Lanzhou Information Science and Technology College (formerly Lanzhou University of Technology College of Technology and Engineering) is a full-time general undergraduate college approved by the Ministry of Education, one of the first batch of pilot colleges for the transformation and development of applied universities in Gansu Province, and a national applied university. The campus covers an area of 1,026 acres and currently has more than 16,700 full-time students. The school fully implements the party's education policy, implements the fundamental task of moral education, adheres to the original mission of "educating people for the party and cultivating talents for the country", follows the school-running purpose of "educating people with the heart of parents and helping students achieve their dreams", and adheres to the educational concept of "teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and applying what they have learned". It is committed to "letting every student achieve professional success and happiness in life", and comprehensively building a "most student-centered" youth development university, which has cultivated more than 40,000 high-quality applied talents for the society. The school thoroughly studies and implements the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, insists on putting the party's political construction in the first place, fully integrates party building work into the school's central work, gives play to the political core role of the school party committee, and leads high-quality development with high-quality party building. Party organizations at all levels have been awarded as advanced standardized grassroots party organizations in Gansu Province, "benchmark colleges and departments" and "model party branches" for party building, and the first batch of "double-excellent" party branch secretary studios for primary, secondary and high schools in the new era. The school focuses on the training of applied talents, continuously strengthens connotation construction, keeps up with industrial changes and national strategic needs, serves local economic and social development, and optimizes the layout of disciplines and majors for key areas, key industries and key industries. There are currently 42 undergraduate majors, including 5 provincial first-class undergraduate majors and 4 provincial characteristic majors. The professional structure was adjusted in reverse according to the needs of the industrial chain, and five major professional clusters have been formed, including intelligent equipment, computer and artificial intelligence, digital economy, health engineering, and civil engineering. The school ranked 27th in the 2024 China Private University I category of the Alumni Association, and ranked first among similar colleges in the province, and was rated as a 5-star China First-Class Applied University. The school attaches great importance to the construction of wonderful classrooms, focusing on strengthening the "before-class-during-after-class" teaching design, promoting the "student-centered" classroom reform, and has won more than 20 provincial-level second prizes and above in various teaching competitions, and has been approved for 10 provincial-level first-class undergraduate courses, ranking first among similar colleges in the province. The school cultivates innovative top talents through "using competitions to promote teaching, using competitions to promote learning, and integrating competitions and teaching". In recent years, students have won 1,000 national awards and 2,000 provincial awards. Among them, 85 first prizes were won in national competitions such as the China University Intelligent Robot Creativity Competition, the National University Student Metallographic Skills Competition, the National University Student Advanced Drawing Technology and Product Information Modeling Innovation Competition, and the National University Student E-Commerce "Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship" Challenge. At present, the school has carried out counterpart support with Beijing Information Science and Technology University, selected outstanding students for joint training, and cooperated with world-renowned universities such as Belarusian State University to help students realize their dreams of overseas prestigious schools in one stop. At the same time, it has also cooperated with world-class universities such as the University of Cambridge, the University of Northampton, and the University of Sydney, Australia to create short-term international research and study tour programs. The school continues to deepen the multi-dimensional integration of "industry, academia, research and innovation", and has established school-enterprise cooperation with Fortune 500 companies such as China Shipbuilding, ChinaSoft, Huawei, COFCO, and China Construction for the fields of intelligent equipment, computers and artificial intelligence, digital economy, health engineering, civil engineering, etc., which are urgently needed by the country. It has established 11 modern industrial colleges such as robots, artificial intelligence, Huawei ICT, health engineering, and drone mapping, and has deepened the integration of science and education with Southern Surveying and Mapping, China Science and Technology Suzhou Machine Vision Technology Research Institute, Xinfengming Group, and Huatian Technology Group, and has jointly built 4 postdoctoral innovation and practice bases. At the same time, in order to implement the Fortune 500 excellent talent training plan, the school has successively established talent classes with well-known companies such as China Nuclear Industry, Geely Automobile, and Hailiang New Energy Materials. At present, the school has built 260 off-campus practical teaching bases such as COFCO, Jinshi Robotics, Baogong, and Longteng Special Steel. It has been approved by the Ministry of Education for 213 industry-university cooperation and collaborative education projects, 542 patents, and 84 teaching and scientific research achievements. On the journey of high-quality development, the school actively implements the talent-strengthening strategy, focuses on professional layout and industrial needs, implements the four major measures of "introducing, cultivating, using and retaining", improves the growth and development