In the early days of the establishment of the Department of Systems Engineering in the late 1970s, Information Management and Information System were regarded as one of the main directions of research and teaching, which accumulated valuable research and teaching experience for the establishment of the Department and formed a reasonably structured professional team. In 1992, the Department was merged to form the School of System Science and System Engineering, with Information Management and Information System as the main training direction. In 1998, the discipline of Management Science and Engineering, together with the disciplines of Fudan University, Jiaotong University and Tongji University, was one of the first disciplines in Shanghai to receive a first-level doctoral program. In 2000, the major of Information Management and Information System began to recruit students, and established the Institute of Information Management. In 2003, it was approved as a first-level post-doctoral mobile station, which is the fourth post-doctoral mobile station of this name in Shanghai after Fudan University, Jiaotong University and Tongji University. In 2020, the department of Information Management and Information System and other departments undertook the construction and teaching of the undergraduate specialty of artificial intelligence. Over the years, the Department has made remarkable achievements in teaching and research. The Department has undertaken and completed several national, provincial and municipal major research projects and won a number of relevant national, provincial and municipal awards. The Department has also successfully organized several competitions in the Shanghai Division of the National E-commerce Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship Challenge for College Students, and published more than 100 textbooks related to e-commerce, information management and information system, artificial intelligence, big data and operations research.

Educational Objectives

This major aims at training compound management talents who have strong sense of social responsibility, understanding of personal and organizational ethics, international vision, and innovation ability; master the basic concepts and theories of business management, proficient in foreign languages, able to skillfully use the knowledge and tools in the global dynamic market; master computer science knowledge and application skills, and have the practical ability to support management and business improvement through information system establishment and application; familiar with network economy, modern service management, artificial intelligence, big data, intelligent computing and other new technologies, with Internet + and e-commerce system planning, design, development, operation, management, and practical skills; master systematic thinking, can use critical and innovative thinking to identify and deal with business management problems and opportunities; can be engaged in information management and information system analysis, design, implementation and operation management in all levels of management departments, sole proprietorship and joint ventures, industrial and commercial enterprises, financial institutions, and scientific research institutions.

Key Research Areas

1. Management Science and Engineering (Information Management and E-commerce, Artificial Intelligence and its Applications)

2. Emergency Management and Public Opinion Management

3. System Engineering (Information System Engineering, Artificial Intelligence Theory and Application)

4. Information Management and Information System

Admissions

Undergraduate Programs: Information Management and Information System, Artificial Intelligence

Postgraduate Programs: Management Science and Engineering (first-level discipline), System Engineering (second-level discipline)

Doctoral Program: Management Science and Engineering (first-level discipline)