South China University of Technology

South China University of Technology
华南理工大学

Former names	South China Institute of Technology^[1]
Motto	博学慎思明辨笃行
Motto in English	Study Extensively, Enquire Accurately; Discriminate Clearly, Practise Earnestly
Type	Public coeducational
Established	1952
President	Wang Yingjun
Academic staff	4,511^[2]
Undergraduates	24,906^[2]
Postgraduates	18,689^[2]
Location	Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Campus	Urban，2.95km²^[2]
Affiliations	Project 985, Project 211, The Excellence Union
Website	www.scut.edu.cn (Chinese) en.scut.edu.cn (English)

South China University of Technology (SCUT; simplified Chinese: 华南理工大学; traditional Chinese: 華南理工大學; pinyin: Huánán Lǐgōng Dàxué, orally known as Huágōng 华工) is a major public university in China. It is located in the Tianhe District and Panyu District of Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, China. It is a multidisciplinary university focusing on engineering, combined with science, also promoting well coordinated development of management, economics, humanities and law.^[1] Its engineering ranks top 50 among world universities according to Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).^[3]

History

Formerly known as the South China Institute of Technology（华南工学院）, it was established in 1952, through a reorganization process that unified the engineering schools and departments of major universities from five provinces in central and Southern China, including the former National Sun Yat-sen University, Lingnan University, Hunan University, Guangxi University, South China Joint University, and four others.

Main Gate, North Campus

In 1960, it was selected as one of 33 National Key Universities, under the direct administration of the Chinese Ministry of Education.
The University was renamed as South China University of Technology in 1988.^[1]

Motto stone erected when this area was part of National Sun Yat-sen University during the 1920s

In 1995, it was selected as one of the universities into which China will make significant investment in the 21st century as part of Project 211.
In 1999, it was rated "excellent" during the Undergraduate Teaching Assessment, and was among the first "Excellent Universities of Undergraduate Education" in the country. In the same year, a national science park was established with the authorization of the State Ministry of Technology and State Ministry of Education.
In 2000, authorization was given for the establishment of a Graduate School.
In 2001, it became one of the 39 national universities sponsored by Project 985.

Rankings

The university ranked 300-400th according to the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). In particular, its engineering was ranked 48th, and chemistry 101-150th among world universities.^[3]
The 2014 Best Global Universities Rankings (usnews) ranked South China University of Technology 400-450th, with its engineering placed at 68th.^[4]
The university ranked 300-400th among world universities according to the 2014 ARWU. Its engineering was among the top 50 according to the same ranking.^[5]
In the 2013 Leiden Ranking of universities according to the proportion of their scientific publications that rank among the top 10% in their field, SCUT was ranked 138th in the world, 11th in Asia, and 5th in China (excluding Hong Kong) behind Nankai University, Hunan University, University of Science and Technology of China, and Lanzhou University.^[6]
The same year's QS University Rankings placed the university at 151-160th.^[7]

Campuses and Schools

There are two SCUT campuses, both located in Guangzhou: Wushan Campus (or North Campus) and Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center Campus (or South Campus). The headquarters of the university are on the Wushan Campus.^[8] Of SCUT's 27 schools, 16 are located on the Wushan Campus, while the remaining 11 schools are on the Guangzhou HEMC Campus.^[2]

Wushan Campus (North Campus)

Shaw Building of Humanities contributed by Run Run Shaw

This campus was formerly part of the National Sun Yat-sen University campus, and many buildings remain from that time.

