A new university under the Chinese military’s mysterious Information Support Force plans to offer training in artificial intelligence (AI), unmanned operations and other key technology, according to its first public enrolment notice.
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Information Support Force Engineering University in the central city of Wuhan will offer 10 undergraduate majors in information and intelligent technology, according to a Thursday report by state broadcaster CCTV.
It added that students who have taken the college entrance exam and passed political evaluations may apply this month.
According to the report, the school will also offer more traditional disciplines such as communication engineering, allowing students to study electromagnetic fields and wave propagation, satellite communication and 6G technology to cultivate commanding officers who can understand, operate and design communication systems.
A new data link engineering major, designed for “informationised, intelligent, and unmanned operations in modern warfare”, will teach students about signals and systems, information fusion and processing, and data link technology. This technology is used on missiles, warships, fighter jets and early warning aircraft systems, according to CCTV.
Other majors include big data, command and information systems engineering, software engineering, and intelligent vision engineering, which focuses on pattern and intelligent target recognition on the battlefield.
