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School of Software

In November 2001, the School of Software was founded on the basis of a research team at the School of Information Science and Technology, becoming one of the 35 software schools approved by the Ministry of Education on December 3rd, 2001.

Objectives
• 3 Qualities - qualities of creativity, teamwork and respect for the profession
• 4 Types - divided into advanced programmers, system analysts and designers, IT project managers and IT industry strategists and project managers
• 6 Abilities - abilities of analyzing and solving problems, communication and coordination, knowledge acquiring, projects management and both practical ability and competitiveness

Faculty
The faculty of the School consists of 7 professors, 20 associate professors and 2 foreign experts. Since September 2002, the School has enrolled a large number of students applying for bachelor and master degrees.

Students
Since 2002, the School has recruited 1,209 undergraduates and 685 graduates. There were 85 graduates in 2004; some pursued with PhD, some entered IBM, BEA, HUAWEI, NETEASE, some worked in banks, schools or revenue departments. The supply of students has fallen short of the demand by society.

Exchange and Cooperation
The School has so far collaborated with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and other prestigious universities in students exchange programs. Collaboration contracts have been signed with Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SUN, BEA, HP, Cisco and Ericsson. In addition, the School has many connections with companies and organizations in Guangdong Province, which provide wide variety of internship for students and technology sharing in the field.

Facilities
The School's current laboratories, media rooms and students' computer rooms are equipped with 542 most up-to-date computers, with a total area of about 3,095 m2. Moreover, the School has cooperated with IBM, HP, Intel, Cisco and Linux in building 6 co-laboratories: IBM Linux Lab, HP Nonlinear Edit Lab, HP 3D Animation Lab, Intel Embedded System Lab, Cisco Network Technique Lab and Netcom Communicating Technique Lab. The value of the equipments estimates to 38.29 million RMB.