The Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology (SZIIT; ) is a public college in

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. The institution is sponsored by the Shenzhen People's Government.

Overview

Founded in April 2002 (after the merge of three schools established back in 1982, namely Shenzhen Institute of Education, Shenzhen Industrial School and Shenzhen School of Finance and Economics), Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology (SZIIT) is a public full-time institution providing higher education in Shenzhen. Approved by the People's Government of Guangdong Province, it has been registered under the Ministry of Education (MOE) and therefore administered by the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government. As one of the first batch of schools involved in High Level Higher Vocational School and Disciplinary Development Plan with Chinese Characteristics (‘Double High Plan’), the School is the National Demonstration (core) Higher Vocational Institution, National Demonstration Software Vocational Institution and Pilot School of the ‘Sino-German Automotive Vocational Education Project’ launched by the MOE. It’s now home to three national higher vocational education professional teaching resource libraries (including 1 alternative project). The campus covers an area of 925,000 square meters (1,389 mu), with a construction area of 584,800 square meters. There are 1577 faculty members, including 944 full-time teachers, 430 of whom are doctors, accounting for 50% of the faculty team; 89% of teachers are qualified both as academic lecturer and career mentor. The institution offers three-year junior college programs, four-year undergraduate programs and postgraduate programs,and has been rated among the TOP 50 Chinese higher vocational schools in terms of teaching management, internship management and teaching resources and TOP 50 service providers.

Schools

The College has 11 schools, which are: *School of Computer Science *School of Software Engineering *School of Foreign Languages offers three programs: **Business English **Secretary (Bilingual) **Tourism English *School of Information and Telecommunication *School of Microelectronics *School of Digital Media *School of Intelligent Manufacturing and Equipment *School of Traffic and Environment *School of Management *School of Finance and Economics *School of Sino-German Robotics Academy

Campus

* Headquarters: No. 2188, Longxiang Blvd., Longgang District, Shenzhen

References

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