Compete with your degree project in Automation Student

Now is the time to nominate this year's degree project within automation. Did you write it? Nominate yourself or someone else by August 31. The winning entry receives a scholarship of SEK 20,000.

To emphasise the importance of stable regeneration within the field of automation, Automation Region arranges an annual student competition for the best automation related degree project – Automation Student.

The award has been distributed since 2010 by Automation Region at MDU, Svenska Mässan (the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre) and the trade association Svensk Automation (the Swedish Automation Trade Association).

Competition rules

Competition degree projects must have been carried out within the field of automation and production technology. Automation encompasses automation technology solutions within the process industry, discrete manufacturing, logistics and property. The field of production technology comprises basic control and regulation technology, process optimization and production management as well as hardware and related software technology.

Automation Student is open to students from higher vocational education and from three- or five-year higher education and university programmes. The competition degree projects must have been carried out during 2021 or later.

The closing date for applications to Automation Student 2022 is August 31.