The department is engaged in the training of specialists (bachelor’s and master’s degrees) in the development and operation of computer-integrated and automated control systems of various objects and processes and industries (household, food, oil and gas processing, chemical, etc.).

On September 1, 1964, the Department of Automation of Chemical Production was organized at the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute. The organizers of the department were prof. Ph.D. Yefimov V.T. and Prof., Ph.D. Lytvynenko I.I.

During the more than 60-year history of the department, more than 2,000 specialists in the field of automation of technological processes have graduated (including 60 people for foreign countries). 12 doctors and more than 50 candidates of technical sciences have been trained. 8 monographs, more than 2,500 articles, over 100 patents and copyright certificates for inventions have been published based on the developments of the department.

The department participates in the organization of annual international conferences and regularly presents its scientific achievements at international exhibitions.