Intelligent Construction

★Professional Background

The construction industry is a pillar of China's national economy and has played a significant role in national construction. The construction industry is entering a new era of innovative development, characterized by the use of Intelligent Construction technology as the construction method, digitalization to promote a comprehensive transformation, and greenization to achieve sustainable development. The emergence, development, and rapid integration of Intelligent Construction technology and related technologies have made the design, production, construction, and management processes in the construction industry more informatized and intelligent. Intelligent Construction is leading a new revolution in the construction industry. Intelligent Construction is the main direction for building "China Construction," and the demand for professional technical talents in the Intelligent Construction field is increasingly strong.

The Intelligent Construction Major belongs to the first-level discipline of Civil Engineering, which integrates advanced technologies such as mathematics, artificial intelligence, new materials, 3D printing, robotics, smart sensing, big data, Internet of Things, and virtual reality with the construction industry, covering the entire lifecycle of architecture and infrastructure planning, surveying, design, production, construction, operation, maintenance, demolition, and reuse, creating a green, environmentally friendly, intelligent, and low-carbon living and working environment for humanity. This major meets the strategic needs of the country and the socio-economic development of local areas, adheres to the school's principles of "people-oriented, moral education first, ability-focused, and all-round development," and cultivates well-rounded individuals with moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education, who are adaptable to the digitalization, networking, and intelligence of the construction industry, proficient in the basic theories, professional knowledge, and basic skills of Intelligent Construction, artificial intelligence, automation control, mechanical engineering, and big data, with broad professional knowledge, outstanding practical skills, and deep scientific and humanistic qualities. They can engage in the planning and design, intelligent production and construction, intelligent operation and management of Intelligent Construction projects, have strong continuous learning ability, organizational coordination ability, practical ability, and innovative thinking, possess good humanistic literacy, professional ethics, and collaborative spirit, have a certain international perspective, and are capable of undertaking intelligent design, intelligent construction, intelligent operation, and management in ordinary civil engineering projects.

★Talent Cultivation Plan

Duration: Four years

Degree: Bachelor of Engineering

Cultivation Objective: Faced with the strategic needs of the country and the socio-economic development of local areas, adhering to the school's principles of "people-oriented, moral education first, ability-focused, and all-round development," cultivating well-rounded individuals with moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education, adaptable to the intelligent development in the construction field, proficient in the basic theories, professional knowledge, and basic skills of Intelligent Construction, artificial intelligence, automation control, mechanical engineering, and big data, capable of engaging in the planning and design, intelligent production and construction, intelligent operation and management of Intelligent Construction projects, with solid basic theories, broad professional knowledge, strong continuous learning ability, organizational coordination ability, practical ability, and innovative thinking, good humanistic literacy, professional ethics, and collaborative spirit, with a certain international perspective, and capable of meeting the needs of high-caliber applied talents in intelligent design, intelligent construction, and intelligent operation and management in future civil engineering projects.

The specific expression of the cultivation objectives of this major is as follows:

Objective 1: Mastering natural sciences, modern information technology, and knowledge related to Intelligent Construction, capable of undertaking the planning, surveying, design, and construction of Intelligent Construction.

Objective 2: Proposing solutions and conducting analyses and evaluations for various complex engineering problems in intelligent construction engineering fields.

Objective 3: Possessing a sense of social responsibility, engineering ethics knowledge, good professional ethics, and humanistic and scientific literacy.

Objective 4: Possessing the ability for self-study and lifelong learning, team cooperation spirit, and sustainable development awareness, capable of adapting to the development of the discipline and the needs of the industry.

Core Courses

Theoretical Mechanics, Materials Mechanics, Structural Mechanics, Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Civil Engineering Materials, Principle of Concrete Structures, Principle of Steel Structure Design, Building Architecture, Intelligent Building, Smart Surveying, Basic Control Engineering, Sensor and Internet of Things Technology, Intelligent Construction Technology and Equipment, Engineering Big Data Processing and Application, Prefabricated Structure Design and Construction, Intelligent Construction Organizational Management, Engineering Drawing and Information Model, BIM Technology and Engineering Application, Engineering Economics and Project Wise Management, etc.