The College of Information Engineering originated from the Radio Measurement and Testing program, one of the five original programs established at China Jiliang University, which began admitting undergraduate students in 1986. With the initiation and development of computer education, the university established the Department of Computer Science. In 1999, the Computer Science and Technology program was introduced. In 2000, the original Department of Information Engineering and the Department of Computer Science merged to form the College of Information Engineering. The school now comprises the Department of Electronic Information and Communication Engineering, the Department of Computer Science and Technology, the Department of Artificial Intelligence, and an experimental center.
The college currently offers two primary disciplines: Information and Communication Engineering, and Computer Science and Technology. The Information and Communication Engineering discipline was designated a key discipline in Zhejiang Province in 2009 and recognized as a top discipline (Category B) in 2016. The Computer Science and Technology discipline was designated a key discipline in Zhejiang Province in 2011 and ranked within the top 30% in the ShanghaiRanking in 2021. The school offers five undergraduate programs: Electronic Information Engineering, Communication Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Computer Science and Technology (International Collaborative Program), and Artificial Intelligence.
[Faculty Team]
As of the end of 2023, the College of Information Engineering has 151 faculty members, including 123 full-time teachers. Among the full-time faculty, 18 hold senior professional titles and 93 have doctoral degrees. The school boasts high-level talents such as Zhejiang Province "Ten Thousand Talents Program" Innovation Leading Talents, Zhejiang Province "Ten Thousand Talents Program" Young Top Talents, Zhejiang Province "New Century 151 Talents Project" key funding personnel, top-level training personnel, Zhejiang Province "Thousand Talents Program" members, Zhejiang Province Teaching Masters, Zhejiang Province Young and Middle-aged Discipline Leaders, Zhejiang Province Outstanding Postdoctoral Researchers, and Zhejiang Province Outstanding Scientific and Technological Workers. The college has also appointed renowned experts as adjunct professors, including He Xingu, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Ni Guangnan, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Yao Yudong, Academician of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. In the past three years, the faculty team has undertaken 52 national and provincial-level research projects, 353 industry-university collaboration projects, and secured research funding totaling 106.1856 million yuan. They have published 423 academic papers, including 392 indexed by SCI and EI. The faculty has been granted 172 invention patents and completed the commercialization of 19 research results. The college has received three second-class awards for Scientific and Technological Progress from Zhejiang Province.
[Undergraduate Education]
The college currently has over 2,000 full-time undergraduate students. The Electronic Information Engineering program has received national engineering education accreditation and is recognized as a Zhejiang Province first-class undergraduate program, a new emerging feature program for ordinary undergraduate institutions in Zhejiang Province, and an advantageous program for Zhejiang Province universities during the "13th Five-Year Plan." The Computer Science and Technology and Communication Engineering programs are also recognized as first-class undergraduate programs in Zhejiang Province. The college has achieved notable success in international education, offering various international exchange activities to broaden students' global perspectives, introduce high-quality foreign educational resources, and cultivate international IT talent. The undergraduate program in Computer Science and Technology, jointly organized with Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, is the school’s first international undergraduate collaboration program. Since its inception in 2011, the program has seen continuous improvements in student quality and high proportions of graduates pursuing further education abroad or achieving excellent employment outcomes. This program was selected as a model international undergraduate collaboration project in Zhejiang Province in 2017.
The college has also established the Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory for Computer Networks and Communication, which includes over 20 functional laboratories covering computer networks, IoT, mobile communication networks, big data and artificial intelligence, and biomedical sensing and detection. Additionally, the school has seven student practice and innovation bases in Electronic Design, Multimedia Technology, Programming, Intelligent Vehicles, Software Service Outsourcing, Internet Finance, and Smart Connectivity. These bases use academic competitions as an opportunity to foster students' innovation abilities. Over the past three years, more than 1,500 students have participated in various academic competitions, winning over 130 national and provincial awards, including those from the "Challenge Cup" and Freescale Smart Car Competitions. The school's graduate employment rate consistently exceeds 98% annually, with graduate salaries ranking among the highest in all programs at the university.
[Degree Programs and Graduate Education]
The college offers master's degree programs in two primary disciplines: Information and Communication Engineering (0810) and Computer Science and Technology (0812). It also provides a professional master's degree in Electronic Information (Communication Engineering, Computer Technology) (0854). The college recruits over 130 graduate students annually, with a total of more than 370 master's students currently enrolled. Additionally, the college collaborates with research institutions such as the National Institute of Metrology, the Institute of Information and Electronics Science, the Time and Frequency Metrology Institute, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and Tsinghua University’s Flexible Electronics Research Institute to jointly train master's students.
The college boasts key research platforms including the Zhejiang Province Electromagnetic Wave Information Technology and Measurement Laboratory and the Zhejiang Province Smart Wireless Sensing and Measurement JMRH Technology Collaborative Innovation Platform. The college has strong research capabilities in areas such as terahertz and microwave communication, functional materials and devices, wireless signal processing and communication systems, machine vision and artificial intelligence, smart computing and software engineering, medical signal processing and instruments, and IoT and intelligent systems.
The college's master's graduates consistently meet high societal demand, with recent years showing a 100% employment rate. Graduates are primarily employed by renowned organizations such as Hikvision, China Telecom, China Mobile, Baidu, Dahua Technology, Bank of Hangzhou, and H3C Technologies. Over 50% of graduates work within Zhejiang Province, approximately 20% in Shanghai, and the remainder in Beijing, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Guangdong, and other regions. According to a recent survey by the Zhejiang Education Assessment Institute, the average salary of the college's graduates is over 20% higher than the average salary for science and engineering graduates in Zhejiang Province.
(Updated in April, 2024)
