Tongji’s Information Security Major was approved by MOE in 2002 and officially enrolled students in September of that year. It is one of the earliest information security majors approved by the State. In 2013, it was selected as one of the majors in MOE’s Excellent Engineers Education Training Plan. The Major is based on the platform of the first-level discipline of Computer Science and Technology, and holds a first-level doctoral degree program and a first-level post-doctoral mobile station in Computer Science and Technology. In 2007, it was selected as the development unit of the National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Computer and Information Technology. In 2012, it was ranked 12th in the third round of discipline assessment by MOE, and entered the top 10% of the 120 participating disciplines in China. In the same year, it was approved as one of the first-class disciplines (Class B) in Shanghai universities. In 2017, it was ranked as one of the Class A disciplines in the discipline assessment of MOE, and was among the top 10% of the participating disciplines nationwide.
With the goal of cultivating outstanding talents, the Major adopts the "One Body with Two Wings" talent cultivation model of integrating international education and cooperation with internationally renowned IT enterprises, and adopts the integrated "bachelor-master-doctor student" training system, so as to cultivate industry-oriented, future-oriented and world-oriented talents. Students are trained to have strong engineering ability, innovative spirit with cultural literacy, professional dedication and social responsibility. After four years of study, students are expected to master the basic theory and technology of information security as well as related knowledge in engineering and management. They are also expected be able to work in scientific research departments, educational units, enterprises, institutions, and technical and administrative departments to engage in scientific and technology research regarding information security, the development of information security software and hardware and other related technology. They will also engage in the planning, construction, operation and maintenance of security information systems, management, law enforcement and the teaching of information security, as well as other aspects of the work.
Core courses include: Mathematical Foundation of Information Security, Data Structure, Algorithm Design and Analysis, Principles of Compilation, Operating System, Principles of Database System, Principles of Computer Composition, Modern Cryptography, Principles of Information Security, and Security Architecture.
Contact: Ms. LIU Jingxian
Office: Room 304, Zhixin Building
Addr: 4800 Cao'an Highway, Shanghai 201804, P. R. China
Tel: +86-21-69589381
Email:ceie-ia@tongji.edu.cn
Tongji University International Students Office: https://study.tongji.edu.cn/
