The Department of AT was founded on November 1, 1960 together with the Faculty of Automation, Telemechanics and Communications (ATC) and was the first graduating department for the training of railway automation specialists in Ukraine.
The department is a graduate, in two specialties: 174- Automation, computer-integrated technologies and robotics 273 – Railway transport
The department has 3 doctors of technical sciences, 4 professors, 3 academicians and 1 corresponding member of the Transport Academy of Ukraine, 11 associate professors and 3 senior lecturers.