Information and measuring technologies is a fundamental engineering, technological, and applied scientific field responsible for obtaining, processing, analyzing, verifying, and ensuring the regulatory and legal reliability of primary information about real-world objects and processes.
No modern automated system, industrial enterprise, medical diagnostic center, laboratory, defense complex, or IT system of the Internet of Things (IoT) can function without accurate, reliable, and comparable data. A specialist in this field is an engineer and developer of measuring systems, a metrologist, and an expert in modern automation, quality control, certification, and standardization.
The training of specialists in information and measuring technologies is built around the following key objects:
- measuring equipment and instruments: electronic, optical, acoustic, microprocessor, and computer-integrated measuring devices, primary transducers (sensors), measuring systems, and complexes;
- reference base and traceability: national and working standards of physical units, standard reference materials for the composition and properties of substances, unit size transfer, and ensuring the comparability of measurement results;
- methods and procedures: methods of measurement, quality control, non-destructive and destructive testing, technical diagnostics, and object identification;
- metrological support: metrological expertise, verification, calibration, testing of measuring instruments, and evaluation of measurement uncertainty and errors;
- regulatory framework and quality: national and international standards (ISO, IEC, OIML, EN), conformity assessment procedures (certification, laboratory accreditation under ISO/IEC 17025), and quality management systems (ISO 9001);
- digital processing and automation: software for control and measuring systems, data acquisition (DAQ/SCADA), virtual instruments (LabVIEW), computer processing, and visualization of measurement results.
Learning objectives by higher education levels:
First (Bachelor's) level — training specialists capable of comprehensive problem solving in the development, installation, configuration, and operation of measuring instruments, using data processing methods, and carrying out metrological work.
Main focuses of Bachelor's degree training:
- mastering physical and mathematical fundamentals of measurement, error theory, electronics, circuit design, and microprocessor devices;
- programming for acquisition and processing of measurement data (C/C++, Python, LabVIEW, MATLAB);
- conducting testing, quality control, calibration, and verification of standard measuring instruments;
- working with regulatory and technical documentation, ISO standards, accreditation, and certification regulations.
Second (Master's) level — training specialists capable of developing new and improving existing measuring instruments, designing and implementing systems for standardization and conformity assessment, and applying modern IT to automate metrological activities and carry out applied scientific research.
Main focuses of Master's degree training:
- designing complex information and measuring systems (IMS), Smart Sensor Networks, and virtual instruments;
- evaluating measurement uncertainty in complex experiments, processing multidimensional measurement signals and Big Data;
- developing and implementing quality management systems in enterprises, preparing laboratories for international accreditation;
- managing projects for technical control automation, conformity assessment, and metrological supervision.
Third (Educational-Scientific) level — training highly qualified scientific and pedagogical personnel capable of conducting fundamental and applied scientific research, developing new measurement principles, primary transducers, and new methods for reproducing reference units.
Main focuses of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) training:
- scientific research in precision measurements, nanodetecting, quantum metrology, and sensing based on new physical principles;
- creating mathematical models and theories for processing information and measurement processes in complex biomedical, environmental, and space systems;
- publishing research findings in specialized and international scientific journals (Scopus / Web of Science);
- teaching activities in higher education institutions, participating in the work of international metrological organizations (BIPM, EURAMET).
Key graduate competencies:
- development and programming of measuring instruments — designing electronic and microprocessor measuring devices, developing virtual instruments (LabVIEW), writing firmware for microcontrollers;
- metrology and calibration — evaluation of uncertainty and errors, verification/calibration of instruments, development of measurement execution procedures;
- control automation (DAQ/SCADA) — building automated Data Acquisition Systems, integrating sensors into industrial controllers and IoT networks;
- standardization and quality services — auditing quality systems according to ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 17025, developing enterprise standards, preparing products for certification;
- technical diagnostics — applying non-destructive testing methods (ultrasonic, optical, thermal), analyzing system reliability and fault tolerance.
Graduates of Specialty G6 Information and Measuring Technologies have a versatile profile and secure employment across a wide range of fields:
- metrological centers and laboratories: metrology engineer, verification and calibration specialist in national metrological institutes (e.g., SE "Ukrmetrteststandard") and accredited testing laboratories;
- instrument development and manufacturing: Hardware / Test Engineer, design engineer of control and measuring instruments, developer of embedded measurement systems;
- industry and instrumentation & control (I&C): automation and instrumentation engineer, quality control engineer in mechanical engineering, energy, pharmaceutical, food, and chemical industries;
- certification and accreditation bodies: product conformity assessment expert, standardization and quality management specialist (QA/QC Manager);
- healthcare, environmental, and defense sectors: medical equipment engineer (diagnostic machinery), environmental monitoring specialist, testing engineer for specialized and military equipment;
- science and education (for PhD and Master's graduates): researcher at research institutes, lecturer in computer-integrated and measuring technologies at higher education institutions.
Training is provided by:
- Department of Intelligent Measuring Systems and Quality Engineering (303);
- Department of Doctoral and Postgraduate Studies.
Education is provided under the following educational programs:
| Educational Program | Degree | Mode of Study | Duration of Study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information and Measuring Technologies for Product Quality Assurance | Bachelor based on complete general secondary education | Full-time and part-time | 3 years and 10 months |
| Quality, Standardization, and Certification | Master, professional educational program | Full-time and part-time | 1 year and 4 months |
| Quality and Information-Measuring Systems | Doctor of Philosophy | Full-time and part-time | 4 years |