The Optical and Electronic Physics Teaching and Experiment Center was established in 2007 and is located in the Zhiyuan Building on the Canghai Campus of Shenzhen University. It is part of the School of Physics and Optical Engineering at Shenzhen University. The College currently offers a master’s degree, doctoral degree, and postdoctoral research station in Optical Engineering as a first-level discipline, forming a complete talent development system from undergraduate to master’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels.

The Optical and Electronic Physics Teaching and Experiment Center relies on Shenzhen University’s optical disciplines and primarily serves two undergraduate programs: Optical Information Science and Engineering and Measurement, Control Technology, and Instruments. Over the years, our optical disciplines have developed rapidly and gained wide recognition from both educational authorities and society. In 2012, Optical Engineering was recognized as a “Key Discipline in Guangdong Province”, in 2015, it was selected for the “Key Construction Discipline for High-Level Universities in Guangdong Province”, and in the fourth round of the Ministry of Education’s discipline evaluation in 2016, it was ranked B+ (tied for 9th place nationwide). The Optical Information Science and Engineering program has also become a distinctive program in Guangdong Province.

With strong support from the university and the joint efforts of faculty and students, the Optical and Electronic Physics Teaching and Experiment Center has developed rapidly, significantly enhancing both its experimental resources and space. Currently, the teaching and experiment center covers an area of approximately 3,000 square meters, is fully equipped, and boasts advanced facilities that effectively serve our undergraduates. The center plays a crucial role in cultivating students’ practical skills and innovative abilities. The teaching experiment center consists of 3 experimental teaching platforms and 4 industry-university joint laboratories.

The Optical and Electronic Physics Teaching and Experiment Center serves two undergraduate programs: Optical Information Science and Engineering and Measurement, Control Technology and Instruments. The center offers no fewer than 55 experimental courses each year, totaling around 900 class hours, with over 3,000 student participations in various experiments. The services provided by the center mainly involve experimental course teaching, course design, thesis experiments, innovation practices, and other practical teaching activities, thus offering a strong teaching and experimental environment for students’ professional learning. The center has 25 functional laboratories, with a total of about 4,500 sets of teaching experimental instruments and equipment valued at over 60 million RMB. The Optical and Electronic Physics Teaching and Experiment Center has created an excellent teaching and experimental environment for the Optical Information Science and Engineering program to build a national first-class undergraduate program, and for the Measurement, Control Technology and Instruments program to create a provincial first-class undergraduate program in Guangdong.

In the past three years, the center has undertaken 6 provincial and ministerial-level teaching research projects and published 36 papers on teaching research and educational reform. It has also conducted 67 provincial and ministerial-level scientific research projects, with research funding totaling 79.697 million RMB, including 44 national-level projects and 23 provincial-level projects. The center consists of 3 experimental teaching platforms (25 laboratories, 3,000 square meters) and 4 industry-university joint laboratories, with 20 enterprise internship bases. The center has secured special funding for platform construction, such as the 14th Five-Year Plan and other dedicated funds, ensuring the timely updating and maintenance of laboratory equipment. It has also updated various regulations such as the “Outstanding Teaching Experts in Physics and Optics”, providing both hardware and software support for the platform’s operation and development. The center has deeply integrated 5G technology with virtual simulation experimental courses, and has been recommended for review as a national first-class virtual simulation course.

Experimental teaching is an important component of undergraduate education. It is a key link in implementing quality education and cultivating high-quality talents with comprehensive engineering practice abilities, scientific exploration skills, and innovative spirit. The Optoelectronics Teaching Experiment Center, under the background of Shenzhen University’s construction as a high-level university in the new era of the Special Economic Zone, builds three major experimental platforms: basic, professional, and advanced. It integrates experimental courses, internships, scientific research exploration, innovation and entrepreneurship, and technology competitions. The center has become an experimental teaching demonstration base in optoelectronics that is rooted in Shenzhen, radiates across the Greater Bay Area, and reaches out internationally. It cultivates multi-level talents including applied, interdisciplinary, research-oriented, innovative, and entrepreneurial types.