Program code: 081906T

Study mode: Full-time

Duration: 4 Years

Degree conferred: Bachelor of Engineering

Teaching School: School of Marine Science and Engineering

Program Overview

Established in September 2021, the School of Marine Science and Engineering under South China University of Technology is located in its International Campus in Guangzhou. It is one of several key emerging engineering schools created by the university as previously planned.

The school closely aligns itself with the national strategy of building China into a maritime power, and rides on the developmental trend of a maritime economy in the Greater Bay Area spanning Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao. It focuses on new issues, new requirements, and new challenges emerging in the maritime industry in this new era of information ubiquity, and emphasizes interdisciplinary integration in its offering of the new specialized engineering program of Intelligent Marine Equipment.

The program features the interdisciplinary integration of knowledge and technology across multiple areas, such as marine engineering, mechanical engineering, intelligent technology, big data processing, and software design. The program brings together a faculty team with rich experience in marine engineering and other relevant academic backgrounds from both domestic and international sources. It emphasizes the development of students' practical skills, capacities for innovation, and comprehensive coordination abilities, with its aim being the cultivation of leading researchers and industry elites in the field of marine engineering.

Educational Objectives

As a proactive response to China's strategy to build the country into a maritime power, and also to support the development of maritime economy in the Greater Bay Area spanning Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao, the emerging engineering major of Intelligent Marine Equipment has been established in the School of Marine Science and Engineering on the International Campus of the South China University of Technology in Guangzhou.

This program is based on the idea of developing emerging engineering majors as proposed by the Ministry of Education. It follows the principle of - 1 - offering learning opportunities that are “horizontally connected, vertically integrated, practice-driven, and further enhanced with international collaborations and possibilities for personalized development”, and features deep integration across multiple disciplines, including marine engineering, mechanical engineering, intelligent technology, big data processing, and software design.

Its curriculum consists of four systematic sets of courses that cover 'general education + specialized education + innovation and entrepreneurship + cross-cultural contents', and aims to cultivate teams of excellent undergraduates that are well versed in fundamentals of marine engineering, and in possession of comprehensive knowledge across multiple disciplines such as artificial intelligence, big data, and mechatronics integration, among others, who are also patriotic, innovative, internationally minded, capable of hands-on practices, and good at teamwork.

The purpose is to help China develop from a 'major maritime power' to a 'strong maritime power', and contribute to the rapid rise of emerging marine industries and the transformation and upgrading of traditional ones. It is expected that, 5 years after graduation from the undergraduate program, with further learning or involvement in hands-on work, graduates shall possess:

1. Good professional ethics and a sense of social responsibility, and an excellent potential for a career in the field of intelligent marine equipment, specializing in scientific research, education, technological development and innovation, or management.

2. The ability to creatively solve complex engineering problems in the field of intelligent marine equipment by applying professional knowledge, innovative thinking, as well as cutting-edge theories across multiple interdisciplinary fields, such as marine engineering, artificial intelligence, big data, etc.

3. A global perspective and the ability to engage in cross-cultural communication and cooperation, to accurately grasp the characteristics and trends of the industry, and to promote its development.

Student Outcomes

• Ethics: An understanding and mastery of the scientific worldview and methodology, possessing good moral characters and social ethics, and being patriotic with a sense of social responsibility, and able to put into practice the core socialist values.  

• Engineering and Scientific Knowledge: Being able to organically integrate knowledge from such disciplines as mathematics, physics, and computer science with engineering principles to solve complex engineering problems in fields related to marine science and engineering.

• Problem Analysis: Being able to use basic principles of mathematics, natural science, and engineering to identify, formulate, study, and analyze complex marine engineering problems, and reach valid conclusions, while also taking into account the general need for sustainable development.

• Design and Development of Solutions: Proposing creative solutions for complex marine engineering problems, and designing systems, components, or processes to meet identified needs, while also taking into account such matters as public health and safety, the cost across the entire life cycle, the aspiration for carbon net zero, and resource, cultural, social, and environmental factors.

• Research: Using appropriate research methods to study complex marine engineering problems and systems, which also includes setting up experiments based on knowledge acquired from said studies for additional data, analyzing and interpreting such data, and synthesizing information so acquired to reach valid conclusions.