mechanism of teachers, and builds a high-quality and professional teaching team with full-time and part-time teachers, high moral character and excellent skills. At present, teachers with master's and doctoral degrees account for nearly 80%, teachers with senior professional titles account for nearly 40%, and "dual-teacher and dual-ability" teachers account for nearly 50%. It has discipline leaders such as Ding Rujun, a postdoctoral fellow in theoretical economics, Bi Yang, and Min Yongzhi, a doctoral supervisor. Many teachers have won the titles of National Outstanding Teachers, Provincial Young Teachers Achievement Award, Provincial Technical Model, Provincial Technical Expert, and have won first prizes in provincial teaching competitions for many times. The school has been approved for provincial excellent grassroots teaching organizations and provincial teaching teams. In addition, the school has hired well-known experts and scholars such as Li Peigen, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Hu Jie, a doctoral supervisor at Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Wang Shuting, a doctoral supervisor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, as visiting professors. The school implements the development strategy of "high-quality employment is the foundation of the school" and fully implements the "top leader" project for employment. By creating a "five-stop" employment education model, establishing a "7V1 body" employment service system, and building a "seven clouds" employment cloud service platform, it has opened up the "nine roads" for employment in all directions, truly helping every graduate to achieve full and high-quality employment. In recent years, the school has continued to deepen the "school-government-enterprise-bank" cooperation, and has established long-term and stable cooperative relations with more than 100 leading companies in the industry. The employment destination implementation rate of graduates has always remained above 97%. 46.3% of graduates are employed by central enterprises and state-owned enterprises such as PetroChina, Sinopec, and State Grid, 20.52% are employed by Fortune 500 companies such as Zhongtai Group, Tesla, and Geely Automobile, and 41.95% are employed by China's top 500 companies such as Gansu Power Investment, Gansu Urban Investment, and Sany Heavy Industry. One out of every two graduates is employed by central enterprises and state-owned enterprises, and one out of every five students is employed by Fortune 500 companies. The average annual salary of graduates far exceeds the national average. Many graduates are admitted to domestic "double first-class" universities such as the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National University of Defense Technology, Renmin University of China, and Nankai University, as well as overseas prestigious universities such as the University of Cambridge and the University of Liverpool in the UK to pursue master's and doctoral degrees. The school has successively won many honors such as "Advanced Unit for Employment of Graduates of Ordinary Colleges in Gansu Province", "Model University for Employment of College Students in Gansu Province", and "Star University for Entrepreneurship and Employment in 2023", becoming the only university of its kind in the province to receive this honor. In 2023, the school was approved by the Ministry of Education for 82 supply-demand matching employment education projects, ranking fourth in the country and first in the province. The school deeply practices the concept of "most student-centered", always puts student experience first, and creates comprehensive conditions for students to create a beautiful campus environment that is suitable for learning and living and full of youth. There are now a community of buildings with the characteristics of the academy system and a landmark building known as the "No. 1 School Gate in the Northwest". Focusing on "new quality productivity", a high-tech industry-university-research and innovation center has been created. Among them, the Engineering Training Center, Electrical Control and Automation Experiment Center, Mechanical Experiment Teaching Demonstration Center, and Electrical and Electronic Experiment Teaching Demonstration Center have been rated as provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers, and the Internet of Things Engineering Laboratory has been rated as a provincial key laboratory. The hotel-style student apartments have high-rise elevators, independent bathrooms, shared living rooms, independent study rooms, etc., and all kinds of living facilities are available; the school is equipped with a multi-functional gymnasium, a lighted basketball court, a smart gym and a 24-hour networked security system; the 16,000 square meter campus commercial complex has set up 5 popular theme restaurants, gathering world-renowned merchants such as KFC, Luckin Coffee, and Jingmulan Beef Noodles. More than 50 student clubs are designed and built according to the construction system of "discipline + professional clubs, professional + skill competitions, competitions + hobbies" to cover science and technology, culture, art, sports, public welfare, social practice brand special activities and peak experience activities such as star concerts, military training, and robot performances. They have been reported by central mainstream media such as People's Daily and Xinhua News Agency. The school has won many national awards such as the "National Youth Aesthetic Education Achievement Exhibition Special Gold Award", "National Excellent Aesthetic Education Demonstration Base", and "National Vitality League Branch TOP100". Facing the future, the university will continue to adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the new development concept, actively integrate into the new development pattern, bravely shoulder the mission of strengthening the country through education, seize the opportunity of national revitalization of higher education in central and western China, take root in Longyuan, run a university that satisfies the people, and strive to cultivate new people of the era with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor, and who are responsible for the great task of national rejuvenation!
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