- to know theoretical bases and methodology of scientific researches;
- be able to use modern mathematical apparatus during research;
- be able to independently carry out scientific research;
- be able to draw up and present the results of scientific research

- prerequisites: - technological objects and production processes; automation of technological processes of different industries;
- requisites: - modeling and optimization of control systems; practice on the topic of master's qualification work.

The role of scientific research in the preparation of highly qualified masters-scientists. Scientific organization of the research process. Content and stages of scientific research. The process of scientific research in the field of automation and instrumentation. Rationale for the scientific problem and the topic of research in the master's qualification work. Independent work of the student in the system of scientific researches. Designing the results of scientific research and putting them into practice.

1. Filipenko AS Fundamentals of Scientific Research / S.F. Filipenko - Kyiv: Academic Publishers, 2005. - 208 p.
2. Romanchikov VI Fundamentals of Scientific Research / V.I. Romanchikov - Kyiv, Publisher: Center for Educational Literature, 2007. - 254 p.
3. Martsin VS Fundamentals of Scientific Research: Educ. manual / V.S. Martsin, N.G. Mitsenko, OA Danilenko and others. - Lviv: Romus-Polygraph, 2002. - 128 p.
4. Organization of Science and Research in Ukraine [Electronic resource] / Info Press. - Access mode: http://www.infolibrary.com/books-text-8390.htmlForms and methods of learning: lectures, practical classes, independent work.

Current control (70%): individual research assignment, oral examination;
Final control (100%, control measure credit); oral form (30%).