | Programming for Engineers | 3 | |
EE050IU | Intro to Computer for Engineers | 3 | EE058IU | Programming for Engineers Lab | 1 | |
EE051IU | Principles of EE 1 | 3 | PH014IU | Physics 2 (Thermodynamics) | 2 | |
EE052IU | Principles of EE 1 Lab | 1 | EEAC021IU | Mathematics for Engineers | 4 | |
MA024IU | Differential Equations | 4 | ||||
Total Credits | 20 | Total Credits | 21 | |||
Summer Session | ||||||
Military Training | ||||||
Total Credits | 0 | |||||
Junior Year (3rd year) | ||||||
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | |||||
EE083IU | Micro-processing Systems | 3 | EE088IU | Signals & Systems | 3 | |
EE084IU | Micro-processing Systems Lab | 1 | EE089IU | Signals & Systems Lab | 1 | |
EE055IU | Principles of EE 2 | 3 | EE010IU | Electromagnetic Theory | 3 | |
EE056IU | Principles of EE 2 Lab | 1 | EE131IU | Capstone Design 1 | 2 | |
MA026IU | Probability& Random Process | 3 | EEAC020IU | Theory of Automatic Control | 4 | |
PH012IU | Physics 4 (Optics & Atomics) | 2 | EE090IU | Electronics Devices | 3 | |
PE015IU | Philosophy of Marxism and Leninism | 3 | EE091IU | Electronics Devices Lab | 1 | |
PE021IU | General Laws | 3 | General Elective | 3 | ||
Total Credits | 19 | Total Credits | 20 | |||
Summer Session | ||||||
PE018IU | History of Vietnamese Communist Party | 2 | PE016IU | Political economics of Marxism and Leninism | 2 | |
Total Credits | 4 | |||||
Senior Year (4th year) | ||||||
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | |||||
EE092IU | Digital Signal Processing | 3 | EE107IU | Senior Project | 2 | |
EE093IU | Digital Signal Processing Lab | 1 | EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 01 | 3 | |
EEAC004IU | PC Based Control and SCADA System | 3 | EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 02 | 3 | |
EEAC005IU | PC Based Control and SCADA System Lab | 1 | PE—IU | Engineering Ethics and Critical Thinking | 3 | |
EEAC008IU | Sensors and Instrumentation | 3 | EE114IU | Entrepreneurship | 3 | |
EE131IU | Capstone Design 2 | 2 | PE019IU | Ho Chi Minh’s Thoughts | 2 | |
EEAC006IU | Programmable Logic Control | 3 | EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 03 | 3 | |
EEAC007IU | Programmable Logic Control Lab | 1 | ||||
PE017IU | Scientific socialism | 2 | ||||
Total Credits | 19 | Total Credits | 19 | |||
Summer Session | ||||||
EE112IU | Summer Internship | 3 |
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Senior Year (5th year) | ||||||
EE097IU | Thesis | 10 |
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EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 04 | 3 |
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EEAC–IU | AC Elective Course 05 | 4 |
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Total Credits | 17 |
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These electives give students the opportunity to explore any intellectual area. This freedom plays a critical role in helping students to define minor concentrations in areas such as bioengineering, technology, and management, languages, or other engineering schools. You have to take 01 course from the following list:
| Subject’s ID | Subjects | Credit(s) |
| BA003IU | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BA006IU | Business Communication | 3 |
| BA027IU | E-Commerce | 3 |
| BA098IU | Leadership | 3 |
| BA117IU | Introduction to Micro Economics | 3 |
| BA120IU | Business Computing Skills | 3 |
| ENEE1001IU | Engineering Drawing | 3 (2+1 lab) |
| PE014IU | Environmental Science | 3 |
| ENEE2008IU | Environmental Ecology | 3 |
| CE103IU+04 | Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD)+Practice CAD | 3 + 1 |
| CE211IU | Hydrology – Hydraulics | 3 |
| IT069IU | Object-Oriented Programming | 3 |
| BM030IU | Machine Design | 3 |
| IS085IU | CAD/CAM/CNC | 3 (2+1 lab) |
| IS019IU | Production Management | 3 |
| IS034IU | Product Design & Development | 3 |
| IS040IU | Management Information System | 3 |
| IS065IU | Supply Security and Risk Management | 3 |
| PH027IU | Earth observation and the environment | 3 |
| PH018IU | Introduction to Space Engineering | 3 |
| PH035IU | Introduction to Space Communications | 3 |
| PH036IU | Remote Sensing | 3 |
| PH037IU | Space Environment | 3 |
| PH040IU | Satellite Technology | 3 |
| EL017IU | Language and Culture | 3 |
| EL018IL | Cross-Cultural Communication | 3 |
| EL021IL | Global Englishes | 3 |
| EE072IU | Computer and Communication Network | 3 |
These courses are chosen by the school’s Board. The elective requirement gives each student freedom to define a technical course of study in electrical engineering. Choices should be made with care, planning, and consultation with student’s advisor. You have to take at least 5 courses (or equivalent to 16 credits in total) from the following list:
| Subject’s ID | Subjects | Credit(s) |
| EE061IU EE062IU | Analog Electronics Analog Electronics Laboratory | 3 1 |
| EEAC011IU EEAC012IU | Automation Manufacturing System and Technique Automation Manufacturing System and Technique Laboratory | 3 1 |
| EEAC013IU | Power System and Equipment | 3 |
| EEAC014IU | Neuron Network and Fuzzy Logics | 3 |
| EEAC015IU | Robotics | 3 |
| EEAC016IU | Industrial Electronics | 3 |
| EEAC017IU | Digital Control | 3 |
| EEAC009IU | Electric Safety | 3 |
| EEAC010IU | Electric Machine | 3 |
| EE104IU EE118IU | Embedded Real-time Systems Embedded Real-time Systems Laboratory | 3 1 |
| EE102IU | Stochastic Signal Processing | 3 |
| EE103IU EE122IU | Image Processing and Computer Vision Image Processing and Computer Vision Laboratory | 3 1 |
| EEAC018IU | Advanced Control Engineering | 3 |
| EEAC019IU | System Diagnostic | 3 |
| EE068IU EE115IU | Principles of Communication Principles of Communication Laboratory | 3 1 |
| EE079IU EEAC003IU | Power Electronics Power Electronics Laboratory | 3 1 |
| EE127IU | Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence | 3 |
| EE133IU | Emerging Engineering Technologies | 3 |