The undergraduate program in Digital Economy (Artificial Intelligence) will begin in 2025.
1.Introduction to the specialty
E-commerce major in the School of Economics of Wuhan University of Technology is a new business specialty formed by the cross-fertilization of science, engineering, economics, management, law and other disciplines by integrating modern information technology such as Internet, Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain and so on.Innovation is the soul of a country, the modern information technology revolution is pushing the development of the new economy to the height of the country's major strategies, the state has put forward the Internet +, big data +, artificial intelligence +, blockchain +, the use of modern information technology to release the potential for innovation, and promote the deep integration of modern information technology and the real economy.This specialty is mainly oriented to the needs of new economic development in the era of modern information technology revolution, innovating business models at the micro level to enhance the business efficiency of enterprises; building new industrial ecology at the meso level to promote the transformation and upgrading of the industrial structure; and developing the new form of economy at the macro level to enhance the efficiency of economic resource allocation.
The program has been awarded the national first-class professional construction point, the professional ranking in the past ten years has been steadily ranked in the top 10% of e-commerce majors in undergraduate colleges and universities in China (released by China Academy of Science and Education Evaluation), and graduates' satisfaction with the teaching of the program in the past three years has been 100% (released by the third-party survey report of McKinsey).
2.Professional training program
Cultivation Objective: E-commerce major of School of Economics, Wuhan University of Technology is a new business major which integrates modern information technology such as Internet, Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain, etc., and is formed by the cross-fertilization of multiple disciplines, such as science, engineering, economics, management, law, and so on.Facing the major strategies of national economic development, it deeply integrates the new generation of information technology such as Internet, Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data, blockchain and business, empowers the development of the industry with information technology, supports the innovation of business with technological realization, and cultivates composite e-commerce industry-leading talents and innovation and entrepreneurship with good humanistic literacy and multidisciplinary fusion knowledge, excellent Internet product innovation and operation optimization ability.Talents.
Core Courses: Introduction to E-Commerce, E-Commerce Database Technology, E-Commerce Algorithmic Structure, XML and E-Commerce Applications, E-Commerce Programming, E-Commerce Application Development Technology, E-Commerce Security Technology, E-Commerce Marketing, E-Payment and Internet Finance, Logistics Supply Chain and Enterprise Resource Planning, E-Commerce Solutions, Business Data Analysis.
Featured Courses: Business Data Analysis, Internet Product Design and Development, E-Commerce Operations Management, E-Commerce Frontiers and Advances, Logistics Supply Chain and Enterprise Resource Planning, E-Commerce Marketing, E-Payment and Internet Finance, E-Commerce Solutions, Business Operation and Simulation.
3. Specialized Features and Advantages
1) Insisting on the equal emphasis on technology and business, cultivating innovative and entrepreneurial talents.This specialty is a new business specialty formed by the intersection of science, engineering, economics, management, law and other disciplines, which integrates modern information technology such as Internet, cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain and business in depth, cultivates students' ability to support business innovation through technological realization, and assists in enterprise business model innovation, industrial structure transformation and upgrading, development of new economic forms in the society, and improvement of the efficiency of economic resource allocation.
2) Building high-end research bases and creating first-class faculty.The program has built Hubei E-commerce Big Data Engineering Technology Research Center and Hubei Humanities and Social Sciences Key Research Base.Through the combination of overseas introduction and official study, the internationalization level of the faculty is improved; scientific research feeds into teaching, and experts from outside the university enter the classroom and young teachers enter the enterprises, so as to build a teaching team that grows in teaching and research and in theory and practice.More than 90% of the faculty members have PhDs, more than 80% have overseas study background, more than 70% have experience in enterprise practice, and they have been awarded one chief professor of the school's "15551" talents, one professor in charge of specialties, and three teaching masters; two provincial excellent experimental teachers, one Chutian scholar, and two Wuhan Optics Valley 3551 Innovation Talents.2 talents.The team has undertaken 15 projects (including 1 key project) of national self-research and key research and development, completed more than 20 million yuan of vertical research funds, and won 2 first prizes for scientific and technological progress of the Ministry of Science and Technology.The team has constructed two national boutique courses and won the second prize of provincial teaching achievements.
3) Build an international cooperation platform to expand students' international vision.Integrating high-quality educational resources at home and abroad, we have jointly established the "IBM-WHUT E-Commerce Technology Center" of the Ministry of Education and SAP Innovation Talent Accelerator with famous international enterprises, and have set up cooperative relationships in talent cultivation and academic research with the University of Pittsburgh in the U.S., the University of Ottawa in Canada, and other famous overseas universities, so as to promote the participation of students in technological training.We promote students to participate in technical training and international academic exchange programs to master the most advanced e-commerce concepts and technologies in the world.
4) Innovative talent cultivation mode and formation of excellent two-type ability.Since 2004, the program has implemented undergraduate tutoring system, relying on academic research bases, national e-commerce competitions, social practice bases for industry-university-research cooperation, and innovation and entrepreneurship incubation in the Dream Factory to form a "4+1" talent cultivation model driven by "teaching + scientific research + competitions + social practice" and guaranteed by undergraduate tutoring system."4+1" talent cultivation model.Facing the formation of excellent two-type ability (innovation ability and practical ability), we cultivate academic innovation ability by "regular academic meetings of tutors + scientific research projects + internationalization", business innovation ability by "research platform + industry cases", and innovation and entrepreneurship competition + innovation and entrepreneurship incubation by "innovation and entrepreneurship competition + innovation and entrepreneurship competition + innovation and entrepreneurship competition + innovation and entrepreneurship incubation".Cultivate engineering practice ability by "innovation and entrepreneurship competition + innovation and entrepreneurship project + incubation in dream workshop", and cultivate social practice ability by "internship enterprise + practice base".Students' innovation and entrepreneurship competitions have won 3 national awards and 20 provincial and ministerial awards, and the annual income of students' entrepreneurial enterprises has exceeded 100 million yuan, valued at 1 billion yuan.
4.Student Employment and Development
Students' employment is not restricted by industry, and after graduation, they can be engaged in big data analysis, e-commerce solution design, Internet product innovation, enterprise operation and management, e-commerce technology research and development, Internet financial business innovation and operation in all kinds of enterprises, and in economic big data monitoring, Internet integration and innovation policy research, e-government construction and operation and maintenance in governmental departments, and they can also enter the e-commerce, computer,Economics and Management and other disciplines for further study at the graduate level.
The employment rate of the program is over 95%.The employment area mainly flows to Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou and Wuhan.The employment industry is dominated by Internet enterprises, and more than 80% of the students are employed in Internet companies such as Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, Jingdong, Byte Jump, Microcrowd Bank, Suning, Vipshop, Ctrip, Hande, 360, IBM, SAP, Accenture, etc. Other students are mainly employed in the e-commerce operation and other positions of enterprises in the financial, retail, manufacturing and other industries.A number of entrepreneurial models have emerged, such as Little Umbrella Insurance, Clothing Customized Chain and Three Chain Information Technology.
The rate of domestic and foreign graduate students going on to higher education is more than 28%.Among them, the main domestic universities are Tsinghua University, Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Central South University, Sun Yat-sen University, University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and other "double first-class program" construction universities; the main foreign universities are the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia's institutions of higher learning, including: the University of Maryland, the University of EnglandThe University of Maryland, the University of Liverpool, the University of Melbourne, and so on.