Address: Wushan Rd., Wushan Subdistrict, Tianhe District, Guangzhou

Area: 1.83 km²^[2]

16 schools:

School of Architecture
School of Automation Science & Engineering
School of Business Administration (Association of MBAs accredited)^[9]

Building No. 12 of the school of business administration, formerly used by the National Sun Yat-sen University law school

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
School of Civil and Transportation Engineering
School of Electric Power
School of Electronic and Information Engineering
School of Foreign Languages
School of Ideology and Politics
School of Light Industry and Food Science
School of Materials Science and Engineering
School of Mathematics
School of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering
School of Physical Education
School of Physics and Optoelectronic Technology
School of Public Administration

Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center Campus (South Campus)

South Campus

Address: Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center or Xiaoguwei Subdistrict, Panyu District, Guangzhou

Area: 1.12 km²^[2]

11 schools:^[10]

School of International Education
School of Arts
School of Bioscience and Bioengineering
School of Computer Science & Engineering
School of Design
School of Economics and Commerce
School of Environment and Energy
School of Journalism and Communication
School of Law
School of Software Engineering
School of Medicine

Alumni

Politicians and Military

Cheng Siwei – Vice Chairman of The National People's Congress
Wan Qingliang – Former mayor and CCP secretary of Guangzhou City
Lin Shusen – Former Governor and Deputy Communist Party Chief of Guizhou Province
Wei Gang – Former minister of the General Armaments Department of the People's Liberation Army

Athletes

Chen Ding – 2012 Summer Olympics gold medallist in the 20 kilometres walk

Scholars

He Jingtang – Dean of School of Architecture of SCUT, Member of China Academy of Engineering and the main designer of the acclaimed China Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.^[11]
Thomas Hou – Charles Lee Powell Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology
Chen Feng – Vice-dean of College of Engineering of Peking University
Tang Benzhong – Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry. Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry at The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

Businessmen

Li Dongsheng – CEO of TCL Corporation
Fang Guiquan – President of Guangzhou Zhujiang Brewery Group
Zhu Jianghong – Chairman of Gree Electric
Hu Zheyi – Executive vice president of China Construction Bank
Liang Zhaoxian – CEO of Galanz
Zhang Zhidong – Former CTO of Tencent
Ding Anhua – Vice-president of China Merchant Securities
Chen Dongfeng – Vice-president of Evergrande Real Estate Group
He Xiaopeng – Co-founder and president of UCWeb Inc.

References

1 2 3 "Introduction".
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Facts&Figures". , SCUT, April.2013
1 2 http://www.shanghairanking.com/FieldENG2015.html
↑ http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/south-china-university-of-technology-505115
↑ http://www.shanghairanking.com/FieldENG2014.html
↑ "CWTS Leiden Ranking 2013". Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) and Leiden University. Retrieved 19 March 2014. For details on the survey's methodology, see "Data collection".
↑ "South China University of Technology Rankings", QS Asian University Rankings, 2013
↑ "Campus Maps". SCUT, April.2013
↑ "About the School - Introduction". , 2013
↑ "South Campus Introduction". (Chinese), SCUT, Dec. 2012
↑ "Professor He Jingtang".

External links

Project 985

Higher education and universities in China

Beijing (8)	Peking University Tsinghua University Renmin University of China Beijing Normal University Beihang University Beijing Institute of Technology China Agricultural University Minzu University of China

Shanghai (4)	Fudan University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Tongji University East China Normal University

Zhejiang (1)	Zhejiang University

Jiangsu (2)	Nanjing University Southeast University

Anhui (1)	University of Science and Technology of China

Shaanxi (3)	Xi'an Jiaotong University Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwest A&F University

Heilongjiang (1)	Harbin Institute of Technology

Jilin (1)	Jilin University

Liaoning (2)	Dalian University of Technology Northeastern University

Tianjin (2)	Nankai University Tianjin University

Shandong (2)	Shandong University Ocean University of China

Gansu (1)	Lanzhou University

Hubei (2)	Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan University

Hunan (3)	Central South University Hunan University National University of Defense Technology

Fujian (1)	Xiamen University

Chongqing (1)	Chongqing University

Sichuan (2)	Sichuan University University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Guangdong (2)	Sun Yat-sen University South China University of Technology

