The first chip university: Nanjing Integrated Circuit University unveiled

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On the morning of October 22, the unveiling ceremony of Nanjing Integrated Circuit University and the high-end forum on industrial talent training were held in the new district. Liu Yian, Chairman of the Nanjing CPPCC and "Chain Leader" of the integrated circuit industry chain, Luo Qun, Member of the Standing Committee of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee and Full-time Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Jiangbei New District, Guan Zhaoyong, Secretary of the Party Committee of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, and Ding Hui, Vice President of Southeast University, attended the event, which was hosted by Chen Chanmei, Deputy Director of the Jiangbei New District Management Committee.

Nanjing Integrated Circuit University unveiled

Issuing the principal's appointment letter

During the event, Nanjing Integrated Circuit University was unveiled, and Shi Longxing, director of Nanjing Integrated Circuit Industry Service Center and chief professor of Southeast University, was appointed as the president of Nanjing Integrated Circuit University. At the same time, relevant representatives from universities, research institutes, and enterprises signed agreements with Nanjing Integrated Circuit University on cooperation in industrial talent training.

Luo Qun said that Nanjing Integrated Circuit University is the detonator of the construction of an innovative city. The new district regards the integrated circuit industry as one of the leading industries for development, vigorously builds a "chip city", builds an ecological system that adapts to independent innovation and high-quality development, gathers a group of outstanding innovative and entrepreneurial talents, and creates a complete industrial chain integrating upstream and downstream. At present, relying on the strong momentum of the development of the free trade zone, the new district has ranked among the top ten in the country in the field of integrated circuit design, and it is expected that the entire industrial chain will exceed 50 billion yuan this year.

The unveiling of the university today means that the new district has once again taken a solid step towards building an independent and controllable integrated circuit industry worth hundreds of billions of yuan. In the future, we hope that the university will accelerate the gathering of innovative talents and cultivate more high-quality professional talents. The new district will also strive to achieve a total industrial chain scale of over 300 billion yuan by 2025, attract more than 30,000 integrated circuit industry talents, and become a veritable global innovation, talent and industry base for integrated circuits.

Xiaobei learned that by the end of 2018, the current talent stock of my country's integrated circuit industry was about 461,000, with a talent gap of 320,000 and an average annual talent demand of about 100,000. Among the 199,000 college graduates in the field of integrated circuits in 2018, only less than 40,000 were employed in the industry, and relying solely on colleges and universities cannot meet the talent supply requirements. From the statistical analysis of the "China Integrated Circuit Industry Talent White Paper (2018-2019)", it is not difficult to see that by around 2021, there is still a talent gap of 261,000 in my country's integrated circuit industry. The lack of talent has become a key bottleneck restricting the development of the integrated circuit industry.

As the core area for the development of integrated circuits in Nanjing, Jiangbei New Area focuses on the training of integrated circuit talents. Focusing on the key link of transition from theoretical learning to innovative practice, it comprehensively upgrades the training of integrated circuit talents and jointly establishes Nanjing Integrated Circuit University with enterprises, universities, and research institutions.

The unveiled Nanjing Integrated Circuit University explores a new model for cultivating industrial talents. Nanjing Integrated Circuit University is not a traditional university, but more like an open platform that connects universities and enterprises and promotes the integration of industry and education. It is an important supplement to university education and an important source of talent for enterprises.

Compared with other universities, Nanjing Integrated Circuit University is different from ordinary universities in terms of its structure, positioning, source of students, faculty, courses and diploma. Nanjing Integrated Circuit University is not organized by the Ministry of Education or provincial and municipal education authorities, but was established by the Jiangbei New District Management Committee in accordance with the needs of local industrial development. At the same time, unlike other universities that are academic-based and mainly impart theoretical knowledge, this university is a talent training organization that is skill-based and mainly teaches with practical training. It cultivates industrial talents with practical ability and professional skills.

When it comes to talent cultivation, Nanjing University of Integrated Circuits focuses on the "5+1+2" setup.

5 types of colleges, 1 science park, 2 offices

The “5” types of colleges are the School of Integrated Circuit Design Automation, the Microelectronics School Demonstration Base, the Integrated Circuit Modern Industry School, the Integrated Circuit International School, and the Integrated Circuit Future Technology School.

The School of Integrated Circuit Design Automation focuses on the core key technology EDA. It explores by holding the "IC EDA Design Elite Challenge" to promote education through competition and establishing the "IC Design Automation Industry-Education Integration Alliance". It aggregates high-quality industry-university resources, introduces hot technology research, focuses on breaking through bottleneck problems, and cultivates new EDA forces.

The Microelectronics College Demonstration Base, relying on the "Integrated Circuit Full-Process Engineering Practice Teaching Alliance", deepens the integration of industry and education, complements the talent training of colleges and universities, and conducts full-process engineering practice and builds a teaching tape-out platform through the construction of a shared case library and the establishment of a teaching team, so as to achieve mechanism innovation in the cultivation of engineering practice talents.

