The School of Information Science and Technology (SIST) of Tsinghua University was founded in 1994, which currently consists of four Departments (Electronic Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Automation, and Micro-and Nano-Electronics), three Research Institutes (Information Technology, Microelectronics and Network Sciences and Cyberspace), and the Software School. The SIST has the National IC Training Center, two National Engineering Research Centers (National Engineering Research Center for Computer Integrated Manufacturing System, National Engineering Research Center for Enterprise Information Software) and four National Engineering Labs (National Engineering Lab of Next Generation Internet, National Engineering Lab for Digital TV（Beijing）, National Engineering Lab for E-Commerce Technology and National Engineering Lab for Big Data System Software). The SIST also serves as the core of Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology（BNRist）which is one of the six national research and development centers approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology.