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2020-05-11

Secretary Zhang Xichun investigates the preparation work for the second-phase construction of the Guangzhou International Campus

Zhang Xuichun visited the front-line working group’s officeRecently, Zhang Xichun, Secretary of the CPC SCUT Committee, made a special investigation on the working group’s preliminary preparationwork for the second-phase construction project of the Guangzhou International Campus. Tao Shaojing, Deputy Secretary of the CPC SCUT Committee joined the investigation.Zhang Xichun first came to the front line of the preliminary preparationwork for the construction project of the campus to learn more abo

2020-05-07

Top 1! Students of SCUT won the highest honor in MCM/ICM

On April 28th, it was officially announced that South China University of Technology (SCUT) has wontwo Outstanding Winner awards, , the highest awardsin the American College Student Mathematical Contest in Modeling Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (MCM/ICM) 2020. The number of the awards is in the second place among all the participants in the world. While, the winner team of which composed of Gao Xiang, Ye Shaochong, and Liu Jianan (with Chen Yongkuan as the instructor) has got the first p

2020-05-04

2020 Nature Index Released：South China University of Technology Entered the Global Top 100 for the First Time

SCUT entered the global top 100On April 30th, the Nature Researchreleased the “Nature Index 2020 Annual Tables”, which said that South China University of Technology(SCUT)ranked93rdamong the global academic institutions.This is the firsttime that SCUT is included in thetop 100 of the list.The Nature Index tracks the scientific research resultsof the institutions and countries published in82 prestigiousscientificjournalsin 2019.Judging from the ranking of four subject areas, SCUT has performed we

2020-04-26

SCUT identified the EEG signature that predicts antidepressant response in major depression

Journal cover Research paperRecently, Nature Biotechnology, a top journal in the field of engineering and technology (with the impact factor as high as 35.7), a sub-journal of the world-renowned academic journal called Nature, officially published a research paper titled “An electroencephalographic signature predicts antidepressant response in major depression” in the form of Article. The article takes Wu Wei, a researcher from the School of Automation Science and Engineering of SCUT as the fir

2020-04-16

SCUT achieves excellent results again in the global PCT patent applications

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) said in a statement on April 7ththat China surpassed the United States in 2019 as the largest source of international patent applications filed with WIPO for the first time. South China University of Technology (SCUT) has been within the top five global education institutions and the top three universities in China for two consecutive years. In 2019, SCUT ranks 5thin global education institutions and 3rdin Chinese universities with 170 applicat

2020-04-10

SCUT is Selected as the Top 10 National Demonstration Bases for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Recently, China Association for Science and Technology （CAST）released the assessment results of the 2019 Demonstration Basesfor Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation. With a beautiful score of 85.6 points, South China University of Technology (SCUT) has been selected as one of the top 10 university-centered demonstration bases, together with Tsinghua University, Fudan University, and Harbin Institute of Technology.It is known that from May to August, 2019, according to the requirements of the Sta

2020-04-03

President Gao Song Attended the Launching Ceremony of the Construction of Guangzhou Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy Pilot Zone

On March 31st, Guangzhou held a launching ceremony for the construction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital economy pilot zone. Zhang Shuofu, Secretary of CPC Guangzhou Municipal Committee, announced the start of the key projects. Qin Weizhong, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province, unveiled the nameplate for the National New-type Industrialization Demonstration Base (Big Data) and the Guangdong Laboratory of AI and Digital Economy (GZ). Wen Guohui, Deputy Secretary of CPC Guangzhou Munici

2020-03-26

Online teaching marks fresh start for spring semester in SCUT for fighting epidemic

Teachers are teaching onlineIn order to minimize the impact of the breakout of the Novel Coronavirus on teaching, South China University of Technology (SCUT) has followed the instruction of “Class suspended, Teaching and Learning ongoing”, and adopted the mode of online teaching for the undergraduate courses in the 2019-2020 spring semester before students return to the university. Except for some courses that are not suitable for online teaching will be postponed until the students return to ca

2020-03-20

President Gao Song paid a visit to Guangzhou International Campus

Gao song watched the campus building modelOn the morning of March 18th, Gao Song, President of SCUT, paid a visit to the Guangzhou International Campus and hold an investigation meeting. Tao Shaojing, Deputy Secretary of the CPC SCUT Committee also participated in the investigation.At the meeting, Gao Song listened attentively to the report on the campus epidemic prevention and control, the construction progress of the second-phase project, and the design planning concept of the campus bookstore

2020-03-06

A Letter to Overseas Students of SCUT

Dear Students,Hello!The unexpected epidemic has separated us from a far place. Since you are stranded overseas, you must miss your motherland and your family. And likewise, your motherland, your university and your relatives are also missing you, concerning about every student who studies overseas and loves his home and country.The COVID-19 outbreak is a major public health emergency that has spread at the fastest speed, caused the most extensive infection and is the most difficult to contain in

2020-03-06

A Message from President Gao Song: Meeting the Challenges, Leading the Future

Since the beginning of the new semester, teachers and students of South China University of Technology (SCUT) have met online to jointly adapt to the new teaching mode of online teaching. Over the past week, teachers and students have gradually become proficient in online teaching from the initial awkwardness, and online teaching has carried out smoothly and orderly.Recently, in an interview with the Guangdong Television, President Gao Song took the anxiety, doubt, and even panic caused by the e

2020-02-21

SCUT ranks top 50 in the THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020

The Times Higher Education (THE) released its Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020 on February 19th, with 533 institutions from 47 countries and regions on the list, including 81 from the Chinese mainland. South China University of Technology (SCUT)ranks among the top 50 places in the global emerging economies universities for two consecutive years, and ranks 18thamong universities of the Chinese mainland.The THE Emerging Economies University Rankings judges institutions on their teaching