Brief introduction of college
Dongguan City University was founded in 2004, and its predecessor was an independent college approved by the Ministry of Education-Dongguan University of Technology City College; In 2009, Dongguan Institute of Technology and Guangdong Hongfa Investment Group Co., Ltd. jointly organized; 20 1 1, the college chose Liaobu Town, Dongguan City to build a new campus; In 20021year, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, it was transformed into a private university in independent undergraduate course organized by Guangdong Hongfa Investment Group Co., Ltd. and renamed as Dongguan City University.
By March 2022, there will be 14 secondary teaching departments and 45 undergraduate majors. Established 97 professional laboratories, 265, 438+08 off-campus teaching practice bases, 24 school-level scientific research institutions, and established "Industry-University-Research" relationship with more than 20 scientific research institutes and enterprises. The number of ordinary full-time students in school exceeds 15500.
Department specialty
By September, 20021year, Dongguan City University had established a discipline and specialty system with management and engineering as the mainstay and coordinated development of management, engineering, economics, literature, law, literature and science. There are 13 teaching units and 45 undergraduate majors.
Discipline and specialty construction
The school has made great achievements in specialty construction, teaching research and personnel training. The school has two provincial key disciplines of mechanical engineering and business administration, and four school-level key disciplines of software engineering, design, social work and insurance. School accounting major was selected as the national first-class undergraduate major construction site in 2020, and eight majors including logistics management, computer science and technology, software engineering, financial management, business administration, insurance, finance and digital media art were selected as the first-class undergraduate major construction site in Guangdong Province. Electronic information engineering and accounting construction are provincial-level application-oriented talents training demonstration majors, while insurance, logistics management and safety engineering construction are provincial-level professional comprehensive reform pilots. At the same time, the school has provincial-level characteristic projects such as mechanical design and manufacturing and automation, software engineering, international economy and trade, digital media art, financial management, building electricity and intelligence, and two provincial-level key characteristic projects such as business administration and finance. The school has UFIDA &; Xindao Digital Intelligent Industry College has 1 provincial industrial college, artificial intelligence industrial college and modern intelligent manufacturing industrial college.
competence
The school adheres to the strategy of strengthening the school with talents. There are nearly 1,000 full-time teachers such as doctors, and a team of high-quality talents with noble morality, reasonable structure, solid specialty and full of vitality has basically formed, which provides a solid talent guarantee for the connotative development of the school and the improvement of the quality of education and teaching. In 20 19, the school established a provincial demonstration center for teachers' teaching development, set up various talent training programs at all levels to boost the growth and development of teachers, and hired well-known professors, experts and scholars, and experts from industry and enterprises as visiting professors and part-time professors to continuously enrich and strengthen the teaching staff. In order to optimize the talent development environment and improve the retirement security of faculty and staff, the school purchased enterprise annuities for faculty and staff in 20 15, becoming the first university in Guangdong Province to implement the enterprise annuity system, which was highly praised by the education department and society.
Teaching construction
Since its establishment, the school has won five provincial teaching achievement awards. "Research and Practice on Quality Characteristics of Local Undergraduate Colleges under the New Mechanism" and "Research on Teaching Reform of Environmental Protection Course Based on the Theory of Sustainable Development" won the teaching achievements of the sixth higher education in Guangdong Province. The achievement of "the teaching mode of integrating knowledge and practice in ideological and moral cultivation and basic legal courses" won the second prize of the seventh higher education teaching achievement award in Guangdong Province; The achievement of "Research and Practice of Innovative Training Mode for Applied Talents of Electromechanical Specialty Based on STEAM" won the second prize of Guangdong Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award 2019; The achievement of "Exploration and Practice of New Business Application Talents Training Mode of School-enterprise Cooperation and Integration" won the Guangdong Higher Education 202 1 Teaching Achievement Award.
In the construction of experimental practice teaching conditions: emphasizing applied teaching, the school has 97 laboratories with a total area of about 23,677 ㎡. It covers mechanical, chemical, civil, electronic information, computer, resources and environment, accounting, management, finance, art design and other professional fields. There are 3 provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers, 3 provincial talent training mode innovation demonstration zones 1 each, 3 provincial engineering training centers 1 each, 3 provincial college students' practice bases 1 each, and 3 provincial college students' practice demonstration bases 1 each. Each major has at least 5 off-campus practice bases.
