Inordertostrengthenthesubstantivecooperationwithworld-classuniversitiesanddisciplines,SouthChinaUniversityofTechnologyandMcMasterUniversityhavesignedanagreementonStudentMobilityandAcademicCo-operation.ThetwopartiesagreetocarryonundergraduateexchangeandacademiccooperationbasedontheMOUbetweenthetwouniversities.McMasterUniversityagreestoaccepttheyear3andyear4SCUTstudentstotakeuponeyearcreditcourses,aswellasSCUT’sstudentsatalllevelstotakeupsummercoursesandresearchinternshipprogramsatMcMaster.Introdu
TheRhymingAutumnofSCUT,amusicalperformancepresentedbyfacultyandstudentsofSCUT,waslastweekheldatGuangzhou’sXinghaiConcertHalltocelebratetheuniversity’s66thbirthday.Theconcert,withDmitriShostakovich’sFestiveOvertureastheopening,wasanensembleofwesternclassicalmusicandChinesemodernmusic,aswellasmusiccreatedbycomposersofSCUT.YoungteachersandtheYouthSymphonyOrchestraofSCUTplayedanumberoflong-establishedmusicalworks,includingRachmaninoff’sPianoConcertoNo.2,Bach’sConcertoFor2Violins,andTchaikovsky’sTheN
SCUTwasrankedNo.361intheGlobalUniversityRankings2018publishedbytheU.S.NewsandWorldReport,movingup39placescomparedtolastyear.ThelatestrankingswereupdatedonOctober30,listingSCUTasthe18thinthemainlandChina,upfromthe19thlastyear.Insubjectrankings,SCUT’sagriculturalscience,engineering,chemistry,materialsscience,andcomputersciencewerenamedwithintheglobaltop100,whileagriculturalsciencetookaremarkableplaceatthe17thslot.ThisisthefifthyearforU.S.NewsandWorldReporttoproducetheBestGlobalUniversitiesRankings
StudentteamsofSCUTtookhometwoGoldPrizesandtwoSilverPrizesinthe4thChinaCollegeStudents’“InternetPlus”InnovationandEntrepreneurshipCompetition,settingthebestrecordinhistoryfortheuniversity.Thefinalofthecompetitionwasheldlastweekend,when210studentteamsfromacrossthecountrygatheredatXiamenUniversity,Fujianprovince,tocompetefornationaltitles.“InternetPlus”isanationwidecontestthataimstopromote“massinnovationandentrepreneurship”amongcollegestudentsofChina.Thiswasthefourtheditionoftheevent,attracting2.65
AccordingtothedecisionmadebytheCPCCommitteeoftheMinistryofEducation,ProfessorGaoSonghasbeenappointedasPresidentofSCUTandDeputySecretaryoftheCPCSCUTCommittee,whilehispredecessorProfessorWangYingjunnolongerperformstheaboveduties.AfacultyassemblywasthismorningconvenedattheLiwuBuildingofScienceandTechnologytoannouncethechange.Bornin1964,ProfessorGaoSongearnedhisPhDdegreeininorganicchemistryatPekingUniversity.HeiscurrentlyamemberoftheChineseAcademyofSciences.BeforetakingofficeasSCUT’sPresident,heserv
SCUTandthePolytechnicUniversityofTurin(PolitecnicodiTorino,PDT),Italy,willbeenhancingtheirlong-termpartnershipinscientificresearchandstudenttraining,afteradelegationfromPDTvisitedSCUTbeforeChinasNationalDayholiday.Thedelegation,ledbyGuidoSaracco,PDT’sRector,wasreceivedbyQiuXueqing,SCUT’sVicePresident,attheShawBuildingofHumanitiesonSeptember28.ItwasGuidoSaracco’sfirstvisittoChinaafterhislatestappointmentasRector.OnthedaybeforethedelegatescametoSCUT,healsometwithXuRuisheng,ViceGovernorofGuangdongp
