The School of Intelligent Construction and Manufacturing is a multidisciplinary engineering institution established by our college to align with national initiatives for innovative engineering development, urban-rural intelligent transformation, and high-end equipment manufacturing. With a robust foundation and a comprehensive range of programs, the School offers 7 undergraduate programs and 1 specialized program. Currently, it hosts nearly 4,000 students and employs 100 faculty members, with 56.36% of the teachers possessing teaching credentials and industry qualifications. Notably, 49.1% of the faculty hold the rank of associate professor or higher, and there are 15 doctoral degree holders among them.
In response to the industrial demands of the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle, the School has positioned itself at the forefront of construction, manufacturing, and intelligent technology integration. Upholding the principles of “knowledge-action integration, production-education empowerment, and the cultivation of ingenuity”, the School is committed to advancing core sectors such as intelligent construction, intelligent manufacturing, intelligent buildings, and new energy vehicles, aiming to build a talent training system featuring job-course-competition-certificate integration, and school-enterprise collaborative education.
In addition to the 32 on-campus experiment and training platforms, the School has built more than 50 practice bases with industry leaders. Teachers at our School possess both pedagogical expertise and practical experience in the industry, and have successfully developed high-quality provincial-level online courses. Our students have garnered over 100 awards in prestigious national and provincial competitions, including the BIM Challenge and the BRICS Skills Competition. This achievement has led to widespread recognition within the industry for the excellence of our talent development program.
The School has become deeply integrated into industrial development by joining the national urban renewal industry-education integration community. It has launched a series of collaborative programs focused on talent co-education and technology transfer in partnership with numerous leading enterprises. In the future, the School aims to leverage its strengths in cross-disciplinary collaboration and industry-education integration to establish a regional premier hub for cultivating application-oriented talent in intelligent construction and manufacturing. This initiative will contribute to the high-quality development of local industries.
The School of Intelligent Construction and Manufacturing is an engineering institution dedicated to advancing intelligent engineering. Upholding the College’s guiding principles of “Merit, Erudition, Pragmatism, and Innovation”, the School emphasizes two primary areas of industrial enhancement: “intelligent construction” and “advanced manufacturing”, aiming to cultivate outstanding applied engineering professionals equipped with strong engineering acumen, digital proficiency, and the ability to collaborate across disciplines.
By adhering to the principle of “integration of industry and education, collaboration between schools and enterprises, and promoting learning through competition”, the School places a strong emphasis on digital construction, BIM (Building Information Modeling), intelligent building operation and maintenance, as well as automation and smart manufacturing. The curriculum effectively integrates industry standards and real-world project cases, fostering a seamless integration of “teaching, learning, practical application, and innovation”. Leveraging the Experiment and Training Center, which was established in 2016 and encompasses approximately 2,729 m2 of dedicated training rooms and 32 specialized laboratories, the School is committed to enhancing its engineering practice platform. This initiative includes the ongoing refinement of course offerings and training conditions, further supported by participation in competitive events.
The School has achieved a milestone breakthrough in international skill competition. In 2025 Belt and Road & BRICS Skills Development and Technology Innovation Competition, three undergraduate teams representing the School secured first, second, and third prizes respectively in the national selection round of the Intelligent Building Innovation Skill Competition. Notably, Team 2 secured the 13th position out of 241 undergraduate teams, successfully advancing to the national finals where they ultimately earned the national third prize. This achievement highlights the students’ robust competitiveness in advanced areas such as digital twins and intelligent building operation and maintenance.
Looking ahead, the School will continue to leverage innovation and practical application as its driving force, enhance quality assurance and social services while expanding international collaboration and industrial connections, aiming to establish a foundation for cultivating applied talents that possess significant international appeal, and deliver reliable, practical, and growth-oriented new talent to the field of intelligent engineering on a continuous basis.
The Major of Civil Engineering emphasizes intelligent construction and sustainable urban development, anchored by the core concept of “intelligence empowering civil engineering and digital driving the future”. It aims to cultivate inter-disciplinary application-oriented professionals skilled in digital design, intelligent construction, and smart operation and maintenance of complex projects, aspiring to become a nurturing ground for developing technical management leaders proficient in digital site management and control.
The core courses of this Major include the Concrete Structure Design Principles, Civil Engineering Construction, Installation Engineering Construction, Engineering Project Management, Construction Organization Design, 3D-BIM Application Technology, Intelligent Mapping and Surveying, and UAV Surveying, Mapping and Inspection.