Schools deepen the integration of production and education, school-enterprise cooperation, and constantly improve the quality of training applied talents. By April 2022, the school has signed an agreement with 2 19 enterprises and institutions to jointly build a practical teaching base, and has carried out in-depth cooperation in the training of joint talents of government and enterprises. Among them, it signed a cooperation agreement with Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. on "Artificial Intelligence Center of Huawei Cloud College of Dongguan City University" to jointly hold "Huawei Innovation Class" in software engineering and computer science and technology; Signed an agreement with Xindao Technology Co., Ltd. on school-enterprise cooperation and collaborative education, and jointly held the "Cloud Financial Management Accounting" class for financial management majors; Established "Honggao Innovation Class" in civil engineering with Guangdong Honggao Construction Group Co., Ltd.; Set up "ACCA class" for accounting major and Kaibo financial education; Cooperate with Meiyijia logistics management major to open "Meiyijia Store Manager Class"; Established an "insurance elite class" with Beibu Gulf Property Insurance Co., Ltd.; Set up an "innovative class for certified public accountants" in accounting major with Dongguan Institute of Certified Public Accountants; The major of mechanical design, manufacturing and automation introduced German "dual education mode", and set up innovative experimental classes in conjunction with Dongguan High Skills Training Center, Weiyida (Dongguan) Electronic Products Co., Ltd. and Dongguan Jingdiao Vocational Training School.
academic research
The scientific research ability of the school has been improved year by year, and the scientific research projects and achievements have been increasing. By March 2022, the school had undertaken more than 820 scientific research projects, including 3 projects of National Natural Science Foundation, 3 projects of National Social Science Foundation, 72 provincial and ministerial scientific research projects and 268 municipal and ministerial scientific research projects.
The school actively serves Dongguan and actively integrates into local economic and social construction. By March, 2022, the school has established the "Industry-University-Research" relationship with more than 20 scientific research institutes and enterprises, and established 24 research institutions serving Dongguan, including the Research Center of Higher Education Development and Planning, the Research Center of Intelligent Technology Application and the Research Center of Mobile Terminal Multimedia. Promote the reform and innovation of scientific research system and mechanism that meets local needs, and strive to achieve the win-win goal of regional economic and social development and the overall innovation ability of the school.
Cooperation and communication
The school vigorously strengthens international exchanges and cooperation, and expands in-depth cooperation with overseas universities or jointly trains students. The school has established good cooperative relations with more than 30 universities, including City University of Hong Kong, Macau University of Science and Technology, Salem State University in the United States, Coventry University in the United Kingdom, western sydney in Australia and Raman University in Malaysia, and carried out various exchange projects in depth, including semester exchange, 3+ 1 undergraduate double degree, postgraduate sponsorship and other cooperation projects. Through a series of overseas exchange and study programs, we have provided rich learning opportunities for our teachers and students. Teachers and students can experience high-quality courses and high-quality teaching quality, deeply feel cross-cultural communication and broaden their global horizons.
The school has intensified the efforts of teachers to study and give lectures abroad, sent teachers and administrators to visit and discuss in foreign countries and universities in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, provided teachers with a high-quality academic and teaching exchange platform, and constantly promoted the teaching reform and innovative development of the school.
The school has always adhered to the road of running an innovative and applied urban university, actively integrated into urban development and industry needs, rooted in Dongguan, served the Bay Area, and looked at the world. As one of the founding member schools of the Global Metropolitan University Alliance, the International Exchange Center is the secretariat unit of the Alliance. The school will promote the sustainable development of higher education, enhance the influence of the school in the development of an international metropolis and create more international academic exchange opportunities for teachers and students on the basis of establishing friendly relations with the member schools of the alliance.
cultural tradition
The overall color of the school emblem is green and life green. Green represents vitality and vigor, and it is a symbol of infinite hope. The students of Yucheng College are in their prime of life, and the development of the school is full of vitality.
The school emblem is the deformation of the word "city". From the overall concept, it represents the name of "City College" and also contains the meaning of the city-"Dongguan", which means the concept of "based on Dongguan and serving Dongguan".
The vertical part of "Sichuan" in the school emblem symbolizes the towering high-rise buildings in the city. The overall style is high-spirited, tall and straight, representing the spirit of unity, hard work and pursuit of Excellence. ? The horizontal "circle" in the school emblem means "global vision", representing the internationalization of our school and building an international metropolis university.
The combination of "circle" and "Sichuan" of the school emblem represents the urban spirit of Dongguan where the school is located.
work status
The rapid economic development in Dongguan has provided many jobs for students. There are 5 1.8 million private enterprises in the city, which is one of the most developed areas of private economy in China. Looking at the major talent markets in Dongguan, employers have a growing demand for fresh graduates, and about 654.38 million graduates are employed every year. Our college insists on running a school facing the Dongguan market and pays attention to the overall improvement of teaching quality and students' comprehensive quality. In this way, students have a solid professional foundation, are favored by employers, and have a broad employment space.