Two. Introduction of Suzhou University of Science and Technology
Suzhou University of Science and Technology is located in Suzhou, a famous historical and cultural city in China. It is known as the "paradise on earth", adjacent to Shihu Lake, surrounded by the square, and has a beautiful campus environment and beautiful scenery. Suzhou Institute of Science and Technology, the predecessor of the school, was formed by the merger of Suzhou Institute of Urban Construction and Environmental Protection, a university directly under the former Ministry of Construction, and Suzhou Railway Teachers College, a university directly under the former Ministry of Railways, in September 20001. It is an ordinary university funded by the central and local governments and mainly managed by Jiangsu Province. Since its establishment, the school has trained more than 65,438+10,000 undergraduates and more than 2,500 full-time graduate students, including Zhou Xiyuan, an academician of China Academy of Sciences, and Ye Keming, an academician of China Academy of Engineering. The school has ten disciplines, forming a characteristic discipline pattern of coordinated development of engineering, science, literature, management and art. In 2003, it was approved by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee as an authorized unit for master's degree, and in 20 17, our school became a construction unit for doctoral degree awarding projects.
The school has 16 master's degree authorized first-level disciplines, 96 master's degrees authorized by two disciplines (discipline direction) and 6 professional master's degree authorization points, allowing people with the same academic qualifications to apply for master's degrees. There are 59 undergraduate majors, among which 3 majors, such as urban and rural planning, are national majors. At present, there are 1 national college students' cultural quality education base, 1 national college students' scientific and technological entrepreneurship practice base, 1 national off-campus practice education base, and 6 characteristic majors in Jiangsu province. Eight majors (including 14 majors) are listed as key majors in universities in Jiangsu Province during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, and three majors have been approved. Six disciplines were selected into the dominant discipline construction project in Jiangsu Province, and nine disciplines were key disciplines in Jiangsu Province. At present, there are 13 scientific research platforms above the provincial level, including national engineering laboratories and provincial key laboratories, and 17 municipal scientific research platforms, including municipal key laboratories.
The school has a reasonable teacher structure and strong comprehensive strength. There are more than 0/750 faculty members/KLOC, and 648 teachers with senior professional and technical positions. There are a number of outstanding teachers in the teaching staff, such as academicians of the China Academy of Sciences, the Third World Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Medicine and Bioengineering, and national architectural design masters. The teaching staff also includes 3 second prize winners of National Natural Science Award, 4 second prize winners of National Science and Technology Progress Award, national leading talents 1 person, 2 distinguished professor, 4 Jie Qing winners, 4 You Qing winners 1 person, chief scientist of "973" Project 1 person, and teachers 100 person. There are 3 people in the New Century Excellent Talents Support Program of the Ministry of Education, 4 people in the second level of the "333 Project" of the province, and 193 people in other provinces. At present, the school has 8 provincial-level scientific research and teaching innovation teams, among which 6 are members of the National College Teaching Steering Committee and Evaluation Committee, and 9 enjoy special government allowances from the State Council. Many teachers in the school won the National May 1st Labor Medal, national advanced workers, young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions at the national and provincial levels, and famous teachers in universities in Jiangsu Province. The school also hired a number of famous experts and scholars as part-time professors, including academicians Shen Shizhao, Chen Zhaoyuan, Ye Keming and famous music conductor Tang Muhai.
In the past five years, school teachers have undertaken 1636 scientific research projects, including 226 national-level projects such as major national science and technology projects, national "973" projects, "863" projects, national natural science foundation (key) projects and national social science foundation projects, as well as a number of provincial and ministerial-level projects, horizontal scientific research projects, scientific development and technical service projects; Won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award 1, and won 30 science and technology awards at or above the provincial and ministerial level; Academic papers were collected by SCI and other three major searches, including nearly 1300 articles and 779 patents.
The school adheres to the teaching work as the center, deepens the teaching reform, strengthens the teaching capital construction, standardizes the teaching management, and continuously improves the teaching quality. In 2007, the school passed the undergraduate teaching level evaluation of the Ministry of Education with "excellent" results. The school constantly promotes the reform and innovation of education mode and actively explores the new education mode of "academy system". In 20 16, Wen Jing College was established, and 240 freshmen in two semesters started their new study life here. The school won the first prize 1 and the second prize 1 of the National Teaching Achievement Award in the last two teaching achievement awards, and the teaching achievement award above the provincial level 12, among which the provincial teaching achievement award was the grand prize; In the past five years, 36 provincial (ministerial) educational reform (key) research projects have been approved; The school has successively won the Golden Bell Award (Chorus), the Mountain Flower Award, the highest folk art award in China, the first prize of the Challenge Cup National Undergraduate Extracurricular Academic Works Competition, the gold prize of the National Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Competition, the first prize of the National Undergraduate Art Exhibition Chorus Competition (Professional Group), the first prize of the National Undergraduate Mathematical Modeling Competition and the first prize of the National Undergraduate Structural Design Competition. The first prize of the National College Students' Mechanical Innovation Design Competition, the third prize of the International College Students' Design Competition of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), and the special prize of the Esri Cup China College Students' GIS Software Development Competition.
The graduates trained by the school have strong practical ability, diligence and pragmatism, and are generally welcomed by employers. Many graduates have become unit leaders or industry backbones, especially for the Yangtze River Delta region, providing a large number of outstanding talents for Jiangsu's construction, environmental protection industry and basic education. The school has won the honorary title of advanced unit for graduate employment in Jiangsu Province for many times.