First President: In June, 2009, Academician Zhu Qingshi, former president of the Chinese University of Science and Technology, was appointed as the first president of the South University of Science and Technology. He is an internationally renowned chemical physicist and has made outstanding achievements in the frontier fields of international science such as molecular local mode vibration and single molecule chemistry.

Second president: 20 15 1. Chen Shiyi, former vice president of Peking University and dean of graduate school, became the second president of South University of Science and Technology. His last position in the United States was the head of the Department of Mechanics at Hopkins University, the first foreign university in China after the reform and opening up, and the first scientist to return to China with such a title.

Third President: On June, 2020 165438+ 10 19, Xue Qikun, an academician of China Academy of Sciences and former vice president of Tsinghua University, became the president of South University of Science and Technology. He is a famous scientist in condensed matter physics. He is one of the youngest academicians of China Academy of Sciences.