School of Information Engineering

Founded in 2004, the School of Information Engineering is one of the key schools of Henan Vocational College of Water Conservancy and Environment. It offers seven higher vocational majors, including Computer Application Technology, Artificial Intelligence Technology Application, Internet of Things Application Technology, Software Technology, Digital Media Technology, Big Data Technology, and Industrial Internet Technology. Among them, Computer Application Technology is a pilot major for the comprehensive reform of majors of regular higher education institutions in Henan Province; Software Technology is a pilot major for the modern apprenticeship system under the Ministry of Education; and Internet of Things Application Technology is a demonstrative major for vocational education in Henan Province.

The School currently has over 3,900 enrolled students and a teaching team comprising 64 members. Among them, there is one vocational education teaching expert of Henan Province, six academic and technical leaders recognized by the Education Department of Henan Province, one technical expert of Henan Province, three professors, and 11 associate professors. All teachers at the lecturer level and above have passed the "Dual-Qualification" certification. The School is equipped with 17 specialized training rooms, including the Computer Fundamentals Training Room, Electrical & Electronic Training Room, Ruijie Networks Experimental and Training Room, Integrated Cabling & Construction Training Room, Computer Assembly Training Room, Multimedia Training Room, Cloud Computing Training Room, Internet of Things Engineering Training Room, E-commerce Training Room, Animation Production Training Room, Software Development Training Room, Mobile Internet Training Room, Internet of Things Fundamentals Training Room, Sensor Network Application Development Training Room, Digital Media Production Training Room, Big Data Operation & Maintenance Training Room, and Industrial Internet Training Room, along with over 1,000 instructional computers. Additionally, the School has established partnerships with more than 20 off-campus internship bases, effectively realizing “work-study integration” and “industry-university collaboration”. The School has developed seven provincial-level high-quality open online courses, two provincial-level model courses for curriculum-based ideological and political education, one provincial-level demonstrative major for the construction of emerging majors in vocational education, one master teacher studio for the major of Computer Application Technology in vocational colleges of Henan Province, one teaching resource database for the major of Internet of Things Application Technology in vocational colleges of Henan Province, one provincial-level inheritance and innovation platform for teachers' professional skills and craftsmanship, one teaching and education innovation team for the major of Internet of Things Application Technology in vocational colleges of Henan Province, and one provincial-level scientific research platform – Henan Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Water Conservancy Intelligent Perception and Control.

The School earnestly implements the guiding principles of such official documents as the Measures for Promoting School-Enterprise Cooperation in Vocational Schools and the Several Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Deepening the Integration of Industry and Education, actively explores new approaches to "cooperative education, talent cultivation, employment, and development" among the government, industries, schools and enterprises, and practices the diversified school-running mode featuring "government leadership, industry guidance, enterprise participation and school as the core". Adhering to the talent cultivation philosophy of "taking service as the purpose, employment as the orientation and competency as the core", we've innovated diversified talent cultivation models, and constructed a modular curriculum system based on the systematic work process of production projects as well as a sound curriculum evaluation system. Relying on information-based approaches such as online learning platforms and mobile classrooms, we've developed integrated teaching resources for professional courses, popularized the blended teaching model, and highlighted the student-centered position. We've built productive on-campus training bases to serve teaching and contribute to society in the teaching process, continuously expanding off-campus training bases. Furthermore, we've fostered a professional teaching team with a "dual-qualification" structure that enjoys high recognition from the industry, features "one subject and two professional roles", and combines full-time and part-time teachers. Through the development of a high-quality college as well as a high-level higher vocational college and majors with Chinese characteristics, we've enhanced the professional influence, striving to build a brand demonstrative major group that is first-class in the industry and influential nationwide.

The School has actively developed distinctive competition activities related to teachers' teaching and students' skills. Through holding competitions every semester, it has enhanced teachers' teaching capabilities and inspired students' interest in learning professional skills. In teachers' teaching ability competitions, faculty members of the School have won one national third prizes, three provincial first prizes, three provincial second prizes, and four provincial third prizes. In students' skill competitions, students of the School have won nine national third prizes. Additionally, they have obtained two third prizes in the Henan Provincial "Internet +" College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition and three bronze awards in the "Challenge Cup" Henan Provincial College Students' Entrepreneurship Plan Competition.

The School actively engages in social services and academic exchanges. As the training base for backbone teachers of vocational colleges in Henan Province and the training base for cultivating "dual-qualified" teachers of vocational colleges in Henan Province, faculty members of the School have undertaken provincial-level training tasks for backbone teachers and "dual-qualified" teachers in majors including Website Construction and Management, Computer Network Technology, Digital Media Technology, Internet of Things Application Technology, and Computer Graphic Design; national-level training tasks for teachers of secondary and higher vocational education convergence in majors such as Computer Application and E-commerce; and national-level training tasks for the inheritance and innovation of teachers' professional skills and craftsmanship in majors such as Laser Technology Application and Virtual Reality Technology Application. As the Vice Chairman Unit of the Henan Provincial Industry-Education Integration Community for the Electronics and Information Industry, Executive Director Unit of the Henan Provincial Industry-Education Integration Community for Cyberspace Security Industry, Vice Chairman Unit of the Industry-Education Integration Community for the Software and Information Services (Digital Technology) Industry, Executive Vice Chairman Unit of the National Industry-Education Integration Community for General Education in Artificial Intelligence, Vice Chairman Unit of the Henan Provincial Backbone Vocational Education Group (Electronics and Information), Vice Chairman Unit of the Henan Provincial Vocational Education Group for the New-Generation Information Technology, and Executive Vice Chairman Unit of the Henan Provincial Industry-Education Integration Professional Alliance for the Internet of Things Application Technology, the School has further expanded the platforms for teacher exchanges, raised the profile of the School in vocational education across Henan Province, and accelerated the development of teaching reform for majors in the electronics and information category.

Highlighting the all-round improvement of students' comprehensive quality and practical skills, the School has cultivated a host of highly skilled IT professionals serving various industries nationwide. These high-caliber talents have earned wide praise from employers, paving the way for a promising future.