• Use of Modern Technology: Being able to develop, select, and use appropriate technologies, resources, modern engineering tools, and IT tools to address complex engineering problems in the field of marine engineering, with an understanding of their respective limitations.

• Engineering and Society: Being able to, based on engineering principles and related background knowledge, analyze and evaluate the impact that engineering practices and solution for complex engineering issues in fields related to intelligent marine equipment can have on society, health, safety, law, and culture, with an understanding of the responsibilities to be taken.

• Environment and Sustainable Development: Being able to understand and evaluate the impact of engineering practices in fields related to marine science and engineering on environment and sustainable development.

• Professional Ethics: Possessing literacy in humanities and social sciences with a sense of social responsibility, and able to understand and adhere to relevant professional ethics and norms in practice with ownership.

• Communication Skills and Project Management: Being able to adapt to social development trends, assume roles as individuals, team members, and leaders in multidisciplinary teams, and effectively communicate and interact with industry peers and the general public on complex engineering problems in fields related to marine engineering, including writing reports and designing documents, making presentations, and clearly expressing or responding to instructions. Also possessing, to a certain extent, an international vision, and being able to communicate and interact with others in cross-cultural settings. An understanding and mastery of the principles of engineering management and methods of financial decision-making in the field of marine engineering, and the ability to apply them in multidisciplinary environments.

• Lifelong Learning: Having the motivation to learn on one’s own for life, and possessing the ability to continuously learn about and adapt to new developments.

Program Features

This program offers integrated training from bachelor level all the way up to doctoral, providing a professional education that is both systematic and international in the field of Intelligent Marine Equipment. Its setup is in line with the needs of multiple industries, such as maritime, energy, aerospace, transportation, and construction, and provides opportunities for hands-on practices thanks to its collaboration with large engineering enterprises both within and without China. During the elite training process, full-time mentors are present to accompany undergraduate students in their journey, providing guidance in their research efforts for innovation. All specialized courses are delivered in English, and partnerships with top international universities facilitate the development of students' competency for research and chance for career success in a global setting.

Core Courses

 Theoretical Mechanics

• Mechanics of Materials

• Fluid Mechanics

• Structural Analysis

• Soil Mechanics

• Hydrodynamics of Offshore Equipment

• Offshore Equipment Structures

• Offshore Geotechnical Engineering

• Artificial Intelligence and Applications

• Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering and Electronic for Ocean Equipment

• Principles of Automatic Control and Modern Control Theory

• Fundamentals of Modern Signal Processing

 Core University Courses by Major:  

• Offshore Equipment Structures

• Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering and Electronic for Ocean Equipment

• Principles of Automatic Control and Modern Control Theory

• Fundamentals of Modern Signal Processing

Featured Courses

 Freshmen Seminars:

•  Introduction to Marine Equipment

 Project-based Courses:

• Offshore Hydrodynamics Design Project,

• Geotechnical Experiment Project

 Featured International Courses:

• Soil Mechanics

 Special Seminars:

• Ocean Engineering Technology and Application Seminar

 Subject Frontiers Courses:

• Ocean Engineering Technology and Application Seminar

• The Frontier of Intelligent Offshore Equipment Interdisciplinary Courses:Artificial Intelligence and Applications

• Fundamentals of Modern Signal Processing

• Principles of Automatic Control and Modern Control Theory

 Under/Post-Graduate Integrated Courses:

• Structural Dynamics of Ships and Ocean Engineering

• Marine Renewable Energy

• Wave Theory and Wave Load

 Under/Post-Graduate Shared Courses:

• Soil Mechanics

• Offshore Geotechnical Engineering

 Cooperative Courses with Enterprises:

• Offshore Equipment Structures

• AI Technology Design Project

• Ocean Sensor Technology and Applications.

 Innovation Practices:

• Practice of Renewable Energy Equipment and Technology Application(Three “Ones”)

 Entrepreneurship Courses:

• Introduction to Marine Equipment (Three “Ones”)

 Workshops:

• Ocean Engineering Software Practice

• Practice for Introduction to Ocean Engineering

 Special Designs:

• Offshore Hydrodynamics Design Project

• Geotechnical Experiment Project

 Contest-Teaching Integrated Courses:

• Offshore Equipment Structures

 Education on the Hard-working Spirit:

• Engineering Innovation Training Ⅰ