The Software and Information Services program at Shanghai Information Technology School was founded in 2001. After 22 years of development, it has become a flagship specialty known for its distinctive characteristics, strong faculty, and close industry collaboration. In 2020, building upon this foundation, the school launched the Mobile Application Technology and Services program, which focuses on training talents in mobile app development and shares teaching resources with the software program.

Over the years, the program has achieved remarkable results by leveraging resources such as the Shanghai Information Technology (Computer) Open Training Center (5-star rated), the Municipal Core Teacher Training Base (Computer category), the High-skilled Talent Training Base, the National Training Base for the WorldSkills Competition, and multiple industry associations. The program boasts a full range of training equipment, rich teaching resources, and well-established school-enterprise cooperation platforms.

Career paths include roles such as Mobile Application Developer, Mobile UI Designer, Web Developer, and Software Testing Engineer.

This program at Shanghai Information Technology School is part of the Secondary-to-Higher Vocational Education Integration initiative with the Mobile Internet Application Technology program at Shanghai College of Science and Technology.