Automation major in Baoding Campus of North China Electric Power University pays attention to the cultivation of applied talents and emphasizes the application and practice of automation technology in power system, energy field and industrial control field. The teaching content of this major includes knowledge and skills in power system automation, energy automation, control system design and simulation.

The automation major of Harbin Engineering University pays more attention to the in-depth exploration of basic theory and scientific research, and emphasizes the application and development of automation technology in aerospace, ocean engineering, robotics and other fields. The teaching content of this major includes control theory and signal processing, which is not as rich as Baoding automation course of North China Electric Power University.