The answer is: there is no automation major in the postgraduate entrance examination of Northwest University. There is no such major as control engineering and control theory.

Extended data

Northwest University master's degree authorized disciplines are as follows:

39 first-level disciplines

Philosophy, theoretical economics, applied economics, law, political science?

Sociology, Marxist theory, China language and literature, foreign language and literature, journalism and communication?

Archaeology, China history, world history, mathematics, physics?

History of chemistry, geography, geology, biology, science and technology

Ecology, statistics, optical engineering, electronic science and technology, information and communication engineering?

Computer science and technology, chemical engineering and technology, geological resources and geological engineering, environmental science and engineering, urban and rural planning?

Software engineering, Chinese medicine, management science and engineering, business administration, public administration?

Library information and archives management, art theory, drama, film and television, art?

Two disciplines gate 8

Higher education, educational technology, applied psychology, solid geophysics

Material physics and chemistry, chemical process machinery, oil and gas field development engineering, food science