The School of Software, founded in 2002 as one of the first software schoolsset up as national models, lies in the top percentage of the nation. Software Engineering is the key program of the Ministry of Industry and Information. The school has established the first doctor program of first-level discipline in Software Engineering and the only interdisciplinary digital performances. The school has an excellent teaching and research environment with key laboratories and teaching centers and its research funding is high when compared with other national model software schools.
In recent years, the school has undertaken many national key programs including intelligent scheduling and simulation systems for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games, the mass demonstrations supporting training and marching command system at the 60th anniversary of China’s National Day, an intelligent scheduling system for fireworks (Light Cube), stage simulation design for CCTV Gala, the security system at the Beijing Olympic Games, the 60th anniversary of National Day and the Shanghai World Expo to name a few.
The school enrolls undergraduates and graduates in the program of Software Engineering. The program, with Software engineering as the key discipline, aims to prepare undergraduates with basic theory and knowledge of computer science in bachelor’s degree and further enhances related technologies of software system development and software engineering management for graduates.
Graduates, with advanced engineering methods, tools, and techniques in the field of software engineering, will engage in the field of software system analysis, development, and maintenance. The school actively carries out international exchanges and cooperation, by establishing many bilingual courses, introducing foreign teachers, using foreign-origin teaching materials, making efforts to broaden students' international vision and enhance their innovation ability, and sending and receiving outstanding exchange students with universities in France, Germany, and Italy.