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2018-12-03

Agreement on Student Mobility and Academic Co-operation Signed with McMaster University

Inordertostrengthenthesubstantivecooperationwithworld-classuniversitiesanddisciplines，SouthChinaUniversityofTechnologyandMcMasterUniversityhavesignedanagreementonStudentMobilityandAcademicCo-operation.ThetwopartiesagreetocarryonundergraduateexchangeandacademiccooperationbasedontheMOUbetweenthetwouniversities.McMasterUniversityagreestoaccepttheyear3andyear4SCUTstudentstotakeuponeyearcreditcourses,aswellasSCUT’sstudentsatalllevelstotakeupsummercoursesandresearchinternshipprogramsatMcMaster.Introdu

2018-11-28

Concert held in city to celebrate 66th anniversary of SCUT

TheRhymingAutumnofSCUT,amusicalperformancepresentedbyfacultyandstudentsofSCUT,waslastweekheldatGuangzhou’sXinghaiConcertHalltocelebratetheuniversity’s66thbirthday.Theconcert,withDmitriShostakovich’sFestiveOvertureastheopening,wasanensembleofwesternclassicalmusicandChinesemodernmusic,aswellasmusiccreatedbycomposersofSCUT.YoungteachersandtheYouthSymphonyOrchestraofSCUTplayedanumberoflong-establishedmusicalworks,includingRachmaninoff’sPianoConcertoNo.2,Bach’sConcertoFor2Violins,andTchaikovsky’sTheN

2018-11-13

SCUT makes steady progress in top 400 of Global University Rankings

SCUTwasrankedNo.361intheGlobalUniversityRankings2018publishedbytheU.S.NewsandWorldReport,movingup39placescomparedtolastyear.ThelatestrankingswereupdatedonOctober30,listingSCUTasthe18thinthemainlandChina,upfromthe19thlastyear.Insubjectrankings,SCUT’sagriculturalscience,engineering,chemistry,materialsscience,andcomputersciencewerenamedwithintheglobaltop100,whileagriculturalsciencetookaremarkableplaceatthe17thslot.ThisisthefifthyearforU.S.NewsandWorldReporttoproducetheBestGlobalUniversitiesRankings

2018-10-19

SCUT sets record high in nationwide entrepreneurship competition

StudentteamsofSCUTtookhometwoGoldPrizesandtwoSilverPrizesinthe4thChinaCollegeStudents’“InternetPlus”InnovationandEntrepreneurshipCompetition,settingthebestrecordinhistoryfortheuniversity.Thefinalofthecompetitionwasheldlastweekend,when210studentteamsfromacrossthecountrygatheredatXiamenUniversity,Fujianprovince,tocompetefornationaltitles.“InternetPlus”isanationwidecontestthataimstopromote“massinnovationandentrepreneurship”amongcollegestudentsofChina.Thiswasthefourtheditionoftheevent,attracting2.65

2018-10-15

Professor Gao Song appointed President of SCUT

AccordingtothedecisionmadebytheCPCCommitteeoftheMinistryofEducation,ProfessorGaoSonghasbeenappointedasPresidentofSCUTandDeputySecretaryoftheCPCSCUTCommittee,whilehispredecessorProfessorWangYingjunnolongerperformstheaboveduties.AfacultyassemblywasthismorningconvenedattheLiwuBuildingofScienceandTechnologytoannouncethechange.Bornin1964,ProfessorGaoSongearnedhisPhDdegreeininorganicchemistryatPekingUniversity.HeiscurrentlyamemberoftheChineseAcademyofSciences.BeforetakingofficeasSCUT’sPresident,heserv

2018-10-09

Rector of Polytechnic University of Turin visits SCUT

SCUTandthePolytechnicUniversityofTurin(PolitecnicodiTorino,PDT),Italy,willbeenhancingtheirlong-termpartnershipinscientificresearchandstudenttraining,afteradelegationfromPDTvisitedSCUTbeforeChinasNationalDayholiday.Thedelegation,ledbyGuidoSaracco,PDT’sRector,wasreceivedbyQiuXueqing,SCUT’sVicePresident,attheShawBuildingofHumanitiesonSeptember28.ItwasGuidoSaracco’sfirstvisittoChinaafterhislatestappointmentasRector.OnthedaybeforethedelegatescametoSCUT,healsometwithXuRuisheng,ViceGovernorofGuangdongp

