The school is located in Nanshan District, Shenzhen. The campus covers an area of 194.38 mu, with a planned total construction area of over 700,000 square meters. It will be built in two stages.

China south university of science and technology of china (hereinafter referred to as "South University of Science and Technology") is a national experimental school for comprehensive reform of higher education, a full-time public institution of higher learning led and managed by Guangdong Province, and an innovative university founded in Shenzhen.

At present, the planning and design of the first-phase expansion and the second-phase project of the campus are under way, and construction is about to start. It is expected to be initially completed on 20 18.

On March 20 1 1, the experimental class of educational reform in South University of Science and Technology started. 20 12 In April, the Ministry of Education agreed to establish South University of Science and Technology, and gave the school the goal of exploring the modern university system with China characteristics and innovative talent training mode.