Program Code: 080705     Duration：4 years

Educational Objectives:

This major is based on the major strategic needs of the national strategic emerging industries and the optoelectronic information industry cluster in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It cultivates talents with both family and country feelings and a global vision, excellent three forces (learning ability, thinking ability, and action ability), and all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique, aesthetics, and labor. With a solid mathematical and physical foundation, good theoretical foundation and practical ability in the fields of optoelectronic technology, optoelectronic sensing and communication in the major of optoelectronic information science and engineering, they can continuously adapt to technological progress and social change needs. With excellent humanistic literacy, innovation awareness, team cooperation spirit and international vision, they can engage in and lead the research, development and management of complex engineering problems in the fields of optoelectronic technology, optoelectronic sensing and communication, and are high-quality three-creation (innovation, creation, entrepreneurship) talents with learning ability, thinking ability and action ability.

The educational objectives for graduates of this major include the following three points:

1.Be able to promote the development of cutting-edge technologies in optoelectronic information science and engineering, have outstanding engineering innovation awareness, and be able to flexibly use modern tools and related technologies to engage in research, development and management in the fields of optoelectronic technology, optoelectronic perception and communication.

2.Students can possess excellent professionalism and outstanding innovation ability, can continuously adapt to the modern technology development of optoelectronic information science and engineering under the new international and domestic situation, proficiently master and apply relevant scientific theories and professional knowledge, and be able to act as a team or project leader , technology or management backbones carry out innovative and systematic R&D work on complex engineering issues in the fields of optoelectronic technology, optoelectronic perception and communication.

3.Students can possess excellent ethics, scientific literacy, humanistic qualities, innovative awareness, legal concepts, cooperative spirit, international vision and social responsibility, and the ability to learn and adapt to development for life.

Overview of educational objectives

(1)Be able to promote the development of cutting-edge technologies in optoelectronic information science and engineering, have outstanding engineering innovation awareness, and be able to flexibly use modern tools and related technologies to engage in research, development and management in the fields of optoelectronic technology, optoelectronic perception and communication.

(2)Students can possess excellent professionalism and outstanding innovation ability, can continuously adapt to the modern technology development of optoelectronic information science and engineering under the new international and domestic situation, proficiently master and apply relevant scientific theories and professional knowledge, and be able to act as a team or project leader , technology or management backbones carry out innovative and systematic R&D work on complex engineering issues in the fields of optoelectronic technology, optoelectronic perception and communication.

(3)Students can possess excellent ethics, scientific literacy, humanistic qualities, innovative awareness, legal concepts, cooperative spirit, international vision and social responsibility, and the ability to learn and adapt to development for life.

Student Outcomes:

1.Engineering Knowledge：be capable of applying mathematics, natural sciences, computing, engineering fundamentals and professional knowledge to solve complex optoelectronic information science and engineering problems.2.Problem Analysis：be able to apply the basic principles of mathematics, natural sciences and engineering sciences to identify, express and analyze complex optoelectronic information science and engineering problems through literature research, and consider the requirements of sustainable development to obtain effective conclusions.3.Design/Development of Solutions: be capable of designing and developing solutions for complex optoelectronic information science and engineering problems, designing systems, units (components) or processes that meet specific needs, demonstrating innovation, and considering feasibility from the perspectives of health, safety and environment, life cycle cost and net zero carbon requirements, law and ethics, society and culture.4.Research: be able to conduct research on complex optoelectronic information science and engineering problems based on scientific principles and using scientific methods, including designing experiments, analyzing and interpreting data, and synthesizing information to reach reasonable and effective conclusions.5.Use of Modern Tools: be capable of developing, selecting and using appropriate technologies, resources, modern engineering tools and information technology tools for complex optoelectronic information science and engineering problems, including prediction and simulation, and understanding their limitations.6.Engineering and Sustainable Development: be able to analyze and evaluate the impact of engineering practices on health, safety, environment, law and economic and social sustainable development when solving complex optoelectronic information science and engineering problems, and understand the responsibilities to be assumed.7.Engineering Ethics and Professional Norms: have the awareness of serving the country and the people through engineering, possess humanistic and social science literacy and social responsibility, be able to understand and practice engineering ethics, and abide by engineering professional ethics, norms and relevant laws in engineering practice, fulfilling responsibilities.8.Individual and Team: be capable of taking on the roles of individual, team member and leader in diverse and multidisciplinary teams.9.Communication: be able to effectively communicate and exchange with industry peers and the public on complex optoelectronic information science and engineering problems, including writing reports and design documents, making presentations, clearly expressing or responding to instructions; be able to communicate and exchange in a cross-cultural context, understanding and respecting language and cultural differences.10.Project Management: understand and master the management principles and economic decision-making methods related to optoelectronic information science and engineering projects, and be able to apply them in a multidisciplinary environment.11.Lifelong Learning: have the awareness and ability of self-directed learning, lifelong learning and critical thinking, be able to understand the impact of broad technological changes on engineering and society, and adapt to new technological changes.

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Program Profile：

The undergraduate program in Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering at South China University of Technology was established in 2002, relying on the first-level discipline of Physics. The original major was named Optical Information Science and Technology and was changed to its current name in 2013. Teachers of this major have good professional ethics, with professional backgrounds and research directions covering two fields: optics and physical electronics. There are currently 24 full-time faculty members, including 10 professors, 10 associate professors, and 4 teachers with intermediate professional titles, including 3 recipients of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, 1 recipient of the National Excellent Youth Fund, 2 overseas high-level talents, and 1 selected member of a national major talent project. This major has one Guangdong University Semiconductor Lighting Engineering Research Center (provincial-level engineering research center) and an undergraduate professional laboratory with a total area of 600 square meters. It also includes the State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, as well as related scientific research experimental platforms such as the Photonic Crystals and Artificial Microstructure Optics Experimental Platform. In terms of professional positioning, it is committed to cultivating innovative and composite senior professionals with a solid foundation in optoelectronic information science, international vision, and the ability to engage in optoelectronic technology, optoelectronic sensing, communication, and other fields.

Program Features:

1.Solid foundation: Consolidate the theoretical foundation of optoelectronics and promote the integration of science and engineering.

2.Strong interdisciplinary integration: Led by optoelectronics, integrate knowledge in the fields of optics, electricity, and information to cultivate interdisciplinary and composite talents.

3.Emphasis on practice: Relying on the optoelectronic industry resources in the Greater Bay Area, establish multiple practical teaching platforms to strengthen the cultivation of students' innovation, entrepreneurship, and creativity capabilities.

Degree Conferred: Bachelor of Engineering

Core Courses: 

Optics, Signals and Systems, Electrodynamics I, Quantum Mechanics, Communication Principles, Fundamentals of Information Theory, Engineering Optics, Principle and Technology of Laser, Fundamentals of Optoelectronics, Optoelectronic Technology

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