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2018-04-15

Delegation visits universities in US and Canada

SCUTisstrengtheninglinkswithseveralmajoruniversitiesintheUSandCanada,afteradelegationofSCUTtravelledtotheseuniversitiesfromMarch22to29,andreachedconsensuswiththemonadvancingfurthercooperationattheGuangzhouInternationalCampus.ThedelegateswereledbyProfessorYuQijun,DeputySecretaryoftheCPCSCUTCommittee,andProfessorDouglasRuth,ChiefScientistandDeanofSCUT’sShien-MingWuSchoolofIntelligentEngineeringattheGuangzhouInternationalCampus.TheirdestinationsincludedtheUniversityofMichigan(UM)intheUS,andMcMaster

2018-03-26

SCUT making solid progress in collaborating with UWA

SCUTisspeedingupitsprogressofcollaboratingwiththeUniversityofWesternAustralia(UWA),astheGuangzhouInternationalCampusisgettingclosertostartconstruction.IainWattandJohnDell,UWA’sProVice-Chancellors,paidavisittoSCUTlastweek.TheywerereceivedbyZhangXichun,SecretaryoftheCPCSCUTCommittee,andQiuXueqing,SCUT’sVicePresident,attheLiwuBuildingofScienceandTechnologyonMarch19.ZhangXichunindicatedinthemeetingthatSCUT’sGuangzhouInternationalCampus,afterayearofelaboratepreparationwithstrongsupportfromtheMinistry

2018-03-07

SCUT commits to building new faculty of intelligent engineering

2018-03-07readCount:577ProfessorNiJun,aprestigiousscholarinmanufacturingengineeringattheUniversityofMichigan(UMich),visitedSCUTlastweektodiscusswithitsleadersonbuildingtheShien-MingWuSchoolofIntelligentEngineeringattheGuangzhouInternationalCampus.NiJuniscurrentlyatenuredprofessoratUMichandHonoraryDeanoftheShanghaiJiaoTongUniversity–UniversityofMichiganJointInstitute.DuringhisvisittoSCUT,hewasreceivedbyZhangXichun,SecretaryoftheCPCSCUTCommittee,andWangYingjun,PresidentofSCUT,attheLiwuBuildingofSc

2017-12-09

SCUT works with S. M. Wu Foundation and S. M. Wu Manufacturing Research Center to build S. M. Wu School of Intelligent Engineering

VicePresidentQiuXueqingmetwithProfessorNiJun,DirectorofShien-MingWuManufacturingResearchCenter,UniversityofMichiganinHangzhouon7thDecandsignedcooperationagreementonthejointdevelopmentofShien-MingWuSchoolofIntelligentEngineeringattheGuangzhouInternationalCampusofSCUT.Bothpartiesagreedthatthenewschoolwillfocusonthejointeducation,jointresearchandjointlaboratoryinthefieldsofartificialintelligence,high-endequipment,manufacturingengineering,etc.SourcefromtheUniversityNewsCenterTranslatedandeditedbyPan

2017-11-18

Western Australian delegation visits SCUT to promote cooperation

SCUTislookingforwardtoboostingtieswithpartnersinWesternAustralia,afteradelegationconsistingofhigh-rankingofficialsofthegovernmentanduniversitiesofWesternAustraliavisitedSCUTonlastFridayandsignedtwocooperationagreements.Among18delegateswereSuzanneEllery,WesternAustralia’sMinisterforEducationandTraining,RobDelane,WesternAustralia’sDeputyDirectorGeneralofInternationalEducation,TradeandInvestment,DawnFreshwater,Vice-ChancelloroftheUniversityofWesternAustralia(UWA),andDeborahTerry,Vice-ChancellorofCu

2017-07-07

SCUT brings top minds together to construct International Campus

TheconstructionprogressofSCUT’sGuangzhouInternationalCampusisspeedingup,afteruniversityleadersandacademicsheldadiscussionpanelonMondaytoconductafeasibilitystudyfortheproject.LeadersthatattendedthemeetingthatwasconvenedattheShawBuildingofHumanitiesincludedSecretaryoftheCPCSCUTCommitteeZhangXichun,PresidentWangYingjun,ExecutiveVice-PresidentPengXinyi,DeputySecretariesoftheCPCSCUTCommitteeLiuQijinandYuQijun,andVicePresidentsPengShuolong,QiuXueqingandDangZhi.Threeschemesdraftedbydifferentteamswerede

