The School of Information Engineering was founded in 2003, formerly known as the Department of Information Technology. Along with the increasing demand for talents in the information technology industry, the school has developed into the largest school of the university with the largest number of majors and students.
Meeting the needs of national strategies and focusing on the construction of new engineering courses, the School of Information Engineering has been actively planning for the construction of majors following the pace with the times. At present, the school has three undergraduate majors: Digital Media Technology, IoT Engineering Technology, and Big Data Engineering Technology, all of which have granted for admission qualification as full-time “college to university” programs. The Digital Media Technology is the experimental major of Shanghai “secondary school to university” program; Big Data Engineering Technology is one of the first-class majors in Shanghai. There are eight vocational majors: Computer Application Technology (Shanghai 085 key construction specialty), Computer Network Technology, Digital Media Technology, IoT Application Technology, Big Data Technology (experimental “dual certification” major of Shanghai Education Commission), Computer Application Technology-AI, UAV Application Technology (key construction major in 2023), and Digital Media Technology-E-sports and Webcast. All the majors are industry-education integrated and the experimental of the Ministry of Education 1+X majors (1 examination and 12 experimental majors granted). The School of Information Engineering now has more than 2,500 students and has gradually been upgrading the existing vocational majors to undergraduate majors, and has effectively connected both vocational and undergraduate majors to promote students’ skills.