The automation major of Shanghai Southwest Engineering School focuses on cultivating compound senior technical management talents who know how to install and debug, and integrate the system management, design, development and application maintenance of computer control system, motor drive and speed regulation system, automatic detection system, numerical control system and intelligent instrument, and mainly study automation operation related courses.

Shanghai Southwest Engineering School is a full-time secondary specialized school. It is one hundred key secondary vocational schools in Shanghai, civilized units in Minhang District, garden units in Minhang District, safety units in Minhang District, anti-drug demonstration schools in Minhang District, advanced units of national CAD training, demonstration units of national education network system and demonstration sites of international cooperation projects on adolescent health. There are 55 classes in the school, with nearly 2,500 students and 0/20 teachers.