About
Our department delivers education and research in control and learning systems.
We give basic and advanced-level courses in control and learning within the regular engineering programme to students from different areas of engineering.
Our vision: We are a world-class department that educates, explores, and advances control technology
In 2020 we launched an international Master's programme in Systems, Learning, and Control (in collaboration with the departments of Mathematics, Computer Science and Electrical and Information Technology). We also have a PhD programme with about 25–30 active students who specialize in various theories and applications of automatic control.
The department is hosting several large research projects funded by the European Commission and Swedish public and private funding agencies. There is also active collaboration with industry.
The history of Automatic Control
The Department of Automatic Control at LTH was founded in 1965 by Karl Johan Åström. The unit rapidly established itself as a world leader in the areas of System Identification, Computer Aided Modeling, and Adaptive Control. Following Åström’s retirement in 1999, the department is still operating as a single tightly integrated unit, now under the leadership of Karl-Erik Årzén. It has expanded its reputation into many new and emerging research areas, including Large-Scale Systems and Learning, Autonomous Real-Time Systems, and Innovative Control Applications. Furthermore, the department maintains a commitment to excellence in teaching in all three cycles of higher education. So far, around 150 PhD theses and more than 1200 master's theses have been completed within the department.
