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On February 14 this year, the list of the second round of " Double First-Class " construction universities and construction disciplines was announced. Southern University of Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as "South University of Science and Technology") was successfully selected, becoming the first local university in Shenzhen to become one of the "Double First-Class" and one of the youngest "Double First-Class" in China.
This is just ten years after the Ministry of Education approved the "resolution to become a regular person" in April 2012.
Over the past decade, thanks to the implementation of national strategies such as "dual zone drive", Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area high-level talent highland construction, "Double First-Class" construction, and comprehensive national science center construction, South China University of Science and Technology took the initiative and responded actively to serve national strategic needs with vivid practice. In this extraordinary decade, the school has made bold breakthroughs in many aspects such as independent enrollment, education system, personnel reform, and scientific research system with a bold attitude of daring to explore and trying, and reform and innovation, creating the "Shenzhen speed" of the development of higher education.
South China University of Science and Technology has been a test field for China's higher education since its birth. During the start-up period, South China University of Science and Technology's exploration on the system and mechanism of higher education and the cultivation of outstanding innovative talents in China has become the focus of attention from all walks of life. Ten years of hard work have given these expectations more real and solid answers.
continues to write a new journey to the stars and sea along the new research university track. South China University of Science and Technology has the "bigest thing in the country" in mind, and takes it as its mission to focus on the country's major strategic needs and serve local needs. It accelerates the construction of a world-class research university rooted in China and has important global influence, and helps Shenzhen take solid steps on the road to pioneering demonstration, make new and greater contributions to the construction of a high-level talent highland in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the country's high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, and also contributes wisdom and solutions to the exploration and construction of a university with Chinese characteristics.
Explore the governance of modern universities and drive high-quality development
Time goes back to April 16, 2012. The Ministry of Education issued a document approved by the establishment of South China University of Science and Technology, which clearly wrote two "explorations", one of which is to explore the modern university system with Chinese characteristics.
"Strengthening the leadership of the Party is an important feature of the university with Chinese characteristics and a fundamental guarantee for running a university well and cultivating morality and cultivating people." Li Fengliang, Secretary of the Party Committee of South China University of Science and Technology, said that as the South China University of Science and Technology, which was born at the historical node of the party and the state to promote higher education reform and grew up in the great practice of reform and opening up, for ten years, it has adhered to the direction of the Party managing schools, the Party managing cadres, talents, and ideology, leading reform and development, and firmly assumed the main responsibility of managing the Party and running schools.
Improve system construction and firmly guide party building. In the practice of running schools, South China University of Technology adheres to the principal responsibility system under the leadership of the Party Committee, implements the first issue system, and standardizes the joint meeting system of the college and department party and government. We will continue to improve the structure of grassroots party organizations and build a working pattern of "horizontal to the edge, vertical to the bottom, and full coverage" of the party's leadership. The school continuously optimizes and builds a three-level organizational system at the school-college and department, so that the power of the organization can be transformed into the driving force for the development of various undertakings of the school. A number of party branches in the college and department have been upgraded to general branches and general branches to grassroots party committees, and the work idea of "focusing on the center and promoting development" has been implemented.
consolidates grassroots organizations and strengthens governance effectiveness. This year, the school party committee formulated the "Nanyan Project" work plan, focusing on the theme of "Grassroots Party Building Strengthening the Basics Year". Through organizational leadership, teacher party organization team building, high-level talent absorption, student party member cultivation, grassroots Party organization construction, party work team building, etc., we strive to transform the party's political and organizational advantages into governance effectiveness leading the development of the school. Before the start of the new semester, South China University of Science and Technology awarded the first "Grassroot Governance Innovation Award". During the evaluation, the school’s grassroots organizations closely focus on the difficulties and pain points in the school’s grassroots governance, and use innovative concepts, means and methods to propose solutions and solutions, thereby driving the improvement of the level of grassroots service work and further comprehensively improving the effectiveness of university governance.
