The undergraduate major Electrical Engineering and Automation belongs to the electrical science and engineering field.This major trains the basic capabilities in the aspects such as engineering design, system analysis, system operation, scientific research and technology development in the fields of electrical engineering, automation, information technology, and electronic and computer technology applications and so on. It has wide-caliber "versatile" senior engineering technology talents with not only the professional knowledge and skills in the aspect of electrical engineering, but also the basic knowledge and basic skills of automation and information technology, and with wide specialties and strong adaptability, who develop comprehensively in professional fields such as motion control, high performance power conversion, electric system automation, and information and electronics, with high comprehensive quality, solid theoretical basis and strong innovation capabilities. This major is characterized by the combination of strong and weak electricity, software and hardware, components and systems, operation and manufacturing. The students mainly learn the engineering technology basis and the certain professional knowledge in relatively wide fields such as electrical engineering theory, power electronics, electromagnetic device design technology, electrical energy conversion technology, microelectronic technology, computer technology and system control theory, and receive basic training in the aspects of electrical engineering, automation and computer technology and applications.The main employment industries for graduates of this major include electrical engineering industry, information industry, electric system and operation departments, government agencies and scientific research institutes, and national defense industry.The major has wide employment range and strong adaptability, and the one-time employment is above 98%.

In the face of the professional field of electrical engineering and automation, this major implements the party's education policy and adheres to foster virtue through education, aiming to train patriotic and enterprising professional technicians and industry backbones with solid professional skills, good engineering professional quality and occupational ethics, relatively strong engineering practice, engineering organization and leadership capabilities, and engineering innovative consciousness and international competitiveness that meet the development needs of the innovative country, and are dedicated to the electrical science and engineering field that is closely related to the development of the national economy, and have the quality and capability to continue to study for master's and doctoral degrees.