On October 13, the on-site finals of the China International College Students' Innovation Competition 2025 (CICSIC 2025) were held at Zhengzhou University. SCUT advanced to the finals with seven projects, winning six gold medals and one silver medal, ranking first among universities in Guangdong Province and among the top nationwide in terms of the number of gold medals.

The CICSIC 2025 is a global event jointly organized by the Ministry of Education and 11 other departments. With the theme of 'Dare to Differ, Dare to Win', the event has attracted 6.19 million projects and 24.43 million participants from 5,673 universities across 161 countries and regions worldwide, further enhancing its role as a great platform uniting 'hundreds of countries, thousands of colleges, and millions of people'.

Gold Medal-winning projects:

Fast-Charging Pioneer: Ester Polymer-Based Solid-State Lithium Batteries—School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, SCUT

Pioneer of Next-Gen Magnetic Storage Chip Architecture—School of Microelectronics, SCUT

Multimodal and IoT Large Model for Intelligent Connectivity—School of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering, SCUT

Rural Revitalization Pioneer Empowered by Targeted Recovery of Valuable Metals from Water Bodies in Mining Area—School of Environment and Energy, SCUT

High-Efficiency and High-Performance Metal Micro- and Nano-Manufacturing with Non-Uniform Double-Beams—School of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering, SCUT

Intelligent Robot System for Brain-Computer Interface—Shien-Ming Wu School of Intelligent Engineering, SCUT