Shenyang Institute of Technology：Building a Hub for ICT Talent Cultivation

With the advancement of the latest technological and industrial revolutions, digital and intelligent technologies are now at the forefront, driving significant changes and reshaping how human society thinks, organizes, and operates. Education is gaining more importance during this process, with a global consensus on the need for digital and intelligent transformation in the education sector. Over the last few years, there has been a trend where some undergraduate universities are evolving into innovative, application-oriented institutions, emphasizing practical and specialized education. As a pioneer in transformation, Shenyang Institute of Technology (SIT) aims to become the best application-oriented university. In partnership with Huawei, the university has established the SIT Modern Industrial Institute, aligning with industry standards and aiming to advance educational transformation using digital and intelligent technologies. This collaboration has established a new benchmark for developing skilled professionals across various disciplines in China.

Industry-Education Integration for Teaching Innovation

As a vital force in regional higher education, SIT keenly captures the pulse of the times and actively responds to the talent development initiatives in Liaoning Province. By intensifying its efforts in industry, education, research, and application, the institute has forged a comprehensive, multi-dimensional, and multi-level partnership with Huawei. This collaboration spans multiple areas, including profession development, talent cultivation, and faculty training, with the goal of accelerating the development of highly skilled talents that the industry urgently needs. However, as AI technologies permeate every aspect of education, teaching, and management, the challenge of integrating teaching with research and learning with application has emerged as a crucial objective for SIT. The institute is now focused on forging a high-standard education ecosystem as the next critical goal of its transformation and development.

By deeply exploring the integration of "digital+ education," SIT has strategically partnered with Huawei. This collaboration harnesses Huawei's advanced Digital Training Solution, tapping into Huawei's robust expertise in the ICT domain. Drawing on the high-quality educational resources of the school, the two parties have jointly established the SIT Modern Industry Institute, which exemplifies an innovative talent cultivation model that seamlessly blends theory with practice. The construction of the SIT Modern Industry Institute began in September 2024. This institute is dedicated to nurturing talent and emphasizes Huawei's innovative technologies. Its goal is to enhance social service capabilities by integrating education, technology, and talent development. The institute aims to establish a leading platform for cultivating international talent in ICT innovation.

School-Enterprise Collaboration for More Effective Talent Cultivation

The SIT Modern Industry Institute incorporates real-world enterprise environments into teaching, creating a new educational approach that combines real-life scenarios, hands-on practice, and training. The hands-on practice is based on engineering, research, and services in the core fields of digital industries. It helps students master key technical features and general capabilities through real projects. Based on the gradient of professional capability development, the training thoroughly improves students' professional skills and comprehensive competencies.

In terms of teaching practice, the SIT Modern Industry Institute provides multiple courses, such as 5G network planning and optimization, and embedded system and design (HarmonyOS). It has built 26 labs, covering six technical directions: data communications, Ascend AI, model big data, HarmonyOS, Kunpeng cloud computing, and 5G mobile communications. These training rooms are equipped with a variety of industry-leading teaching equipment. This way, students can master industry-leading digital technologies before they move on to the job market.

Following the principle of industry-education integration, SIT Modern Industry Institute deepens the cooperation between the school and enterprises. Based on Huawei's unique curriculum, the institute designs an innovative "dual-teacher" teaching mode, where experts from enterprises team up with school teachers. They combine Huawei's industry-leading technical cases and practical experience with the theoretical teaching system of the university to achieve collaborative education. In addition, activities like Huawei ICT Competition and talent job fairs help students quickly learn how to apply theoretical knowledge to real practices, promoting the cultivation of job-ready inter-disciplinary talent.

Moreover, the SIT Modern Industry Institute has deployed the DeepSeek AI model based on the Ascend AI basic software and hardware platform to inject new vitality into teaching innovation. Multiple intelligent applications are developed based on this model. For example, on the intelligent teaching system, a student can enter keywords to receive personalized recommendations for a variety of learning resources. The intelligent Q&A function provides real-time assistance 24/7. The intelligent test function can generate test questions based on the student's learning progress, helping the student find weak spots and achieve the learning goal more efficiently.

Transforming Education with Digital and Intelligent Technologies

SIT has been on a fast track of digital and intelligent transformation, marking a solid step in ICT talent cultivation. The Industry Institute brings cutting-edge technical resources and practice opportunities. Students can get their hands on the latest digital technologies and application cases, and broaden their horizons. On top of that, enterprises participate in curriculum design and teaching guidance. This indicates an effort to make sure that the teaching content caters to actual requirements, so that students can become more competitive in the job market.

Li Kangju, President of SIT, said, "By building a modern industry institute with Huawei, we will promote the high-quality development of our university through digitalization. Based on the international ICT innovation talent cultivation base, we will build a national talent cultivation showcase for new-quality productive forces, contributing to the revitalization of Liaoning province and the entire Northeast China. Our university has built a three-level progressive training system featuring cognition, practice, and innovation. Students can learn about the digital systems and relevant positions in enterprises in their first year. They will have mastered various digital software by the second year, and familiarized themselves with industry standards and fundamental technologies by the third year. In the fourth year, they shall be able to tackle real-life issues. We have forged cooperation with 51 universities across 15 countries, and connected with famous enterprises for direct recruitment, running the school on a more international level."

Huawei has been a steadfast partner to SIT throughout its journey of digital and intelligent transformation. Moving forward, Huawei will continue to support the institute in deepening industry-education integration, creating a smarter and more efficient teaching environment, and accelerating the cultivation and research innovation of ICT talent. Together, SIT and Huawei are committed to developing more skilled ICT professionals to drive the regional economy and lay a solid foundation for the digital and intelligent upgrade of various industries.