New Generation Electronic Information Technology (including Quantum Technology, etc.)
New Generation Electronic Information Technology is a cutting-edge discipline that has developed rapidly in recent years. It is a field prioritized for national development and construction and represents one of the frontiers of modern science. This program is established to meet national development needs, characterized by a solid foundation, broad scope, and strong adaptability in the field of electronic information. It encompasses areas such as electronic system design, communication systems, computer networks and applications, network security technology, artificial intelligence, signal and information processing, audio/video information recognition and machine learning, intelligent control, testing and measurement technology, embedded intelligent instruments, and automation devices.
New Generation Electronic Information Technology intersects and integrates with fields like Information and Communication Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Embedded Electronic Technology, and Integrated Circuit Design. The program boasts a strong faculty with abundant teaching and scientific research achievements. Over the years, it has undertaken numerous national, provincial/ministerial, and enterprise-level R&D projects. Distinctive research features have been formed in areas including new-generation electronic system design, signal processing technology, communication engineering, artificial intelligence, information security, and integrated circuit design. The curriculum reflects the advancement of technology and a cultivation model that combines theory with practice. Thesis topics emphasize both theoretical significance and practical application value. The program is well-equipped with teaching and experimental facilities. The faculty involved in the cultivation process has a reasonable structure, forming an academic team with high scholarly standards, excellent quality, and a balanced age distribution.
I. Educational Objectives
The objective of the Master of Engineering program in New Generation Electronic Information Technology is to address the needs of national economic informatization development and the demand from enterprises and institutions for talents in fields such as electronic and communication engineering, information processing technology, AI theory and technology, and computer communication and network technology. It aims to cultivate high-level, practical, and interdisciplinary senior engineering and technical talents for China, engaged in the research, design, application, and development of mobile internet and network communication technologies, information processing systems, electronic system design, network and security technologies, multimedia software/hardware technologies, and intelligent control devices.
II. Program Duration
The standard duration for this professional degree is 3 years, with a maximum study period not exceeding 5 years. The validity period for course grades is 5 years.
III. Research Directions
1. Modern Electronic System Design
2. Artificial Intelligence
3. Signal Processing and Communication Systems
4. Computer Vision
5. Internet of Things Technology and Applications
6. Network and Information Security
This program covers a wide range of fields, summarized into the above six major directions. Among them, the Signal Processing and Communication Systems direction involves various communication signal processing, signal detection and analysis, communication system principles and architecture, etc. The Computer Vision and Machine Learning direction involves speech and video technology, image processing technology and applications, computer vision systems, artificial intelligence and machine learning, deep learning theory and technology, etc. The Computer Communication Networks and Security Technology direction involves modern communication technology, computer networks, software development and applications, computer network security, etc. The Modern Electronic System Design and Embedded Systems direction involves embedded system software/hardware design and applications, modern electronic system design methods, instrument design and testing methods, modern control system technologies, etc.
Control Engineering
The professional Master's degree program in Control Engineering at East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) conducts talent cultivation based on the Control Science and Engineering discipline. This discipline was among the first in China authorized to confer doctoral degrees in 1981. Since 1995, it has been included in the national 211 Project for key discipline construction. In 2007, the Control Theory and Control Engineering discipline was approved as a National Key Discipline and a Shanghai Municipal Key Discipline. In 2012, it was approved as a Shanghai First-Class Discipline (Category B). Since 1985, this discipline has consistently had members serving on the Academic Degree Evaluation Committee of the State Council. The discipline has established over ten research bases, including national and ministerial key laboratories, post-doctoral research stations, the 111 Intelligence Introduction Base, and international joint research laboratories. It has also collaborated with leading industry enterprises and research institutions such as Shanghai Electric, Siemens, Emerson, and Shanghai Automation Instrumentation Co., Ltd. to establish a number of university-enterprise joint industry-academia-research practice bases, supporting the cultivation of high-level engineering professionals, scientific research, and the transformation of engineering and technological achievements.
Addressing the major strategic needs of national, regional, and industrial economic high-quality development for intelligent manufacturing, green manufacturing, and high-end manufacturing, the degree program has formed its disciplinary characteristics and advantages. Research directions have been established in areas such as Industrial Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Intelligent Perception and the Internet of Things, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Information Integration and Intelligent Processing, Detection Technology and Automation Devices, Industrial Software Systems, and Intelligent Manufacturing Technology and Systems. It has become an important base for technological research and development in the field of control engineering in China, cultivating a group of outstanding senior specialists.
This professional Master's degree authorization point has 28 doctoral supervisors and 72 master's supervisors. It maintains long-term, stable cooperative relationships with a number of well-known enterprises and research institutions, thereby providing sufficient guarantees for cultivating high-level engineering management and engineering technical talents.
I. Educational Objectives
This program cultivates applied, interdisciplinary, high-level professional and technical talents who adapt to China's economic and social development needs, possess solid foundational theoretical knowledge in control engineering, embrace green innovation concepts, have strong capabilities in analyzing and solving problems along with an innovative consciousness, and can serve enterprises and relevant national departments.
