Founded in April 2002, the Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology (hereinafter referred to as the "Institute" or "SZIIT") is a public full-time institution of higher learning approved by the People's Government of Guangdong Province, filed by the Ministry of Education and administered by the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government.The Institute has a modern, ecological and IT-equipped campus covering an area of 926,000 square meters and a construction area of 588,600 square meters. The Institute connects Shenzhen's pillar industries and exemplifies the characteristics of information technology. It has ten schools for enrollment which are School of Software Engineering, School of Electronic Communication Technology, School of Computer Science, School of Digital Media, School of Intelligent Manufacturing and Equipment, School of Transportation and Environment, School of Management, School of Finance and Economics, School of Applied Foreign Languages and the Sino-German School with a total of 47 IT-related majors. The Institute has 15,468 full-time students and 796 faculty members, 301 of whom have sub-senior or above titles and 315 of whom hold doctoral or post-doctoral degrees.