Deepen ideological and political work and strengthen political absorption.In view of the school's "returnees" gathering, South China University of Technology continues to do a good job in political guidance and political absorption of high-level talents, especially those who return to China. In May this year, Chen Xiao, an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of the Department of Earth and Space Sciences of South China University of Science and Technology, joined the party informally. He is the first academician and party member absorbed by South China University of Science and Technology. His sense of political identity and centripetal force of high-level talents have been continuously strengthened.
extracts the spiritual core and draws the strength to move forward. On the day of the new academic year's new student registration, the exhibition of "cultivating the 'soul of the university' and bravely shouldering the mission of the times" at South China University of Science and Technology to practice the spirit of the school motto was kicked off. At the same time, the school motto pillar and school motto installation of "Ming Dealing for Truth and Renewing and Self-reliance" were also unveiled, as well as the school motto stone unveiled at the end of last year, forming a unique school motto humanistic landscape on the campus.
With the establishment of the school motto, the spiritual core of South China University of Science and Technology, which is to be virtuous and educate people, seek truth from facts, establish a new school every day, and serve the country with self-improvement, is becoming increasingly solid. Taking this opportunity, South China University of Science and Technology has also systematically sorted out the school-creation spirit formed in the school-running process, core value concepts such as the mission, characteristics, goals, and direction of the school, creating a development atmosphere of political stability, academic activity, and cultural prosperity, and also gathering the spiritual value of reform and innovation of a university, helping South China University of Science and Technology to explore the path of cultural innovation and development of universities with a higher vision.
students have gone from 45 at the beginning of the school to 10,300 at the present day, and the number of teachers has gone from double digits to more than 1,300 at the present day; from the transition campus to a beautiful campus with an area of 1.98 million square meters; from the beginning of the school, there were only 5 departments to the current 8 secondary colleges, 333 departments (colleges) and centers, and have opened 37 undergraduate majors, initially forming a discipline layout focusing on science, engineering and medicine, with both business and distinctive humanities and social sciences; no doctoral degree or master's degree program has been used to establish a subject layout, which is mainly based on science, engineering and medicine, and has both business and characteristic humanities and social sciences; , to creatively jointly train graduate students with first-class universities at home and abroad, and to the authorization point for doctoral degree in just 8 years since its establishment, becoming the school with the shortest time to obtain the authorization of doctoral degree among newly established universities in the mainland...
Under the leadership of the governance of modern universities, the "time" of the country's efforts to develop higher education, the "local advantage" of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone , and the "harmony" of high-level talents at home and abroad, South China University of Technology has achieved leapfrog development in more than ten years. In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings released recently, South China University of Science and Technology ranked 166th in the world and 8th in mainland China.
Build a new education system to cultivate new people of the times
Graduate of the first education reform class of South University of Science and Technology and founder of Shenzhen Nanke New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. Zhang Zhi recently donated 1 million yuan to the South University of Science and Technology Education Foundation to support the development of his alma mater. "The experience of South China University of Science and Technology has enriched my knowledge, insights and experience. I would like to thank the various platforms and choice opportunities provided by South China University of Science and Technology for its students." Zhang Zhi said.
South Science University students have gained a lot recently - Kan Zhehan, a 2021 master student in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, published research results at European Conference on Computer Vision, one of the three top conferences of International Computer Vision, , as the first author; Wan Yuhao, a 2018 undergraduate student in the Department of Physics, recently published research papers in the National Science Review as the co-first author; Zhu Quanhui, a 2021 doctoral student in the Department of Mathematics, won the 2022 Alibaba Global Mathematics Competition, Excellence Award... A group of outstanding Nans Science students show their style on various stages. This is one of the manifestations of the comprehensive education and comprehensive education model of South University of Science and Technology.
Another mission entrusted by the Ministry of Education to South China University of Science and Technology is to explore innovative talent training models.
As a test field for higher education, the selection of "seeds" is crucial. In April 2012, South China University of Technology took the lead in reforming the enrollment system and adopted the "631" comprehensive evaluation and admission model based on the college entrance examination, which has since been widely used by domestic universities. The school's exploration in general knowledge training and real-life skills has also caused strong responses across the country.
"To cultivate young students into capital-case 'people' is the real goal we need to cultivate top-notch innovative talents." President of South China University of Science and Technology Xue Qikun said that through about ten years of exploration, South China University of Science and Technology has formed a talent training system based on credit system , tutor system, academy system ("three systems") and is characterized by personalization, eliteization, and internationalization (" three-transformation ").