2018-09-30

SCUT and UWA stick to cooperative commitments

SCUTisworkingwiththeUniversityofWesternAustralia(UWA)oncarryingoutmultiplecooperativeprograms,includingsettingupanewfacultyofmarinescienceandengineering,aswellascontinuingjointeffortsattheSino-AustraliaCollegeprogram.AdelegationfromUWA’sFacultyofEngineeringandMathematicalSciences,ledbyJohnDell,UWA’sProVice-Chancellor,paidavisittoSCUTonSeptember14,whenZhangXichun,SecretaryoftheCPCSCUTCommittee,andQiuXueqing,VicePresidentofSCUT,hadameetingwiththemattheWushanCampus.ZhangXichunsaidinthemeetingthatth

2018-09-12

GZIC welcomes the first intake of students

Nearly13,000freshstudentsregisteredatSCUT’sthreecampuseslastweek,asthegenerationbornafter2000forthefirsttimespotlightedonthecentralstageofthewelcomingday.Forthisyear,6,182freshundergradates,with61%ofthembornin2000,and6,644freshgraduatesjoinedthegreatfamilyofSCUTonJune6and7.UniversityleadersincludingZhangXichun,WangYingjun,LiuQijin,YuQijun,TaoShaojing,DangZhi,andLiZhengwereonsitetoinstructregistrationworks.TheGuangzhouInternationalCampus,whichisSCUT’sthirdcampusafteronesatWushanandtheUniversityTo

2018-09-01

SCUT starts Phase-I construction for Guangzhou International Campus

SCUT’sGuangzhouInternationalCampushasnowenteredPhase-Iofitsconstructionplan,afteraceremonyofactivatingtheprojectwascelebratedonAugust16,withthecampus’sfirstpilebeinginstalledonAugust24.Ithasbeenonly17monthssincetheuniversitysignedtheagreementofbuildingtheGuangzhouInternationalCampuswiththeMinistryofEducationandthegovernmentsofGuangdongprovinceandGuangzhou,aprogressthatdemonstratedthe“Guangzhouspeedandefficiency”totheworld.Thisnewcampuswilltakefocusoncutting-edgetechnologiesandaddressmajordemands

2018-07-03

3 ways for freshmen to study at Guangzhou International Campus

Fromtheyear2018,applicationsareopenforstudentsofSCUTtotakecoursesinemergingengineeringsubjectsattheGuangzhouInternationalCampus,whilefreshstudentsaregiventhreeoptionsforstudyingthereinthefuture.SCUTplanstoenroll6,300freshundergraduatesthisautumn,whilepartofthesestudentswillbehavingopportunitiesofstudyingattheGuangzhouInternationalCampus,thethirdcampusoftheuniversityaftertheonesatWushanandtheGuangzhouHigherEducationMegaCenter.Theuniversityhasrecentlyformallyinitiatedtheconstructionofthisnewcampus

2018-06-21

Delegation visits New Zealand, Australia, Singapore

SCUTislookingforwardtoextendingpartnershipswithseveralprestigiousuniversitiesinNewZealand,Australia,andSingapore,afteradelegationledbyZhangXichun,SecretaryofCPCSCUTCommittee,travelledtothesecountriesearlierthismonthandproducedfruitfulresultsindevelopingcooperativeprograms.FromJune5to14,thedelegationpaidvisitstotheUniversityofAuckland,theUniversityofNewSouthWales,theUniversityofWesternAustralia,CurtinUniversity,andtheNanyangTechnologicalUniversity.DuringthemeetingwithJenniferDixon,DeputyVice-Chan

2018-05-12

Groundbreaking held for Guangzhou International Campus

ThegroundbreakingceremonyofSCUT’sGuangzhouInternationalCampuswasthisWednesdaylaunchedattheGuangzhouInternationalInnovationCity,PanyuDistrict,meaningtheconstructionofSCUT’sthirdcampushasbeenformallyactivated.Thenewcampuswillbehosting10schoolsfeaturingforefrontinterdisciplinaryfieldsandanumberofresearchinstitutes.Itwillfunctionasahubforaddressingmajordemandsofthecountryandtheregion,conductingfrontierscientificresearch,promotinghigh-endtechnologytransfer,andtrainingtoptalentsforinnovativeabilities,