Adopting a training model that emphasizes “school-enterprise collaboration, dual-instructor leadership, and project-driven learning”, the Major has co-built order classes with the world’s top 500 enterprises such as China Railway Tunnel Group. This initiative enhances students’ engineering practice and innovation capabilities through the utilization of digital collaborative education platforms, such as UAV intelligent inspection systems and City Information Modeling (CIM). In a nutshell, the Major is committed to providing solid talent support for the intelligent transformation of the civil engineering industry.
The Major of Building Electrics and Intelligentization, established in response to urban renewal, smart city and green building in Sichuan and the southwest China, is committed to cultivating complex application-oriented talents who master intelligent power supply and distribution and building energy storage technology, have the ability to design and construct building intelligent systems, and can engage in electrical engineering design, intelligent system integration and development, digital operation and maintenance and management, and electrical equipment testing, thereby establishing a core talent export base in the field of digital and intelligent building electrics in Southwest China.
The core courses of this Major include Building Electrical Control Technology, Building Power Supply and Distribution and Lighting, Building Intelligent System Integration Technology, Electrical Control and PLC Application, IoT and Big Data Technology, BIM Application Practice (Electromechanics), Building Electrical Design and Construction, and Public Safety Technology.
Closely following the “electrics and intelligence” integration trend, the Major has built a comprehensive training room equipped with real systems such as electrical, security, fire protection, and generic cabling systems for practical training in intelligent building, and conducted in-depth cooperation with property service and intelligent equipment enterprises for integrated construction training of high/low-voltage systems, with a focus on the skill training of professions such as electrical engineers and intelligent building managers. Therefore, graduates of this Major are capable for jobs such as building electrical design, intelligent engineering design, construction, and management.
The Major of Intelligent Construction and Intelligent Transportation is designed to address local development needs in Sichuan, enabling students to systematically master the core knowledge of civil transportation foundation and intelligent technology, uphold the craftsman spirit of excellence, and process the innovative ability to respond to changes and solve complex traffic engineering problems in the digital environment.
The core courses of this Major include Intelligent Traffic Modeling and Simulation, Intelligent Detection and Reinforcement, Intelligent Traffic Planning, Intelligent Networked Traffic Safety, Traffic Big Data Analysis and Application, UAV Inspection, BIM Technology Application, Project Management and Regulations, Python Language Programming, and Construction Robot.
This Major, designed for the core needs of high-quality infrastructure development under the Strategy for Large-Scale Development of Western China, features the construction of smart hubs in hilly and alpine areas, focuses on the “construction-management-operation and maintenance” of intelligent comprehensive multilevel transportation network in mountainous areas, and builds a characteristic training system integrating digital infrastructure construction technology, full-process project management and control ability and intelligent operation and maintenance service. Utilizing virtual simulations alongside real engineering projects as key drivers, it aims to solidify students’ foundational knowledge in engineering construction while enhancing their core competencies in intelligent technology applications, digital project management, and related fields.
The Major of Engineering Cost is specially designed for the development of smart, low-carbon and resilient cities in Sichuan and Chongqing. It aims to cultivate inter-disciplinary engineering economic talents who are proficient in engineering cost, master BIM and intelligent data technology, and are familiar with green building and carbon cost management, enabling them to optimize the comprehensive value of engineering projects through lifecycle cost control and carbon benefit optimization, under the driving of both data and model.
The core courses of this Major include Engineering Measurement and Valuation (Construction, Installation and Municipal Works), Computer-aided Engineering Cost (Construction, Installation, Highway), Engineering Economics, Engineering Cost Management, Project Bidding and Contract Management, Project Management, Building Carbon Emission Measurement and Carbon Cost Management, BIM and Carbon Management Digitalization, and Engineering Cost Case Analysis, etc.
The Major is dedicated to developing a digital teaching system that incorporates advanced calculation software, a cost management platform, and a comprehensive case library, all seamlessly integrated with BIM and engineering data intelligence technologies. By implementing real projects through school-enterprise cooperation, the Major aims to enhance students’ competencies in cost management and Building Information Modeling (BIM), while also cultivating their skills in lifecycle cost control and the collaborative optimization of carbon costs. Consequently, graduates from this Major possess a strong proficiency in engineering cost management, are well-versed in green construction technologies, and have the analytical skills to leverage data effectively. As a result, they can swiftly qualify for roles such as cost consultant and construction enterprise business specialist, with practical competencies in bidding, cost control, and carbon efficiency optimization.
