South university of science and technology of china, China (hereinafter referred to as "South University of Science and Technology") is a new public research university with a high starting point and high orientation, which was established under the background of China's higher education reform and development. On February 14, 2022, the Ministry of Education and other three ministries and commissions announced the second round of "double first-class" universities and disciplines, and South University of Science and Technology and Mathematics were selected into the "double first-class" universities and disciplines list. The school draws lessons from the discipline setting and running mode of world-class universities of science and engineering, focusing on science, engineering and medicine, and has a discipline system with equal emphasis on business and distinctive humanities and social sciences. It runs schools at undergraduate, master and doctoral levels, and conducts research in a series of new disciplines, making the school a think tank leading social development and a source of new knowledge and technology. South University of Science and Technology, rooted in China, seized the historical opportunity of the "double zones" driven by the pioneering demonstration zones in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Shenzhen and the "double zones" of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Shenzhen Pioneer Demonstration Zone, carried forward the school-running spirit of "daring to venture, seeking truth and being pragmatic, reforming and innovating, and pursuing Excellence", highlighted the school-running characteristics of "creating knowledge, innovating and starting a business" and practiced "seeking truth by virtue and striving for self-improvement". Strive to serve the innovative country and Shenzhen's international, modern and innovative city construction, and quickly build itself into an international high-level research university that gathers first-class teachers, trains top-notch innovative talents, creates world-class academic achievements and promotes the application of science and technology, laying a solid foundation for the early realization of the grand goal of building a world-class research university.
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1. The president of South University of Science and Technology has no administrative rank. Unlike other universities in China, South University of Science and Technology is an innovative university outside the system, similar to foreign private universities.
2. south university of science and technology of china, China is a national experimental school for comprehensive reform of higher education, a key construction university of high-level universities in Guangdong Province, a full-time public university led and managed by Guangdong Province, and an innovative university founded in Shenzhen. The goal is to quickly build an international high-level research university and an important base for major scientific and technological research and top-notch innovative personnel training in China.
3. 20 10 12. The Ministry of Education agreed to build the South University of Science and Technology. 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 a modern university system with China characteristics and exploring innovative talent training modes. In May, 20 18, South University of Science and Technology was approved as a doctoral degree-granting unit, becoming the fastest university in China to obtain a doctoral degree-granting unit.
4. South University of Science and Technology is dominated by science and engineering, with some characteristics of humanities and social sciences, economics, management and other disciplines.
5. The current party secretary of South University of Science and Technology is Guo Yurong, and the current president is Chen Shiyi.