Aliyun, Alibaba's Cloud computing subsidiary, has launched a cooperation program with a Chinese university to cultivate talent in the fields of Cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence.

People visit the booth of Aliyun.com, the online cloud computing unit of Alibaba Group, during an exhibition in Shanghai on September 19, 2017. [File photo: China Business News/IC]

Aliyun and Shenzhen University will set up a "Big Data College" and offer courses on Cloud computing, data science and artificial intelligence. Aliyun will also provide internship opportunities to students from the university.

The cooperation is expected to cultivate 1,000 people in three years.

As of March, Aliyun has launched cooperation with 310 Chinese universities and established big data colleges in 15 universities.