The major in Internet of Things (IoT) Engineering was selected as a national-level first-class undergraduate program in 2021. This program is one of the 30 IoT Engineering programs established by the Ministry of Education in 2010, and it was approved as a national-level distinctive specialty in the same year. In 2015, it was designated as the Anhui Provincial IoT Engineering School-enterprise Cooperation Practical Education Base, and in 2019, it was recognized as the Anhui Provincial Industrial Internet and Security Teaching Team.

Employment Directions:

After graduation, students can work in research institutions, enterprises, and administrative departments, engaging in computer engineering technology development, IoT system design, development, and application services. Particularly, graduates can work in various aspects of IoT, including sensing, transmission, processing, and applications, as well as emerging areas of information technology such as edge computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and industrial internet. Some students may choose to pursue master's degrees in disciplines like artificial intelligence and computer science.

The program has a duration of four years, and graduates are awarded a Bachelor of Engineering degree.

Special Features:

The program focuses on the fields of computer science and IoT engineering technology, aiming to cultivate well-rounded individuals who possess comprehensive development in morality, intelligence, physique, aesthetics, and labor. Students systematically grasp theories in computer science and IoT technology, acquiring good learning abilities, engineering practical skills, professional competence, and innovation awareness. They develop strong humanistic literacy, professional ethics, teamwork spirit, social responsibility, and an international perspective. In the areas of IoT information acquisition, transmission, processing, and application, students acquire broad professional knowledge and practical skills, becoming constructors and successors who adapt to the needs of national economic and information construction.

The program relies on the university's engineering accumulation in industrial measurement and control fields such as mine safety monitoring, enterprise railway intelligent dispatching, and strategic emerging industrial fields addressing bottleneck issues. Focused on areas like intelligent control systems, embedded artificial intelligence systems, distributed systems, and industrial internet, the program cultivates students with strong innovative spirit and engineering practical capabilities. A high proportion of students participate in undergraduate innovation and entrepreneurship projects, winning numerous national-level awards in competitions such as the National Challenge Cup for Undergraduates, the National Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition, and the National Internet+ College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. This has established the program's distinct advantages in having a "solid disciplinary foundation, strong engineering capabilities, and excellence in innovation and entrepreneurship.