1. Undergraduate Enrollment

1.1 College Introduction

In September 2021, in order to meet the needs of building a 'maritime power' and the South China Sea development strategy, the School of Ocean Science and Engineering at South China University of Technology Guangzhou International Campus was officially established.  The college has introduced an international high-end talent team led by academicians and with national level talents as the backbone, to carry out high-end talent training and scientific research work focusing on the development of ocean resources and new energy.  

The development goal of the college is to face the forefront of world technology, the main battlefield of the economy, and major national needs, closely integrate with the strategic needs of a maritime power, and rely on the development of the ocean economy in the Greater Bay Area to cultivate leading talents in the development of ocean resources and new energy that combine traditional ocean engineering technology with new era artificial intelligence technology, and build a world-class intelligent ocean equipment and technology talent training and scientific research base.  

1.2 Professional Introduction

Intelligent Ocean Equipment Major Code: 081906T Education System: 3+1+X  

Intelligent ocean equipment is an important direction for the current and future development of ocean technology, widely used in fields such as ocean resource development, new energy development and operation, ocean environment monitoring, waterway safety management, maritime rescue, and ocean rights protection. The county has the characteristics of intelligence, autonomy, multifunctionality, unmanned, precision, and internationalization.

The Intelligent Ocean Equipment major is a new undergraduate engineering major aimed at the future development and application of ocean technology. It is also a multidisciplinary and integrated major that combines ocean engineering, intelligent engineering, information engineering, mechanical automation engineering, and other fields.  This major brings together a strong faculty team with rich engineering experience and academic background from both domestic and international sources, emphasizing the training of students' international perspectives, practical abilities, innovation skills, and comprehensive coordination abilities.  After graduation, students can continue to study in related fields, and also can work in large energy enterprises, new high-end manufacturing enterprises, the Internet, artificial intelligence industries, and large international companies. The quality of education and employment is high, and the prospect is broad.

The Intelligent Ocean Equipment major is one of the 24 new majors added in 2024, which has attracted attention from all parties and has been interviewed by CCTV Focus.  

1. Professional situation, current development status, and research frontiers;  

The establishment of the 'Intelligent Ocean Equipment' major is one of the important layouts of the school in response to the national 'Maritime Power' strategy, and therefore receives key support from the school's policies.

Professional backbone teachers have rich overseas research or teaching experience and have achieved international advanced achievements in related fields, which can effectively lead the construction of the intelligent ocean equipment profession and achieve the internationalization goals of research and teaching.

The professional training program has been completed and passed the review at all levels. The preparation work for enrollment and teaching resources is being carried out intensively to ensure the smooth implementation of the training program.

The forefront of professional research focuses on the intelligent technology of large-scale ocean equipment, including digital twins of ocean platforms, underwater intelligent detection, ocean data structures, ocean equipment signal processing, equipment automatic control, etc.  

2. Curriculum design, training methods, and abilities developed;  

This major offers courses such as Ocean Structure and Equipment Design, Fundamentals of Ocean Equipment Electrical and Electronic Technology, Principles of Automatic Control and Modern Control Theory, and Fundamentals of Modern Signal Processing.

The college has established a mentorship system for undergraduate students, guiding them to conduct innovative research, offering shared courses between undergraduate and graduate programs, achieving seamless training between undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs, and supporting and encouraging students to participate in short-term or long-term international teaching, research, and other exchange projects.

This major cultivates students' ability to creatively solve complex engineering problems in the field of intelligent ocean equipment using cutting-edge theories, professional knowledge, and innovative thinking from interdisciplinary fields such as ocean engineering, artificial intelligence, and big data.  

3. Further education direction, employment direction, and career prospects;  

After graduation, students can continue to study in related fields, and also can work in large energy enterprises, new high-end manufacturing enterprises, the Internet, artificial intelligence industries, and large international companies.  The quality of students' education and employment is high, with broad prospects.  

1.3 Enrollment Information  

After comprehensive evaluation and secondary selection, there are a total of 21 undergraduate students in the School of Ocean Science and Engineering who will be admitted for the 2024 intelligent ocean equipment program. Please refer to the table below for details.  The enrollment quota will increase in the future.

1.4 Academic Mentor  

There are a total of 8 top teachers in the School of Ocean Science and Engineering, all of whom have overseas study or work experience, including Cheng Liang, Huang Zhiming, Qu Yan, Shen Zhichao, Zhou Wei, Sun Haiying, Guo Xiangfeng, Chen Xinwei, and Zhang Cheng.  

2. Undergraduate Education

2.1 Enrollment majors  

Intelligent Ocean Equipment major.  

Professional Features  

• Implement elite training for undergraduate, master, and doctoral programs, adopt a full process mentorship system for undergraduate students, and guide them to conduct innovative research.  

• We provide international professional education on intelligent ocean equipment, with all courses taught in English and joint training with top international universities to cultivate students' abilities in global scientific research and employment.  

• Cross training of traditional ocean engineering and intelligent engineering to create composite cross disciplinary talents that meet the knowledge structure needs of the new era.  

• It is highly integrated with the industry, meets the needs of ocean oil and gas, ocean wind power, new energy, Internet, high-end manufacturing, automobile, transportation, shipping and other industries, and provides a joint training and production practice platform for large leading enterprises at home and abroad.  

Featured courses  

• Freshman Seminar: Introduction to Ocean Equipment  

• Project based courses (design, case): Ocean Engineering Design, Robotics Engineering  

• Subject Frontier Courses: Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Frontiers in Ocean Equipment (Seminar)  

• Interdisciplinary courses: Artificial Intelligence Technology and Applications, Big Data Analysis and Applications  

• Undergraduate Integrated Course: Ocean Equipment Structure  

• Shared course for this research: Ocean Geotechnical Engineering  

• School enterprise cooperation courses: Ocean new energy development equipment, ocean equipment structure, artificial intelligence application practice, ocean sensor technology and application  

Training objectives  

The Intelligent Ocean Equipment major adheres to the concept of the Ministry of Education's new engineering major construction, follows the principles of 'horizontal connection, vertical integration, practice driven, international collaboration, and personalized development', strengthens the deep integration of interdisciplinary knowledge such as ocean engineering, mechanical engineering, intelligent technology, big data processing, and software design, and constructs a four major curriculum system of 'general education, ten majors, ten double innovation, and cross-cultural', striving to cultivate a group of high-quality undergraduate talents with a foundation in ocean engineering, mastery of interdisciplinary knowledge systems such as artificial intelligence, big data, and mechatronics control integration, as well as patriotism, innovation spirit, international vision, practical ability, and teamwork.  

Employment Development  

Admission: Top universities and research institutes both domestically and internationally.  

Employment: Engaged in design, research, management and other work in large energy enterprises, new high-end manufacturing enterprises, leading enterprises in the Greater Bay Area, government departments, scientific research institutions and other units.  

2.2 Training program