Among them, the academy system is the core component of all staff, full process and all-round education. The academy is closely following the goal of cultivating morality and cultivating people, and is committed to promoting students' multi-dimensional growth in cognition, emotion, personality development, social adaptation, personal strengths, etc. At South China University of Science and Technology, all teachers and professors must serve as students' tutors in the academy. The school adheres to "general + professional education". New students do not have any majors to enter. They choose their majors freely based on their interests and expertise in the first semester of the college. They also set up general education such as science and engineering, liberal arts, aesthetic education, , labor, entrepreneurship, and growth to cultivate "newcomers" with innovative thinking and capable of taking on the great tasks of the times, "all people" with comprehensive development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor, and socialist "successors" with firm ideals and beliefs for serving the country through science and technology.
Scientific research guidance teaching is an important part of undergraduate education at South China University of Science and Technology. The school opens advanced laboratory platforms to undergraduates and provides systematic and comprehensive mentor guidance. It encourages undergraduates to participate in various scientific research projects, publish scientific research papers, participate in subject competitions and maker projects, and cultivate "scientists with entrepreneurial spirit ".
A series of innovative educational measures have cultivated a large number of outstanding students. Undergraduates of South China University of Science and Technology frequently publish high-level papers in top academic journals such as SCI; among undergraduate graduates, about 70% go to first-class universities at home and abroad every year to further their studies, and about 30% achieve high-quality employment in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The talent training model has been recognized by the society, making school enrollment registrations continue to be popular.
Gathering high-level talents and ignite the innovation engine
In September this year, foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Fields Medal winner Gemanov joined South China University of Science and Technology as a lecturer full-time professor. This is not only an important measure for the school to build a world-class university, but also another major achievement of South China University of Science and Technology to promote the construction of talent highlands in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
High-level talent gathering is one of the important reasons for South China University of Science and Technology to achieve leapfrog development.
As of now, South China University of Science and Technology has signed contracts to introduce 1,363 teachers, including 59 academicians (43 full-time academicians), and 57 international academicians. It has won the first place in the Shenzhen "Talent Bole Award" for six consecutive years.
Why do many high-level talents choose to work and start businesses at South China University of Science and Technology? "The demand for first-class universities and outstanding talents in this era is extremely urgent. We adhere to the concept of attracting talents, retaining talents with treatment, cultivating talents in career, and nourishing talents in culture, forming an atmosphere of respecting talents." Xue Qikun said that the school makes full use of Shenzhen's urban advantages and relevant policy support, aims at key technologies and scientific frontier issues, and strives to build a number of major scientific platforms, so that a group of international high-level talents can gather and grow rapidly at South China University of Science and Technology.
At South China University of Technology, the full-staff appointment system and the six-year "elimination or departure" system ensure the vitality of talents and provide good support for the growth of talents. While implementing the independent research team leader (PI system ) and encouraging professors to explore freely, the school supports professors to form large teams, gradually establish a free exploration-oriented and national demand-oriented scientific research project classification evaluation mechanism, continue to improve the evaluation methods, and implement an holistic evaluation mechanism focusing on cooperation in solving major scientific and technological problems.
"Many of these mechanisms are in line with the international level. As it turns out, this has stimulated the motivation and vitality of the teaching staff." Li Fengliang said. Explorations such as personnel and scientific research management of all staff appointments, classification evaluations, etc. in South China University of Science and Technology have also been studied and applied by new research universities in China and even some traditional systems.
Physics professor Zhang Liyuan team observed two major scientific research results for the first time, Academician Yang Xueming team experimentally observed quantum interference phenomenon in chemical reactions, and two major scientific research results were selected for Top Ten Progress in Chinese Science in for two consecutive years; Academician Xueqikun was awarded the 2020 Felletz London Prize, Academician Yang Xueming won the Future Science Award, Swedish professor Le Si won the "Great Gold Award" of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences; the total number of ESI's top 1% disciplines in the world has reached 9... Thanks to a series of mechanism and system innovations, South China University of Science and Technology has played an increasingly prominent influence in academic fields at home and abroad.
