Shenzhen University of Information Technology | Chinese Universities

Founded in April 2002, Shenzhen University of Information Technology was officially approved by the Ministry of Education in June 2025 to be upgraded into a university based on the original Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology.

The university covers a campus area of 1,387.40 mu. It currently has 15,037 full-time students and 1,348 faculty and staff, with 17 secondary schools and 3 research institutes. It offers 54 majors mainly focusing on information technology, and launched 5 undergraduate programs in 2025. It has successively been recognized as a National Demonstrative (Backbone) Vocational College, National High-quality Vocational College, and an outstanding college under the National "Double High-level Plan" for Vocational Education. Ten of its majors rank first among vocational colleges nationwide. Its Engineering Science discipline has consistently entered the top 1% of the ESI global rankings. In 2025, it claimed the 1st place in the Soft Science Ranking of Chinese Vocational Colleges and the GDI Vocational College Ranking.

Aligning its majors with industries, the university deepens the integration of industry and education to develop a school-running model matching Shenzhen’s new-generation information technology industry. Targeting Shenzhen’s "20+8" industrial clusters, it implements a strategic major layout themed "Strengthening Chips, Empowering Intelligence, Advancing Aerospace & Communications, and Forging Ahead into the Future". It has established 4 Higher Engineering Colleges together with platform enterprises including Tencent and Inovance, launched 12 types of distinctive training classes, and built 16 characteristic industrial colleges with leading industrial enterprises. It has jointly set up industry education integration communities with China Electronics and Huawei, forming diversified carriers for university-enterprise cooperation and industry-education integration. Four industrial colleges have been recognized as demonstration industrial colleges by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Guangdong Province. Its case on integrated development of industry, education and research has been promoted nationwide as a typical case by the National Development and Reform Commission.

Rooted in vocational education and committed to holistic education, the university cultivates technical and skilled talents featuring "two excellences and two strengths": sound morality, solid expertise, strong practical capabilities and high adaptability. It has developed 10 national-level high-quality online courses and compiled 56 national vocational education planned textbooks. In the past three years, it has won 6 national teaching achievement awards and 17 provincial ones. In 2023, it obtained two first prizes and two second prizes of National Teaching Achievement Awards, tying for the largest number of first prizes among vocational institutions nationwide. Faculty have won 119 provincial awards in teaching competence competitions and 3 national awards in the 2023 National Vocational College Teaching Competence Competition, ranking first among peer institutions in Guangdong. One young teacher claimed the gold medal in the Optoelectronic Technology event of the 47th WorldSkills Competition. Students have earned 113 international and national awards in skills contests, and secured the Special Prize in the "Challenge Cup" National Competition, a breakthrough for vocational colleges in Guangdong. A total of 338 students have obtained top-tier industry certifications such as Huawei HCIE. The university has built a competency development system covering six modules: Information Technology & Science, Mathematical Logic & Training, Language, Culture & Communication, Art Appreciation & Aesthetic Education, Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Craftsman Spirit, and Social Science Basics & Physical Literacy. Its Base for the Study of The Book of Songs has been approved as a National Base for Inheriting Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture by the Ministry of Education, and the university has claimed 15 national-level honors.

The university advances the integration of science and education to support high-end industrial upgrading in the region with continuously improving capacity for technological services. It has obtained projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for 16 consecutive years, and took part in 4 major national key research projects for the first time in 2024. It co-built the SZIT Innovation Harbour with leading tech enterprises including Huawei, and set up public technology service platforms and proof-of-concept centers for third-generation semiconductors and new materials together with SMIC. Up to now, it runs 17 research platforms at or above provincial and ministerial level. The SZIT New Materials Public Technology Service Platform has been accredited as a Demonstration Platform for Service-oriented Manufacturing by the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Guangdong Province. It cooperates with leading enterprises such as Inovance, Kingdee and Hans Laser to build R&D centers and collaborative delivery centers for joint product development and project implementation, enabling mutual empowerment between universities and enterprises and boosting industrial high-end transformation through scientific research.

Carrying forward the spirit of educators, the university builds an outstanding teaching team featuring high proportion of doctoral holders (55.3% of full-time teachers), high ratio of dual-qualified teachers (78.87%) and strong capacity to tackle key industrial technologies. Among full-time faculty, three are listed in the Top 2% Scientists of the World. The faculty includes one National Ten-Thousand Talents Program Distinguished Teacher, one National Advanced Worker, one National Model Teacher and one National Excellent Teacher. It boasts 3 national vocational education teaching innovation teams, 1 expert enjoying special government allowance from the State Council, 10 Pearl River Scholars, 5 Distinguished Teachers under Guangdong Special Support Program, 2 Pengcheng Scholars, and 7 WorldSkills gold medalists and National Technical Experts.

The university expands international development and improves international exchange systems to elevate overseas vocational education. It deepens cooperation with key countries and regions including Japan, Germany, France, Spain and Belt and Road countries. It builds overseas "International Intelligent Workshops", promotes the International Management Trainee Program, and facilitates the global export of Chinese vocational education standards, resources and equipment. It actively develops international student education and builds a brand of ICT vocational education for overseas learners, with a growing number of international students. Over the past five years, it has jointly cultivated 141 degree international students with Pakistan, Indonesia and other countries. It has been selected for the "China-Arab Universities 10+10 Cooperation Program" of the Ministry of Education and the EU Erasmus+ Programme. It co-initiated the China-Nigeria Industry-Education Consortium, participated in Huawei’s TVET curriculum reform project in South Africa, established the first Partner ICT Institute in Paris, France, and deployed 3 ICT Twin Laboratories worldwide. It is among the first batch of construction institutions for "Lingnan Craftsmen Colleges" recognized by the Department of Education of Guangdong Province. It steadily advances the SZIT-Tuen Mun ICT Talent Base and joint training programs with Hong Kong Metropolitan University. Eight international vocational qualification standards and 48 overseas curriculum resources under the UNESCO IIOE project have been promoted globally.

Forging ahead as a rising force, the university rides the tide of development. Facing the goals of the 15th Five-Year Plan and the long-range objectives for 2035, the university adheres to the working guideline of "supporting student growth, facilitating faculty development and advancing industrial progress". Pursuing development featuring high adaptability, deep integration, high quality, vitality and contribution, it strives to build a world-renowned leading vocational institution and a model of innovative vocational education governance in China. It aims to realize four visions: a highland for cultivating digital-intelligent talents, a hub for technological research and services, a window for international vocational education exchanges, and a happy home for teachers and students. The university endeavors to develop into a world-class university of vocational and technical education with Chinese characteristics.