UIC teachers win prizes at Guangdong Provincial Junior Teaching Competition

Two UIC teachers from the Division of Science and Technology (DST) won prizes at Guangdong Provincial Junior Teaching Competition. Lecturer Ji Yanyan was awarded the second prize, and Assistant Professor Dr He Wenmeng the third prize.A total of 166 junior teachers from 65 universities and colleges participated in the competition, divided into five groups according to different majors: Arts, Sci...

2022/08/25

[People of UIC] Qiu Yifu: Aiming for the crown of AI

Qiu Yifu is a UIC student from the Class of 2020 Computer Science and Technology Programme. He now is studying for his doctoral degree in Natural Language Processing (NLP) at the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS), led by tutors from the University of Edinburgh and the University of Cambridge. "Studying NLP requires strong interest. If not, it's very likely ...

2022/07/04

DST lecturer wins third prize in Guangdong teaching innovation contest

UIC lecturer Ms Ji Yanyan and her team from the Division of Science and Technology (DST) won the third prize in the Guangdong final of the 2nd National Teaching Innovation Contest for College Teachers with the course Introduction to Robotics.The contest aims to encourage more teachers to innovate teaching methods for higher education and talent cultivation. A total of 1382 teachers and teams fr...

2022/06/22

Two UIC undergraduate programmes rated as national first class

The Ministry of Education (MOE) in China recently released a list of first-class undergraduate programmes at the national level. Two UIC undergraduate programmes, the Statistics Programme and the Computer Science and Technology Programme, were included on the list.The name list is part of MOE's Double Ten Thousand Plan (10,000 first-class undergraduate courses at the national level and 10,000 c...

2022/06/14

UIC students win record amount of awards in Mathematical Contest in Modeling

UIC held a ceremony to present awards to student winners from the Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) 2022 and the Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CUMCM) 2021.A total of 29 teams of UIC students won awards in MCM, including one Finalist (From the Statistics programme: Zheng Yaxin, Du Jinqiu, Gao Qihang), seven Meritorious Winner and 21 Honorable Mention, creating...

2022/06/10

Student research projects funded by provincial government

The Guangdong provincial government has recently funded three natural science research projects designed by UIC students from the Division of Science and Technology.The fund is specially set up to encourage and nurture university student teams in Guangdong to carry out cutting-edge and ground-breaking research on technology innovation.Teams are selected every year and categorised into three typ...

2022/06/02

Road to academic success: Passion, purpose and preparation

UIC encourages experiential learning, guiding students with solid skills both in theories and practice and releasing their potential for good. Here are three students sharing how they locate their paths in scientific research after their four-year study at UIC. Yao Yueying graduated from UIC's Food Science and Technology (FST) programme in 2021. Sh...

2022/05/27

Parent shares experience of her son at UIC

Ms Zou Chunyan, the parent of a fourth-year Environmental Science (ENVS) student Zan Rudai, shared the changes she witnessed in her son in the past fours at UIC. Rudai’s family comes from Karamay, Xinjiang, located in northwestern China. Although Zhuhai is far from Karamay, Zan’s family never feels distant from UIC. Apart from hearing about UIC from their friends, many graduates in Ruidai’s ...

2022/05/24