The School of Information Engineering was founded in 2003, formerly known as the Department of Information Technology. With the continuous expansion of talent demand in the information technology industry, it has now developed into the second level college with the largest number of majors and the largest student scale in the school. At present, it is a vice chairman unit of the Drone Education Professional Committee of the China Education Technology Association, a talent reserve base of the Integrated Circuit Branch of the China Semiconductor Industry Association, and a director unit of the Cisco Network Technology College.
The School of Information Engineering actively aligns with national strategic needs, focuses on the construction of new engineering disciplines, keeps pace with the times, and actively carries out professional layout. Currently, it has four undergraduate majors: Digital Media Technology, Internet of Things Engineering Technology, Big Data Engineering Technology, and Artificial Intelligence Engineering Technology, all of which have the qualification for full-time college to undergraduate enrollment. Among them, the Digital Media Technology major is a pilot major of China University to University Integration in Shanghai, The Big Data Engineering Technology major is a first-class professional group in Shanghai; There are seven vocational majors and directions available, including Computer Application Technology (Shanghai 085 Key Construction Major), Digital Media Technology, Internet of Things Application Technology, Big Data Technology (Shanghai Education Commission Dual Certificate Integration Pilot Major), Computer Application Technology (Artificial Intelligence), Drone Application Technology (2023 Key Development Major), and Digital Media Technology (Electronic Sports and Network Live). All majors are integrated with industry and education, and are pilot majors of the Ministry of Education's 1+X program (approved for 1 Ministry of Education's 1+X exam center and 12 pilot programs). The college currently has more than 2500 students on campus. The College of Information Engineering will gradually upgrade its existing vocational majors to vocational undergraduate majors, while achieving effective connection between vocational majors and undergraduate programs, promoting the effective improvement of students' skills and educational qualifications.
The college has a strong faculty with a reasonable knowledge, education, and age structure, and 80% of teachers are dual qualified. We have many high-level teachers at the national and provincial levels, including Huang Yanpei, an outstanding teacher in vocational education at the national level, an excellent teaching team in Shanghai, a teaching team at the Women's Civilization Post in Shanghai, a special prize teacher in the Shanghai Curriculum and Ideological and Political Education Competition, a great craftsman and farmer in Shanghai, an academic and technical leader in Shanghai, an outstanding young science and technology expert in the province, a winner of the Shanghai Talent Cultivation Award, and an excellent referee in the National Vocational College Competition, Two Internet of Things skill masters. There are more than 100 full-time and part-time teachers in the college, including 64 full-time and full-time teachers, including more than 20 teachers with deputy senior or higher professional titles. There are many high skilled talents such as IoT senior technicians, senior e-commerce engineers, senior network engineers, and senior software engineers.
The college teachers have strong research abilities and fruitful achievements. In the past five years, the college teachers have led more than 30 scientific research projects at all levels, including 8 national level projects and more than 10 provincial and ministerial level projects. They have published more than 50 papers (1 SCI, 7 EIs, and more than 10 Chinese core papers), 15 textbooks, 4 monographs, and 17 patents. Received the first and second prizes of the Shanghai Teaching Achievement Award. 2 premium courses and 2 online open courses in Shanghai.
The college adheres to the educational policy of serving as the purpose, employment oriented, and taking the path of integrating industry, academia, and research, explores effective ways of talent cultivation, promotes the reform of talent cultivation models, and strengthens the construction of practical training laboratories.
The college focuses on school enterprise cooperation and has signed school enterprise cooperation agreements with more than 30 leading companies in related industries, such as Huawei, Lenovo, iFlytek, Tencent Cloud, New World, and Zhuoyue Ruixin. It has established a strategic alliance between industry, academia, and research, established an industrial college, promoted deep integration of industry and education, and achieved a series of results. It has been approved for 7 Ministry of Education collaborative education projects and 1 Ministry of Education employment education project; Connect with multiple universities such as Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Shanghai University of Engineering and Technology for undergraduate and master's programs; The college has established friendly cooperative relationships with universities such as Kyoto University of Information Science and Technology in Japan, Dainin University of Science and Technology in Taiwan, and Baishi University in South Korea, and has carried out regular exchange activities as well as specialized and undergraduate programs.
The college revolves around the development strategy of Shanghai's Five Centers and Four Brands, based on the strategic positioning of Jinshan's Two Zones and One Fortress, radiating to the Yangtze River Delta, serving the local economic and social development of Shanghai, and cultivating high-quality technical and skilled talents with innovative spirit and practical ability in new engineering. In recent years, the faculty and students of the college have participated in more than 40 skills competitions such as national and industry competitions, with over 500 people winning awards and achieving excellent results. They have repeatedly won special and first prizes in various competitions such as the Challenge Cup, Internet Plus, Starlight Cup, National Vocational College Skills Competition (IoT, VR, big data, etc.), Cross Strait Competition, Mobile Commerce Competition, 3D Design and Creativity Competition, etc. Graduates are highly welcomed by employers for their high comprehensive quality and strong professional skills, with a continuous employment rate of over 98% and a professional alignment rate of over 82%.
