The Nation's First "Chip" University! Nanjing Integrated Circuit University Was Inaugurated

The Nation's First "Chip" University! Nanjing Integrated Circuit University(NICU) Was Inaugurated

On October 22, Nanjing Integrated Circuit University(NICU) was inaugurated in the Human resources Service Industrial Park of Jiangbei New District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. This university, jointly established by Jiangbei New Area joint enterprises and universities, is the first university in the country named after the integrated circuit industry and focuses on the cultivation of talents in the integrated circuit industry.

Compared with traditional colleges and universities, the establishment of NICU is mainly different in four aspects: main contractor, positioning, certificate and title. The university aims to cultivate talents around the development of industry, has a clear positioning goal and is different, and can effectively solve the problem of talent shortage in current industrial development.

All disciplines of NICU will be designed around integrated circuit technology, focus on doing a "small in size but better in quality" chip manufacturing work, and aspire to become a high-level university in the industry. The university will cooperate extensively with Hisilicon, SMIC and other enterprises.

All along, China has been vigorously promoting the integration of industry and education in the integrated circuit industry. Professor Shi Longxing mentioned in his speech, In 2009, the Ministry of Education established the National IC Talent Training Base, in 2014, the Ministry of Education set up a demonstration microelectronics college, in 2019, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education and other six departments set up the national IC production and education integration innovation platform, and in 2020 The State Council Academic Degrees Committee set IC as a first-level discipline.