The Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering (ICSE) discipline at Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) has a long history that can be traced back to 1960 when the major of Semiconductor Materials and Devices was founded as one of the oldest majors in Electronics and Devices in China. Over the past 60 years, The ICSE discipline at BIT has always insisted on educating fostering high-end and urgently-needed talents for the country. In 2016, BIT was selected to establish the National Demonstration School of Microelectronics as an exemplary model; then in 2021, BIT was approved to set up a doctoral site for the discipline of Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering. This is one of the first batch of doctoral programs for this discipline in China and also the first batch of universities selected for the National Integrated Circuit Projects aiming at educating high-level talents in a short supply. The ICSE discipline at BIT focuses on the key issues in the fields of Integrated Circuits and aims to fulfill the major strategic requirements of the country as well as to lead the world frontier in science and technology. Our ICSE also persists leading to an engineering-oriented road with the combination of production and research, which may serve for the national defense in the future. This also helps to form an interdisciplinary layout with the majors of electronics, materials, information, optics, etc., as well as a joint school-enterprise training program with industry leaders such as Empyrean Technology Co., Ltd., NAURA Technology Group Co., Ltd., the 6th Research Institute of China Electronics and Piotech Inc.