At the beginning of this year, South China University of Science and Technology established five school-level physical research institutions, namely "Advanced Light Source Science Center", "Innovative Materials Research Institute", "Innovative Biotechnology Research Institute", "Innovative Intelligent Manufacturing Research Institute", and "Shenzhen Sustainable Development Research Institute", focusing on cutting-edge science and technology, focusing on interdisciplinary intersection and integration, and striving to achieve leapfrog development in important scientific and technological fields.
Strengthen basic research and original innovation, and strengthen research and development of key core technologies. Their diligence in scientific research confirms the responsibility and feelings of the people of South China University of Science and Technology to serve the country in science and technology, and also adds strong impetus to the "dual zone" innovation engine of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Shenzhen Pilot Demonstration Zone.
resonates with the city and injects strong momentum into the construction of "dual zones"
On June 6 this year, Shenzhen issued the "20+8" industrial policy. 11 days later, a seminar on "Coordinated Development of Colleges and Universities and Emerging Industries" was held at South China University of Science and Technology. 131 representatives from universities, enterprises and government departments in Shenzhen attended the meeting and discussed in depth. At the same time, South China University of Technology closely combines the school's school-enterprise integration development strategy with Shenzhen's "20+8" industrial group strategy, and combines strongly to further enhance its ability to serve Shenzhen's innovation-driven development.
A first-class city needs a first-class university. A first-class university will also become a first-class city. Based in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, South China University of Science and Technology has achieved spillover and driving of university innovation resources after ten years of development. It is striving to build a cooperative ecosystem with the characteristics of South China University of Science and Technology to help build a "dual zone".
supports innovation-driven development. South University of Science and Technology focuses on the deep integration of the education chain, talent chain, industrial chain and innovation chain. It has basically achieved full coverage of cooperation with Shenzhen 11th District (new district, cooperation zone), supports scientific research and industrial upgrading in each district, and has built a set of industry-university-research and technology transfer systems that are suitable for Shenzhen's innovation chain.
helps Shenzhen to build a "benchmark for people's livelihood and happiness". In terms of education, South China University of Science and Technology took the lead in establishing Shenzhen Institute of Innovation and Creative Design and Shenzhen Ocean University; cooperated with Nanshan District , Longgang District , Pingshan District , Guangming District , Dapeng New District to build a compulsory education school with scientific and technological characteristics, to explore new development paths for the through-cultivation of basic education and higher education, and to provide citizens with better basic education.
In terms of medical care, South University of Science and Technology focuses on integrating medical care, teaching, scientific research, talent training and internationalization, and vigorously promotes the construction of medical colleges and affiliated hospitals. At present, the Affiliated Hospital of South China University of Science and Technology (school headquarters) has obtained project approval, and there are 2 directly affiliated hospitals and 1 non-directly affiliated hospital. The medical school has three undergraduate majors: clinical medicine , biomedical science, and biomedical engineering . During the epidemic, South China University of Science and Technology actively leveraged its advantages in scientific and technological innovation and interdisciplinary disciplines, organized scientific research and research, and injected "scientific and technological strength" into the fight against the epidemic.
In terms of culture, South China University of Science and Technology participated in the construction of Shenzhen’s “Top Ten Cultural Facilities in the New Era”, actively planned to build the Global Urban Civilization Model Research Institute, and supported the construction of Shenzhen’s “Type of Urban Civilization”. Academicians and professors of South China University of Science and Technology participated in various science popularization and cultural activities in Shenzhen and went deep into the citizens. The young South China University of Science and Technology brought a unique university culture. "Creation of knowledge, innovation, and entrepreneurship" became the school's characteristic symbol, resonating with the young Shenzhen.
is based on a new starting point and embarks on a new journey. The school has formulated a medium- and long-term plan for the "three-step" period, three development strategies, and five action plans. According to the plan, by 2025, the characteristic disciplines will reach the world's advanced level, become the first echelon of Chinese universities, and become a new research university with important global influence; by 2035, several disciplines will enter the forefront of the world and become a world-class university with extensive influence; by 2049, the main disciplines will rank in the forefront of the world, and become a world-class university with outstanding contribution, innovation and influence. Towards a new goal, South China University of Science and Technology is striving forward vigorously and strides forward.
