The School of Microelectronics was established in 2018, developed from the major “Semiconductor Materials and Devices” with a history of more than 60 years. Being one of the earliest schools built in the Guangzhou International Campus of South China University of Technology, it has been selected as one of the first batch of National Demonstration School of Microelectronics (under construction) approved by the Ministry of Education and Demonstration Industrial Schools in Guangdong Province.

The School of Microelectronics has developed an integrated cultivation system tailored for undergraduate, master and doctorate students. With the development demand of electronic information technology in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the School has been carrying out prospective basic research for application and technological innovation in the fields of broadband communication chips, computing and artificial intelligence chips, low-power IoT chips, third-generation semiconductor devices and chips, low-dimensional materials and devices, flexible electronics and its integration, and new quantum devices. It is also committed to cultivating high-quality talents with innovative and practical capabilities in the above fields.

 With advanced experimental equipment, the School provides superior working environment of simulation, processing, and testing for the teaching and research of semiconductor integrated circuits. It has established several national level teaching practice bases and centers, such as National Training Base of IC Talents, National Innovative Experiment Area of Talent Cultivation Mode, National Engineering Practice Education Center and National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center. It has developed a high-level faculty composed of advanced talents in basic and applied research of the entire chain of integrated circuits including design, manufacture, package, testing, and complete machine. The faculty involves double-appointed academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, overseas high-level talents, national outstanding youth, etc..

The School has set up two undergraduate majors including Microelectronics Science and Engineering and Integrated Circuit Design and Integrated Systems. It has established joint training bases with research institutes and leading enterprises in the field of integrated circuits of electronic information industry in the Pearl River Delta, such as the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Fifth Electronic Research Institute of MIIT (also known as CEPREI), Huawei, ZTE, Gree, Midea, Comba Telecom, and Lehman Optoelectronic Co., Ltd..

The employment rate of graduates is 100%, the proportion of employment in the world's top 500 enterprises is more than 30%, and graduates hired by leading enterprises in the industry are highly valued.