II. Program Duration
The standard duration for this professional degree is 3 years, with a maximum study period not exceeding 5 years. The validity period for course grades is 5 years.
III. Research Directions
1. Industrial Automation
2. Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
3. Intelligent Perception and the Internet of Things
4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering
5. Information Integration and Intelligent Processing
6. Detection Technology and Automation Devices
7. Industrial Software Systems
8. Intelligent Manufacturing Technology and Systems
Computer Technology
The Electronic Information (Computer Technology) program at ECUST intersects and overlaps with specialties such as Computer Application Technology, Computer Software and Theory, and Electronic Information (Software Engineering). This program features a strong faculty with high teaching standards and abundant scientific research achievements. In the past five years, it has received over 10 scientific and technological awards, including the Ministry of Education Technology Invention Award (Second Class), Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class), and Shanghai Municipal Technology Invention Award (Second Class), as well as 6 Shanghai Municipal Teaching Achievement Awards (Special, First, and Second Class). It has undertaken multiple national and provincial/ministerial research projects, including sub-projects of the National 863 Program and Major Special Projects, and National Natural Science Foundation projects. Distinctive research features have been formed in areas such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, trustworthy software and systems, big data analysis and applications, software engineering, and large-scale parallel and evolutionary computing.
The Computer Technology field inherits the advantages of computer software, computer applications, networks, and communications. The curriculum embodies the unity of theoretical and applied aspects. To broaden knowledge, in addition to required courses, elective courses and lectures on disciplinary frontiers are offered. Thesis topics emphasize both theoretical significance and practical application value. Many topics originate from national and provincial/ministerial projects, and a considerable number of thesis projects are practical projects urgently needed by enterprises. After completing these practical projects under the careful guidance of their supervisors, graduate students have generated significant economic and social benefits. This field is well-equipped with teaching and experimental facilities. The faculty involved in the cultivation process is an academic team with high scholarly standards, excellent quality, and a balanced age structure.
I. Educational Objectives
Implementing the Party's educational policy and adapting to the needs of national economic and social development as well as the requirements of socialist modernization, this engineering field cultivates high-level engineering technical and engineering management talents in computer technology who are application-oriented and interdisciplinary. Graduates will master solid foundational theoretical knowledge and systematic specialized knowledge in computer applications, and possess the capability for technological development in computer applications and independently undertaking specialized technical work.
II. Program Duration
The standard duration for this professional degree is 3 years, with a maximum study period not exceeding 5 years. The validity period for course grades is 5 years.
III. Research Directions
1. Artificial Intelligence
2. Trustworthy Software and Systems
3. Data Analysis and Applications
4. Media Computing
5. Network and Information Engineering
6. Industrial Software
7. Large-Scale Theory and Applications
Software Engineering (Part-time)
The Software Engineering field at ECUST intersects and overlaps with specialties such as Computer Application Technology, Computer Software and Theory, and the Computer Technology field. This engineering field features a strong faculty with high teaching standards and abundant scientific research achievements. In the past five years, it has received over 10 scientific and technological awards, including the Ministry of Education Technology Invention Award (Second Class), Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class), and Shanghai Municipal Technology Invention Award (Second Class), as well as 6 Shanghai Municipal Teaching Achievement Awards (Special, First, and Second Class). It has undertaken multiple national and provincial/ministerial research projects, including sub-projects of the National 863 Program and Major Special Projects, and National Natural Science Foundation projects.
The Software Engineering field inherits the advantages in computer software theory, software tools, software testing, and quality assurance. The curriculum embodies the unity of theoretical and applied aspects. Thesis topics emphasize both theoretical significance and practical application value. A dual-mentor system involving both university and enterprise supervisors is adopted. After completing these practical projects under the careful guidance of their supervisors, graduate students have generated significant economic and social benefits. This field is well-equipped with teaching and experimental facilities. The faculty involved in the cultivation process has a reasonable academic background structure, forming an academic team with high scholarly standards, excellent quality, and a balanced age distribution.
I. Educational Objectives
The objective of the Master of Engineering program in the Software Engineering field is to address the needs of national economic informatization development and the demand from enterprises and institutions for software engineering technical talents. It aims to cultivate high-level engineering technical talents and engineering management talents who are application-oriented and interdisciplinary, possess specialized knowledge and experience in system analysis, system design, project management, software quality assurance, etc., and have capabilities for engineering project organization and management as well as teamwork. Graduates are required to master solid foundational theories and broad professional knowledge in the computer field, be familiar with relevant norms in the computer and related industry fields, be able to proficiently read foreign language literature in their discipline and write scientific research papers in one foreign language, possess good academic communication skills, have solid foundational theoretical knowledge and systematic specialized knowledge in computer applications, possess green innovation consciousness when using computer technology to solve complex engineering problems, and have the capability to independently undertake specialized technical work in the computer field and possess good professional ethics.
II. Program Duration
The standard duration for this professional degree is 3 years, with a study period ranging from 3 to 5 years. The validity period for course grades is 5 years starting from the student's enrollment.
III. Research Directions
1. Software Development Methods
2. Software Project Management
3. Software Testing
4. Service Computing and Cloud Computing
