The profile of South China University of Technology is as follows:
South China University of Technology, located in Guangzhou, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education. Its campus is divided into Wushan Campus, University Town Campus and Guangzhou International Campus, and won the first "National Civilized Campus".
The school has a long history, which can be traced back to the first Class A industrial school established in Guangdong Province in 19 18. It was formally established during the adjustment period of national institutions of higher learning from 65438 to 0952, and it is one of the "four major engineering institutes" in new China. 1960 became a national key university; 198 1 was approved by the State Council as the first batch of doctoral and master's degree awarding units; 1993 is the first university established in China province; 1995 entered the ranks of "2 1 1 project"; 200 1, entering the ranks of "985 Project"; In 20 17, it will enter the ranks of "double first-class" A universities, and in 2020, it will enter the top 200 universities in academic ranking of world universities.
Since its establishment, the school has trained 570,000 students of all kinds of higher education for the country, and the employment rate of graduates has been in the forefront of universities in China and Guangdong Province for many years. A large number of graduates have become the backbone of science and technology, famous entrepreneurs and leading cadres in China. The school is known as "the cradle of engineers" and "the cradle of entrepreneurs" and has been selected as the national demonstration base for mass entrepreneurship and innovation.
The school promotes the construction of first-class universities, with strong original scientific research and innovation ability. It has built 28 national scientific research platforms and 2 17 provincial scientific research platforms, ranking among the top universities in China and the first in Guangdong. The number of invention patent applications published, the number of invention patents authorized and the number of effective invention patents are among the highest in domestic universities. Since 2009, the number of China patent awards won by the first patentee ranks first among universities in China.