The School of Information and Control Engineering (SICE) at China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT) is one of the university’s key engineering schools. The school originated from the Department of Mine Electrical Engineering established in 1950, was renamed the Department of Mine Electromechanical Engineering in 1953, then the Department of Automation Engineering in 1980, and later evolved into the School of Information and Electrical Engineering in 1995. Following the separation of the electrical engineering discipline in 2016, the school adopted its current name.

SICE hosts two first-level doctoral and master's degree programs, as well as post-doctoral research stations inInformation and Communication EngineeringandControl Science and Engineering. It offers four professional master’s programs under the Electronic Information category:Next-generation Electronic Information Technology(including quantum technology),Communication Engineering(covering broadband and mobile communications),Integrated Circuit Engineering, andControl Engineering. Both first-level disciplines are recognized as key doctoral programs in Jiangsu Province.

The school is home to two national-level teaching and research platforms: theNational Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for Electrical and Electronic Engineeringand theNational-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Internet Application Technology in Mining. It also houses three provincial and ministerial-level platforms: theEngineering Research Center for Intelligent Control of Underground Space(Ministry of Education), theJiangsu Provincial IoT Laboratory for Smart Mining, and theKey Laboratory of Safety Monitoring and Autonomous Control of Complex Industrial Systemsfor Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

The school currently offers four undergraduate majors:Electronic Information Engineering,Automation,Artificial Intelligence, andIntegrated Circuit Design and Integrated Systems. The Electronic Information Engineering major, originally established asCommunication Engineeringin 1987, was selected in 2019 as part of China’s first batch of national “Double First-Class” undergraduate programs and has been recognized as a national and provincial specialty major. The Automation major traces back to 1958, originating from the “Industrial Enterprise Electrification and Automation” program, which was renamed “Electrical Engineering and Automation” and selected as both a national and provincial brand major before being reinstated in 2018 asAutomation, and included in the 2020 national “Double First-Class” initiative. TheArtificial Intelligencemajor, launched in 2020, was proposed jointly by SICE and the School of Computer Science, aligning with national AI development strategies. It emphasizes deep integration of academia and industry, involving cooperation with the university’s AI Research Institute, Huawei ICT Academy, Inspur Group, and the affiliated hospital of CUMT. TheIntegrated Circuit Design and Integrated Systemsmajor was approved in 2022 and began enrolling students in 2024. It builds upon the formerElectronic Science and Technologyprogram (established in 1998) and leverages the regional semiconductor industry to develop an integrated industry–education platform for IC talent cultivation in the Huaihai Economic Zone.

SICE has assembled a high-caliber academic staff of 132 members, including 27 professors (25 doctoral supervisors) and 58 associate professors, senior engineers, or equivalent positions. Over 90% of faculty members hold doctoral degrees. The school boasts one national-level teaching team in electrical and information disciplines, one outstanding scientific innovation team in Jiangsu, one national teaching master, two national-level youth talents, one provincial teaching master, three “New Century Excellent Talents” from the Ministry of Education, one Jiangsu Distinguished Professor, two Sun Yueqi Youth Science and Technology Award recipients, one national coal industry teaching master, and multiple other provincial-level talents, including recipients of the Jiangsu Provincial “333 Talent Program”, “Blue Project”, and High-level Talent Peaks programs.

The school has made significant research contributions in the fields of electronic information, communication, automation, industrial control, and artificial intelligence. It has led over 20 major national-level projects, including the National Key R&D Program, the “New Generation Artificial Intelligence” initiative under the Science and Technology Innovation 2030 program, and National Natural Science Foundation key projects. SICE initiated theChina Mining IoT Collaborative Innovation Allianceand established China’s first internet demonstration project tailored for mining applications. The school has received oneNational Science and Technology Progress Award, threeNational Teaching Achievement Awards, and developed seven national-level courses. In recent years, it has won over 50 provincial and ministerial awards in scientific research and teaching.

Currently, the school has 2,911 full-time students, including 124 doctoral candidates, 752 master's students, and 2,035 undergraduates. Relying on its key disciplines and national platforms, the school is dedicated to nurturing high-caliber engineering talents with strong foundations, practical skills, global vision, and a sense of mission and social responsibility. Its students are trained to be innovative, interdisciplinary, and application-oriented, capable of contributing to national needs.

SICE actively promotes internationalization and has established cooperative relationships with leading global universities and institutions, including Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and the University of British Columbia (Canada), for academic exchanges and joint talent training programs.