The Major of Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering is designed for high-end manufacturing industries such as intelligent equipment and robots, low-altitude transportation equipment, hydrogen energy equipment, and aims to cultivate for the industry inter-disciplinary application-oriented intelligent manufacturing system engineers who master new generation advanced manufacturing technologies and intelligent technologies such as MES/SCADA, machine vision, industrial big data and AI, and have the capabilities for intelligent production line research and development, intelligent factory planning, digital twin modeling of production lines, and intelligent operation and maintenance, efficiency analysis and flexible transformation of equipment.
The core courses of this Major include Mechanical Design Fundamentals, Hydraulic and Pneumatic Transmission Technology, Control Engineering Fundamentals, Electrical Control and PLC Technology, Intelligent Detection and Sensing Technology, Numerical Control Technology, Embedded System Design, Industrial Internet, Industrial Robot Technology and Application, Intelligent Production Line Design and Simulation Technology.
This Major implements its teaching and training activities by establishing the advanced manufacturing training center with industrial robots and CNC machines; and establishing off-campus practice bases with leading high-end equipment manufacturing enterprises to carry out training programs such as intelligent production line assembly and adjustment, digital workshop management, etc., with a focus on the cultivation of the inter-disciplinary abilities including mechanical foundation, electronic control technology and production management. Therefore, graduates from this Major are well-equipped to meet the demands of various roles in the production and manufacturing sectors of high-end equipment, such as Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Engineers for intelligent production lines, Electrical Engineers, Manufacturing Process Engineers, and Project Supervisors, particularly in industries related to automotive components, low-altitude transportation systems, intelligent machinery, and new energy vehicles.
The Major of Automation is specially designed to train high-quality application-oriented engineering and technical talents who acquire expertise in industrial control system design, PLC programming, and automation equipment troubleshooting, and are well-prepared to engage in automated system integration, equipment maintenance management, and technical services, thereby addressing the automation transformation needs within the manufacturing sector.
The core courses of the Major include Automatic Control Principle, Single-Chip Microcomputer Principle and Application, Electrical Control and PLC Technology, Motor and Electric Motoring, Sensing and Detection Technology, Power Electronics Technology, Configuration Software Technology, Industrial Robot Technology Foundation, and Machine Vision Technology.
The Major has built a progressive practice system incorporating “circuit design + program control + system integration”, is equipped with a professional on-campus training room, carries out order training with automation equipment enterprises, and strengthens practical training. Graduates’ employment covers all fields of manufacturing industry, and they are qualified for relevant technical positions.
The Major of Automobile Service Engineering is designed to meet the development needs of the automotive industry in Sichuan, aiming to cultivate inter-disciplinary application-oriented talents who master the technologies, and operation and service capabilities for the automobile industry, including the core knowledge and skills of automobile service engineering, and the capabilities of NEV operation and maintenance and ICV (intelligent connected vehicle) service.
The core courses of this Major include Automobile Building, NEV Technology, Automobile Electronic Control Technology, Automobile Detection and Fault Diagnosis Technology, Automobile Marketing Practice and Planning, Automobile Insurance and Claims Settlement, Structure and Principle of Electric Vehicles, and Automobile Maintenance Engineering.
As a specialized application demonstration program at the school level, it collaborates with local leading enterprises to implement an order-based training model alongside a dual-instructor system, facilitating the integration of theory and practice, as well as alternating work-study opportunities. In alignment with the evolving trends of the “new four modernizations” in the automotive industry, the Major proactively prepares students for vocational skill certification, ensuring successful employment outcomes for our graduates.
The Major of Electrical Automation aims to cultivate high-quality technical and skilled personnel who master the installation and commissioning of electrical control systems, operation and maintenance of automation equipment and operation skills of industrial robots, and are well-prepared to engage in electrical maintenance, equipment commissioning and technical services of automated production lines.
The core courses of this Major include Electrical and Electronic Technology, Electrical Control and PLC Technology, Motor and Electrical Control, Sensing and Detection Technology, Industrial Robot Programming and Operation, Power Electronics Technology, Automatic Speed Regulation System, and Industrial Control Configuration Technology.
The Major implements a progressive training program featuring theoretical teaching, skills training and real job practice, and for this purpose, it has offered basic training conditions such as electrician training rooms and PLC control training rooms; established a stable practice base with manufacturing enterprises for training on electrical system troubleshooting and automation equipment spot inspection; and laid emphasis on the professional qualification of students for electrician. Consequently, graduates from this Major possess essential competencies in electrical assembly for automated production lines, as well as equipment operation and maintenance, enabling them to pursue technical roles in the manufacturing sector.