Project 211

Project 211

Higher education and universities in China

Beijing	Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Forestry University Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Normal University Beihang University Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Beijing University of Technology Central Conservatory of Music Central University of Finance and Economics China Agricultural University China University of Geosciences China University of Mining and Technology China University of Political Science and Law Communication University of China Minzu University of China North China Electric Power University Peking Union Medical College Peking University Renmin University of China Tsinghua University University of International Business and Economics University of Science and Technology Beijing

Shanghai	Donghua University East China Normal University East China University of Science and Technology Fudan University Second Military Medical University Shanghai International Studies University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai University Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Tongji University

Tianjin	Nankai University Tianjin Medical University Tianjin University

Chongqing	Chongqing University

Anhui	Anhui University Hefei University of Technology University of Science and Technology of China

Fujian	Xiamen University Fuzhou University

Guangdong	Jinan University South China Normal University South China University of Technology Sun Yat-sen University

Guizhou	Guizhou University

Gansu	Lanzhou University

Hainan	Hainan University

Hebei	Hebei University of Technology

Heilongjiang	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Institute of Technology Northeast Agricultural University Northeast Forestry University

Henan	Zhengzhou University

Hubei	China University of Geosciences Wuhan University Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan University of Technology Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Normal University Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Hunan	Central South University Hunan Normal University Hunan University National University of Defense Technology

Jiangsu	China Pharmaceutical University Hohai University Jiangnan University Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Normal University Nanjing University Nanjing University of Science and Technology Soochow University Southeast University

Jiangxi	Nanchang University

Jilin	Jilin University Northeast Normal University Yanbian University

Liaoning	Dalian Maritime University Dalian University of Technology Liaoning University Northeastern University

Qinghai	Qinghai University

Shaanxi	Chang'an University Fourth Military Medical University Northwest A&F University Northwest University Northwestern Polytechnical University Shaanxi Normal University Xi'an Jiaotong University Xidian University

Shandong	China University of Petroleum (Huadong) Shandong University Ocean University of China

Shanxi	Taiyuan University of Technology

Sichuan	Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan University Southwest Jiaotong University Southwestern University of Finance and Economics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Yunnan	Yunnan University

Zhejiang	Zhejiang University

Guangxi	Guangxi University

Inner Mongolia	Inner Mongolia University

Ningxia	Ningxia University

Tibet	Tibet University

Xinjiang	Shihezi University Xinjiang University

See also: Project 985

Universities and colleges in Guangdong

National

Provincial

Guangzhou	Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Guangzhou University Guangdong University of Economics and Finance Guangdong University of Foreign Studies Guangdong Institute of Science and Technology Guangdong University of Technology Guangdong Pharmaceutical University Southern Medical University Xinghai Conservatory of Music Guangdong Technical College Of Water Resources And Electric Engineering

Meizhou	Jiaying University

Zhaoqing	Zhaoqing University Guangdong Polytechnic College

Shantou	Shantou University

Shenzhen	Shenzhen University Shenzhen Polytechnic Shenzhen Tourism College of Jinan University Shenzhen Radio and TV University Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School of Tsinghua University Shenzhen Graduate School of Harbin Institute of Technology South University of Science and Technology CUHK Faculty of Shenzhen (Under Construction) The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen City University of Shenzhen (in processing)

Zhanjiang	Guangdong Ocean University Guangdong Medical College Zhanjiang Normal University

Zhuhai	Sun Yat-Sen University Zhuhai Campus Beijing Institute of Technology Zhuhai Campus Jilin University Zhuhai Campus Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus

See also: List of universities in China

Associations of independent college admissions of Chinese universities

“The Peking Union”

Current	Peking Beihang BNU Xiamen Hong Kong Sun Yat-sen Wuhan HUST Lanzhou Shandong Sichuan

Former	Fudan Nankai

“The Tsinghua Union”

Current	Tsinghua SJTU Nanjing Zhejiang USTC XJTU

Former	Renmin

“The Excellence Union”

Chinese: 中华人民共和国高校联考自主招生联盟

Coordinates: 23°09′05″N 113°20′41″E / 23.1513°N 113.3446°E / 23.1513; 113.3446

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