In September, 2003, Guo Chuanjie, then secretary of the Party Committee of the University, pointed out in the article "Thoughts of the Ancient Philosophers, School Motto, Creating First-class" commemorating the 45th anniversary of the founding of the University: "The motto of our University of Science and Technology is' keeping pace with the times, integrating theory with practice', which is not only concise in language and symmetrical in wording, but also profound and extensive in connotation, timely and reasonable, including both values and methodology."
To sum up, the written expression of the motto of HKUST originated from the first president Guo Moruo's Song of HKUST and his speech at the opening ceremony of 1959, which was further refined and summarized in different periods.
Teacher of China University of Science and Technology
By the end of June, 5438+February, 2020, there were 262 faculty members1person, including 8 professors17 (including professional technicians) and 903 associate professors (including professional technicians).
Among them, there are 496 high-level talents such as academicians of the two academies, accounting for 37% of the total number of fixed teachers; Young talents account for 60% of high-level talents. Young teachers under the age of 45 account for 70% of the total number of teachers, among which teachers under the age of 35 account for about 35% of the total number of young teachers.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-University of Science and Technology of China