The Integrated Circuit Modern Industry College, relying on the two national competitions, FPGA Innovation Design Competition and Embedded and Intelligent Interconnection Competition, actively unites domestic and foreign universities and complete machine enterprises to play the role of chips as a multiplier for the complete machine industry, promotes universities to contact the latest industrial technologies, applies national outstanding cases to teaching reform, tests teaching results through competitions, and achieves a virtuous cycle of promoting teaching through competitions and combining competitions with teaching.

The International School of Integrated Circuits, through "introducing and training talents", carries out cutting-edge technology forums, lectures by international experts, overseas exchange activities, co-construction exchange meetings, internships in multinational companies and other activities, integrates global "intellectual resources", coordinates resources from multiple parties, and drives industrial development.

The Integrated Circuit Future Technology Institute focuses on revolutionary and disruptive cutting-edge technologies in integrated circuits, such as AI, 5G/6G, quantum computing, Internet of Vehicles, and third-generation semiconductors. It collaborates with enterprises, research institutes, universities, and new R&D institutions to cultivate forward-looking scientific and technological innovation leaders who can lead future development.

The "1" science and technology park is the Integrated Circuit University Science and Technology Park. Through the "5 colleges", outstanding talents and projects are selected, and relying on the Integrated Circuit University Science and Technology Park, industry-university-research work is carried out to support the incubation of science and technology enterprises, expand the attraction of outstanding talents, and promote the implementation of innovative results.

The "2" offices are the Employment and Entrepreneurship Guidance Office and the Faculty and Student Services Office.

The Employment and Entrepreneurship Guidance Office, through the professional services provided by the office, promotes the employment of trainees in Jiangbei New Area, supports the talent needs of Nanjing's integrated circuit landmark industry and Jiangbei New Area's chip city, and creates a talent highland.

The Faculty and Student Services Office invites teachers from universities and experts from enterprises to find the talent training and technology improvement they need through the Nanjing Integrated Circuit University platform to achieve a "win-win" situation.

Then you must be curious about how this university recruits students and where do the students come from? Xiaobei learned that the school's students are no longer high school students who are admitted through the college entrance examination, but students from colleges and universities who already have basic professional knowledge, students from interdisciplinary fields who are interested in working in integrated circuit-related fields, and junior employees who are still in the training period recruited by companies. Enrollment is based on job classification, professional foundation and employment interests of students, and the enrollment scale is based on corporate needs.

The teachers here are mostly senior engineers from enterprises, domestic and foreign industry experts and universities with high academic standards. The courses are not standardized courses approved by the education authorities like universities, but are highly personalized. Targeted training is carried out according to the students' weak links and the job skills required by the enterprise. The certificate that students receive upon graduation is a completion certificate certified by practical assessment.

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okhxyyo

I saw the news a while ago saying it was going to be built, but I didn't expect it to come so soon

okhxyyo

I saw the news a while ago saying it was going to be built, but I didn't expect it to come so soon

powerlove

I saw the news a while ago saying it was going to be built, but I didn't expect it to come so soon

powerlove

The country should focus on cultivating chip talents, cheer for them, and be proud of them.

qwqwqw2088

Please note that this university does not participate in the college entrance examination and is not affiliated with the Ministry of Education.

It is hosted by a national-level new district and is positioned to cultivate industrial talents.

It's a certificate of completion, not a diploma.

A trainee, not a student.

After all, it is to train industrial talents. High school students should not get excited yet. Only when they have professional knowledge can they come.

w494143467

After reading this, I feel that the country seems to be beginning to pay attention to the electronics industry. This is a very good sign.

wsmysyn

We'll see in a few years. We, who are working on chips, feel very calm now. . .

maoshen

wsmysyn posted on 2020-10-23 20:15 Let’s wait and see in a few years. We are now engaged in chip manufacturing and feel very calm. . .

The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment

maoshen

It's too obvious to grab subsidies...

wsmysyn

maoshen posted on 2020-10-23 20:38 The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment

Well, this year is very unusual. At the ICCAD conference at the end of last year, Professor Wei, director of the Tsinghua Microelectronics Institute and director of the China Semiconductor Association, announced data that there are a total of 1,780 semiconductor companies in mainland China, of which only 18 have more than 1,000 employees. Companies with more than 100 employees only account for 20%.

The number of employees is less than 160,000, which is an increase from 2018. I read the headlines recently, saying that there seem to be nearly 10,000 semiconductor-related companies, some of which are newly established and some of which have changed their business scope.

If there are really 8-9 thousand companies, and if they really want to make chips, 160,000 employees will not be enough.

I know what happened to my knees.

The headhunting market is indeed hot, but according to other netizens’ comments, some headhunters wanted to recruit him, but when he went to the company for an interview, he found out that they didn’t have a design team. They just wanted him to support the company and had no intention of making chips. . .

Now all places are offering great-leap-forward support, with many subsidies, such as free office rent, three-year tax exemption, half-cost subsidy for wafer investment, EDA license subsidy, talent apartment subsidy, etc. It is also quite tempting, but I am afraid that this industry will be tarnished, which will be a pitfall.