Li Fengliang, Party Secretary and Professor of the South University of Science and Technology:
Continue to contribute to the reform of higher education "South University of Science and Technology Plan"
"Reform and innovation are the soul of the founding of South University of Science and Technology."Li Fengliang, Party Secretary of the South China University of Science and Technology, said that since its establishment, the school has always taken the pursuit of first-class as its strategic goal, and has continuously explored a modern university system with Chinese characteristics and an innovative talent training model. It is accelerating its goal of "building a world-class research university with outstanding contribution, innovation and influence". "In the process of national high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, South China University of Science and Technology hopes to be the assault boat and advance team of a new research university. "
strives to be a new research university.
. Why can South China University of Science and Technology achieve leapfrog development? In Li Fengliang's view, the school first responds to the needs of national development and the needs of the times, and has also received support from party committees and governments at all levels; secondly, it has found a model suitable for South China University of Science and Technology's development - aiming at the track of new research university; in terms of absorbing talents, in addition to attracting high-end academic talents around the world, it has also introduced the operating equipment level Very high-quality technical talents have introduced various professional management talents from government agencies, enterprises, media, etc. It is the sea of people who absorb talents and make the school's development vigor burst.
Li Fengliang said that whether it is the unique council governance structure, the "631" comprehensive evaluation and admission model, or the personnel management system reform, South China University of Science and Technology has always insisted on carrying out practical exploration with the pioneering spirit, and continues to contribute "South China University of Science and Technology's wisdom" to the exploration of modern university system with Chinese characteristics and "South China University of Science and Technology Program".
The reform of higher education will not be achieved overnight, nor will it go once and for all. Li Fengliang said that the South China University of Science and Technology is constantly reviewing and defining many reforms in keeping with the times. For example, the teaching reform centered on student learning effects is still deepening, and the teaching quality assurance and evaluation system for undergraduate and graduate students are also constantly improving; in terms of talents and scientific research, the school is exploring the establishment of an evaluation system conducive to original innovation and strengthening basic research Talent introduction and training, strengthen stable support, establish a project cultivation mechanism that is conducive to basic research, etc.
anchors the track of new research university
accelerates the progress
"As a high starting point and high positioning public new research university created by Shenzhen in the context of the era of reform and development of higher education in China, South China University of Science and Technology has the responsibility and obligation to explore new research universities and contribute to the innovative development of higher education. "Li Fengliang said, "New research-oriented universities are variables and incremental quantities of higher education in my country, and shoulder the important task of China's higher education reform experimental field. The development of new research universities is conducive to strengthening basic research, promoting key core technologies in important fields, and educating and cultivating innovative talents. "
New research universities have distinctive characteristics such as short school hours, high starting point, research-oriented, high degree of openness to the outside world, and small but precise. They not only need to cultivate socialist builders and successors with comprehensive development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor, and create first-class academic achievements, but also shoulder the mission of exploring the modern university system with Chinese characteristics. Focusing on this goal, South China University of Science and Technology should form new concepts, explore new models, and reflect new actions.
In Li Fengliang's view, building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics and world-class universities cannot follow others in the same way. Therefore, in the new development journey, South China University of Science and Technology adheres to the "two explorations", firmly undertake scientific and technological responsibilities, adhere to cultural soul building, and strive to form a modern university governance culture with political stability, academic activity, and cultural prosperity. "In the future, we will continue to anchor the goal of a world-class research university, select the track of a new research university, and build a new research university rooted in the land of China and has important global influence. "
Currently, South China University of Science and Technology is preparing for the second Party Congress . This is an important meeting held by the school to fully enter the new era of "Double First-Class" construction to carry forward the past and carry forward the future. Li Fengliang said that South China University of Science and Technology will carefully summarize the past, find the right direction and outline the future development blueprint.
Written by: Sun Ying, Han Wenjia, Liu Yueya Photo provided by: Southern University of Science and Technology
Editor-in-chief: He Xuefeng,
