Guided by the disciplinary essence of manufacturing systems and intelligentization, the Department of Intelligent Manufacturing integrates advanced manufacturing technology with information technology to drive the manufacturing industry towards digitization, networking, and intelligentization. Leveraging the Ministry of Education's Engineering Research Center for New Light Source Technology and Equipment, the department focuses on integrating information and intelligent technologies to achieve automation, digitization, and intelligentization in the manufacturing process. This enhances the efficiency, precision, and reliability of manufacturing systems, addressing the challenges of global manufacturing transformation, upgrading, and sustainable development.
The faculty team of the Department of Intelligent Manufacturing is a cohesive and dynamic group with a well-balanced age structure, emphasizing interdisciplinary integration and collaborative innovation in both teaching and research. The department currently has 15 full-time teachers, including 8 professors and 5 associate professors. Among them, there is 1 national-level talent and 4 provincial- and ministerial-level talents. Nearly all members have overseas study and research experience.
In recent years, in response to major national strategic and economic needs, the Department of Intelligent Manufacturing has focused its scientific research and teaching on goals such as deep self-perception of information, intelligent self-optimization for decision-making, and precise self-execution of control. This has cultivated a distinct professional characteristic. The department has undertaken over 40 projects, including the National Key Research and Development Program, major national special projects, cutting-edge innovation projects for major national special programs (military-oriented), high-quality special projects from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and key and general projects of the National Natural Science Foundation. The faculty has published over 100 SCI/EI-indexed papers in high-level domestic and international journals, been granted more than 80 invention patents, and authored several academic monographs.
The Department of Intelligent Manufacturing places great emphasis on international academic exchanges. In recent years, it has established long-term cooperative relationships with renowned international universities such as the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; the University of Massachusetts; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Wayne State University; Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands; and the National University of Singapore.
Graduates with a bachelor's degree specializing in Intelligent Manufacturing have pursued advanced studies at prestigious institutions such as Tsinghua University, Fudan University, the University of Science and Technology of China, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Nanjing University, and Zhejiang University through postgraduate recommendation or entrance exams. Others have applied to renowned international universities, including the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California, Berkeley, and The Ohio State University. Graduates specializing in Intelligent Manufacturing enjoy broad employment opportunities across manufacturing, service industries (such as finance and education), and research institutes. According to employment statistics, graduates have joined manufacturing companies such as Huawei, CITIC, Texas Instruments, Bosch, General Motors, Envision Energy, Ford, Volkswagen, Phoenix Contact, Siemens, Schaeffler, OPPO, GAC Nissan, and AAC Technologies. In the financial services sector, graduates have secured positions at China Merchants Bank, Bank of Communications, and China Construction Bank. Research institutions employing graduates include the 14th and 10th Research Institutes of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), the 702nd Research Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, and Wuhan Nuclear Power. Some graduates have already risen to mid- or senior-level management roles or started their own businesses. Employers highly regard the graduates for their strong foundational knowledge and practical skills.
