Postgraduate in control and systems engineering department has been founded in (1975-1976) in order to create specialized staffs to keep pace with the industrial developments in that time. First cycle of Higher Diploma in Applied Computer Engineering has been first opened and it was only one year to get higher diploma certificate.

Six cycles have been graduated since (1982-1981) ,the number of graduates was (102).then a common study in form of institute was established between the university of technology and the national center of computers (which was linked with the ministry of planning at that time) and then it linked with the ministry of higher education and research (today it is called as Iraqi Commission for Computers and Informatics ).

In the year (1976-1977), the department opened the master's study in control and instruments engineering as well as computers engineering. Ph.D. study in control and computers engineering has been opened in 1995 and master's study in mechatronics engineering has been introduced in 1996 and Ph.D. study for the same discipline in 2002. Since the late nineties, there were three courses graduation for doctorate degree and three for master’s degree for the three fields:

1- Control and Instruments Engineering.
2- Computer Engineering.
3- Mechatronics Engineering.