2017-06-13

International programs thrive, as SCUT to take 6,300 freshmen in 2017

SCUTplanstoenroll6,300freshundergraduatesthisautumn,asadvancedschemesfortraininghigh-performancestudentsandinternationaljointprogramswillcontinuetoexpandinscaleandscope.TheuniversityheldapressconferenceonJune8,theseconddayofChina’sNationalCollegeEntranceExamination(NCEE),toannounceitsundergraduaterecruitmentplanoftheacademicyear2017/2018,whenZhangXichun,SecretaryoftheCPCSCUTCommittee,addressedakeynotespeech.ZhangXichunpraisedthattherapiddevelopmentofSCUThasbenefitedfrom“therighttiming”ofthenatio

2017-05-27

New joint faculty of marine science being planned by SCUT and UWA

SCUTandtheUniversityofWesternAustralia(UWA)willbeworkingtogetheronbuildinganewfacultyofmarinescienceandengineeringatSCUT’sGuangzhouInternationalCampus,accordingtoanagreementthatwassignedbyleadersofthetwouniversitiesthismonth.AUWA’sdelegationledbyitsnewlyappointedVice-ChancellorDawnFreshwater,alongwithProVice-ChancellorsJohnDellandWendyErber,visitedSCUT’scampusonMay19.TheywerereceivedbyZhangXichun,SecretaryoftheCPCSCUTCommittee,andZhuMin,SCUT’sVicePresident,attheLiwuBuildingofScienceandTechnology

2017-04-28

Leading global scholars gather at SCUT to explore soft matter science

SCUThostedover150academicsfromallovertheworldatthe2017InternationalSymposiumforSoftMatterScienceandTechnology,whichtookplacefromApril18to19.Topspecialistsfromnearly30universitiesandresearchinstitutionspresentedtheirlatestresearchacrossawiderangeoftopicsinsoftmatterrelatedareas,includingphysics,chemistry,materialscienceandengineering.ProfessorYuQijun,DeputySecretaryoftheCPCSCUTCommittee,attendedtheopeningceremony.HeintroducedSCUT’srecentprogressinmaterialscienceandpolymerscienceinhisopeningremark

2017-04-21

South China Institute for Soft Matter convenes first council meeting

SecretaryZhangXichunissuedtheLetterofAppointmenttoProfessorStephenZ.D.ChengontheAISMSTsfirstacademiccouncilmeetingSCUTwillassemblesomeoftheworld’smostremarkablescientiststogethertoconductfrontierresearchesonsoftmatter,basedontheacademicplatformbuiltbytheSouthChinaAdvancedInstituteforSoftMatterScienceandTechnology(AISMST).TheAISMSTheldthefirstmeetingofitsInternationalAcademicAdvancementCouncilonApril17attheShawBuildingofHumanities.Amongthefirstsessionofthecouncilarescholarsfromtopuniversitiesandr

2017-04-19

SCUT partners with University of Bristol on international campus

SCUTwillfullycollaboratewiththeUniversityofBristolintheUKtoacceleratetheprogressofbuildingtheGuangzhouInternationalCampus,accordingtoacooperationagreementthatwassignedwhenleadersandacademicsfromtheUniversityofBristolmadeatriptoSCUTonApril11.AmongtheBristoldelegationincludeditsPresidentandViceChancellorHughBrady,andProViceChancellorEricLithander,whowerereceivedbySecretaryoftheCPCSCUTCommitteeZhangXichunandSCUTsVicePresidentZhuMinattheLiwuBuildingofScienceandTechnology.SCUT,workingtogetherwiththeC

2017-03-16

SCUT works with MOE & regional authorities on new international campus

TheagreementofbuildingSCUT’sGuangzhouInternationalCampuswassignedinBeijingyesterdayAnewinternationalcampusofSCUThasbeenconfirmedtobebuiltinGuangzhoutoadvancehigh-leveleducationandscientificresearch.TheChineseMinistryofEducation(MOE),theGuangdongProvincialGovernment,theGuangzhouMunicipalGovernment,andSCUTwillbeworkingtogethertofacilitatetheambitiousplan.OnMarch15inBeijing,witnessedHuChunhua,CPCPolitburoMemberandSecretaryoftheCPCGuangdongProvincialCommittee,ChenBaosheng,MinisterofEducation,MaXingr