Program Orientation:
The program aims to cultivate high-caliber, versatile talents engaged in the research, development, and application of intelligent manufacturing-related technologies. Graduates will possess professional knowledge in areas such as knowledge base/knowledge engineering, dynamic sensing, intelligent decision-making, and advanced manufacturing. They will have a global vision, innovation capability, professional integrity, and a sense of social responsibility, making them outstanding leaders in the intelligent manufacturing industry.
History and Development:
The Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering program was established in 2017 and began enrolling students in 2018.
Distinctive Advantages:
In response to the urgent demand for high-caliber, versatile talents driven by the rapid development of China's intelligent manufacturing industry, the program integrates the superior multidisciplinary resources of Shantou University, embraces cross-disciplinary innovation, and provides an integrated teaching framework that clearly addresses knowledge, capability, and competency development. The program features include:
Cross-Disciplinary Integration. The program fully implements the emerging engineering education concept, emphasizing the integration and innovation of multidisciplinary knowledge from computer science, electronics, communications, big data, and advanced manufacturing technologies, thereby enhancing problem-solving capabilities for complex systems.
Engineering-Oriented Professional Education. Focusing on core course clusters in knowledge engineering, dynamic sensing, autonomous decision-making, and advanced manufacturing, the program adopts project-based teaching. The entire curriculum plan and knowledge construction are guided by the full lifecycle implementation of engineering projects, resulting in deep integration between the course education system and the practical education system.
Systematic Program Development with Deep Integration of the Four Systems: Objectives, Curriculum, Practice, and Evaluation. The program has established an integrated EIP-CDIO-OBE training framework, a curriculum system, a practice system, and a process quality monitoring and evaluation system. Administrators can maintain a holistic perspective on detailed issues in program development, thereby effectively promoting continuous improvement of the program.
