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:

  1. Be a capable Engineer who may contribute in different areas of Electrical and Electronic industries
  2. Be engaged in lifelong learning and researching to adapt rapid changes in the global economy and technologies
  3. Serve efficiently the community, society, and industry in an ethical and responsible manner
  4. Have professional working style and leadership.

All graduates from the School of Electrical Engineering should have:

  1. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.

  2. 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.

  3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.

  7. 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:

  1. Academic English 1 ( TOEFL iBT ≥ 56 or IELTS ≥ 5.5 ) ***
  2. Intensive English 2 ( TOEFL iBT ≥ 35 or IELTS ≥ 5.0 )***
  3. Intensive English 1 ( TOEFL iBT < 35 or IELTS < 5.0 )***
  4. 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

   

 

 

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

   

 

 

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

   

 

 

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

 

 

Senior Year (5th year)

EE097IU

Thesis

10

 

 

EEAC–IU

AC Elective Course 04

3

 

 

EEAC–IU

AC Elective Course 05

4

 

 

Total Credits

17

 

 

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 SubjectsCredit(s)
BA003IU Principles of Marketing3
BA006IU Business Communication3
BA027IU E-Commerce3
BA098IU Leadership3
BA117IU Introduction to Micro Economics3
BA120IU Business Computing Skills3
ENEE1001IU Engineering Drawing3 (2+1 lab)
PE014IU Environmental Science3
ENEE2008IU Environmental Ecology3
CE103IU+04 Computer-Aided Design and Drafting
 (CADD)+Practice CAD
3 + 1
CE211IU  Hydrology – Hydraulics3
IT069IU Object-Oriented Programming3
BM030IU Machine Design 3
IS085IU CAD/CAM/CNC3 (2+1 lab)
IS019IU Production Management3
IS034IU Product Design & Development3
IS040IU Management Information System3
IS065IU Supply Security and Risk Management3
PH027IU Earth observation and the environment3
PH018IU  Introduction to Space Engineering3
PH035IU  Introduction to Space Communications3
PH036IU Remote Sensing3
PH037IU Space Environment3
PH040IU Satellite Technology3
EL017IU Language and Culture3
EL018IL Cross-Cultural Communication3
EL021IL Global Englishes3
EE072IU Computer and Communication Network3

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 SubjectsCredit(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 Equipment3
EEAC014IU Neuron Network and Fuzzy Logics3
EEAC015IU Robotics3
EEAC016IU Industrial Electronics3
EEAC017IU Digital Control3
EEAC009IU Electric Safety3
EEAC010IU Electric Machine3
EE104IU
EE118IU
 Embedded Real-time Systems
 Embedded Real-time Systems Laboratory
3
1
EE102IU Stochastic Signal Processing3
EE103IU
EE122IU
 Image Processing and Computer Vision
 Image Processing and Computer Vision Laboratory
3
1
EEAC018IU Advanced Control Engineering3
EEAC019IU System Diagnostic3
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 Intelligence3
EE133IU Emerging Engineering Technologies3