SCUTisworkingwiththeUniversityofWesternAustralia(UWA)oncarryingoutmultiplecooperativeprograms,includingsettingupanewfacultyofmarinescienceandengineering,aswellascontinuingjointeffortsattheSino-AustraliaCollegeprogram.AdelegationfromUWA’sFacultyofEngineeringandMathematicalSciences,ledbyJohnDell,UWA’sProVice-Chancellor,paidavisittoSCUTonSeptember14,whenZhangXichun,SecretaryoftheCPCSCUTCommittee,andQiuXueqing,VicePresidentofSCUT,hadameetingwiththemattheWushanCampus.ZhangXichunsaidinthemeetingthatth
Nearly13,000freshstudentsregisteredatSCUT’sthreecampuseslastweek,asthegenerationbornafter2000forthefirsttimespotlightedonthecentralstageofthewelcomingday.Forthisyear,6,182freshundergradates,with61%ofthembornin2000,and6,644freshgraduatesjoinedthegreatfamilyofSCUTonJune6and7.UniversityleadersincludingZhangXichun,WangYingjun,LiuQijin,YuQijun,TaoShaojing,DangZhi,andLiZhengwereonsitetoinstructregistrationworks.TheGuangzhouInternationalCampus,whichisSCUT’sthirdcampusafteronesatWushanandtheUniversityTo
SCUT’sGuangzhouInternationalCampushasnowenteredPhase-Iofitsconstructionplan,afteraceremonyofactivatingtheprojectwascelebratedonAugust16,withthecampus’sfirstpilebeinginstalledonAugust24.Ithasbeenonly17monthssincetheuniversitysignedtheagreementofbuildingtheGuangzhouInternationalCampuswiththeMinistryofEducationandthegovernmentsofGuangdongprovinceandGuangzhou,aprogressthatdemonstratedthe“Guangzhouspeedandefficiency”totheworld.Thisnewcampuswilltakefocusoncutting-edgetechnologiesandaddressmajordemands
Fromtheyear2018,applicationsareopenforstudentsofSCUTtotakecoursesinemergingengineeringsubjectsattheGuangzhouInternationalCampus,whilefreshstudentsaregiventhreeoptionsforstudyingthereinthefuture.SCUTplanstoenroll6,300freshundergraduatesthisautumn,whilepartofthesestudentswillbehavingopportunitiesofstudyingattheGuangzhouInternationalCampus,thethirdcampusoftheuniversityaftertheonesatWushanandtheGuangzhouHigherEducationMegaCenter.Theuniversityhasrecentlyformallyinitiatedtheconstructionofthisnewcampus
SCUTislookingforwardtoextendingpartnershipswithseveralprestigiousuniversitiesinNewZealand,Australia,andSingapore,afteradelegationledbyZhangXichun,SecretaryofCPCSCUTCommittee,travelledtothesecountriesearlierthismonthandproducedfruitfulresultsindevelopingcooperativeprograms.FromJune5to14,thedelegationpaidvisitstotheUniversityofAuckland,theUniversityofNewSouthWales,theUniversityofWesternAustralia,CurtinUniversity,andtheNanyangTechnologicalUniversity.DuringthemeetingwithJenniferDixon,DeputyVice-Chan
ThegroundbreakingceremonyofSCUT’sGuangzhouInternationalCampuswasthisWednesdaylaunchedattheGuangzhouInternationalInnovationCity,PanyuDistrict,meaningtheconstructionofSCUT’sthirdcampushasbeenformallyactivated.Thenewcampuswillbehosting10schoolsfeaturingforefrontinterdisciplinaryfieldsandanumberofresearchinstitutes.Itwillfunctionasahubforaddressingmajordemandsofthecountryandtheregion,conductingfrontierscientificresearch,promotinghigh-endtechnologytransfer,andtrainingtoptalentsforinnovativeabilities,