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Shenzhen University

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Shenzhen University
深圳大学
Motto自立，自律，自强
Motto in English
Self-reliance, Self-discipline, Self-improvement
TypePublic
EstablishedSeptember 27, 1983; 41 years ago (1983)
Endowment¥1.11 billion (2019)[1]
Budget¥6.08 billion (2020)[2]
PresidentMao Junfa
Vice-presidentDu Hongbiao, Xu Chen, Wang Hui, Li Yonghua, Zhang Xueji
Party SecretaryLi Qingquan
Academic staff
3,776
Students35,455
Undergraduates28,674
Postgraduates6,433
Location
Shenzhen
,
Guangdong
,
China
CampusSuburban, 2.90 km2 (1.12 sq mi)
ColorsLychee Red[3]
AffiliationsGuangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Alliance (GHMUA)
MascotLi-Li (励励)[4]
Websiteszu.edu.cn
en.szu.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese深圳大学
Traditional Chinese深圳大學
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShēnzhèn Dàxué
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingsam1 zan3 daai6 hok6
Central Plaza of Yuehai Campus, Shenzhen University
Building of Humanities Yuehai Campus, Shenzhen University
Southern Area of Yuehai Campus, Shenzhen University

Shenzhen University (SZU) is a municipal public research university in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The university is funded by the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government.

Location

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SZU comprises two campuses, Houhai campus and Xili campus, occupying 2.72 square kilometers in total. The Houhai campus is located on the coastline of Houhai Bay with 1.34 square kilometers. The new Xili campus now under construction is located in the city's University Town and takes up 1.38 square kilometers.[5]

History

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Shenzhen University was established as a full-time comprehensive university, in line with the aim of China's Ministry of Education (MOE) to further develop the critical infrastructure in the Special Economic Zone of Shenzhen with strong support from Chinese leading universities including Peking University, Tsinghua University and Renmin University of China.[5]

Professor Zhang Wei, who was the former vice-president of Tsinghua University, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, was appointed its first president of to develop it.[citation needed]

Shenzhen University has had a favored status in China's political and academic circles. Deng Xiaoping gave his personal approval to the university and Jiang Zemin penned the university's characters in his own hand. The university has been visited by several heads of state, scientists and researchers such as Nobel Prize winner in Physics Dr. Yang Zhenning. Many business and academics have made donations to support the development of Shenzhen University and some entrepreneurs have set up funds and scholarships in various disciplines.[citation needed] In 1995, Shenzhen University passed the teaching evaluation for the undergraduate program accredited by MOE, and was among the first group of universities in China to have its undergraduate programs certified. In 1996, Shenzhen University was accredited by the Academic Degree Evaluation Committee of the State Council for Master's programs. In 1997, Shenzhen University reorganized into the faculty and college structure, adopted a work-study program and committed to an integrated approach to teaching.[citation needed]

Aerial Night View of SZU Xili Campus

Since 2017, the university has concentrated on research-oriented teaching and has invested heavily in providing state of the art research laboratories. In 2017, the research budget totaled 9,705,000 million RMB. In 2006, three faculties were accredited to offer PhD degrees.[citation needed]

Administration

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Faculty departmental structure

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SZU now has 27 schools (colleges), providing 96 undergraduate majors, 38 first-grade master's degree conferring disciplines; 18 professional master's degree conferring disciplines and 10 first-grade doctoral degrees.[6]

Normal College School of Humanities School of Foreign Languages School of Media and Communication
  • Education Technology
  • Sports Education
  • Sports Training
  • Music
  • Choreography
  • Performance
  • Fine Arts
  • Music Performance
  • TCSOL (Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages)
  • Leisure Sports
  • Business Administration (Golf Administration)
  • Chinese Language and Literature
  • History
  • Philosophy
  • English
  • Japanese
  • French
  • Spanish
  • German
  • Advertising
  • Journalism
  • Broadcasting
  • Internet & New Media
College of Economics College of Management Law School College of Design
  • Economics
  • Logistics
  • International Finance and Trade
  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • Business Management Marketing
  • Human Resource
  • Management
  • Administration
  • E-Commerce Information Management and Information System
  • Law
  • Art Design
  • Graphic Design
  • Environmental Design
  • Product Design
  • Fashion Design
  • Digital Media Art
College of Materials Science and Engineering College of Physics & Energy College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering College of Mathematics and Statistics
  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Polymer Materials and Engineering
  • Physics
  • Nuclear Engineering and Nuclear Technology
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Food Science and Engineering
  • New Energy Science and Engineering
  • Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
  • Information and Computing Science
  • Statistics
College of Information Engineering College of Computer Science & Software Engineering School of Architecture and Urban Planning College of Civil Engineering
  • Electronic and Information Engineering
  • Communication Engineering
  • Computer Science and Technology
  • Software Engineering
  • Architecture
  • Urban and Rural Planning
  • Landscape Garden
  • Geospatial Information Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Traffic Engineering
  • Engineering Management
College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering College of Electronic Science and Technology College of Life Sciences and Oceanography College of Optoelectronic Engineering
  • Machinery Design, Manufacture and Automation
  • Automation
  • Electronic Science and Technology
  • Microelectronics Science and Engineering
  • Biotechnology
  • Marine Sciences
  • Biological Engineering
  • Measurement, Control Technology and Instruments
  • Opto-electronics Information Science and Engineering
Health Science Center College of Psychology and Sociology Institute for Advanced Study Shenzhen Audencia Business School
  • Clinical Medicine
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Pharmacy
  • Nursing
  • Stomatology
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Science and Technology Innovation Experimental Class
  • Financial Technology Experiment Class
College of Entrepreneurship College of Continuing Education College of International Exchange Graduate School
Tokyo College[7]

Staff

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The faculty consists of 3455 staff. There are 2267 teachers, 561 technicists, 627 administrative staff, 782 postdoctoral, 220 full-time researchers, 119 visiting professors, 228 foreign teachers. It has seven academicians in the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and 10 academicians in both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Research

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The university is the main research center of Shenzhen city. It produced 846 SCI cited papers in 2014. The university teaching and research faculty had 356 works authored, 35 of which were translated into various languages. In addition, two technical inventions won the second prize in the National Technical Invention Competition, and one was awarded the first prize in the provincial invention competition. There were 26 research papers and projects which won prizes for science and innovation awarded by the People's Liberation Army as well as various research achievement prizes above the provincial level. 48 inventions and innovations from Shenzhen University have been marketed and 281 inventions have been adopted.

Research Institutions
China Center for Special Economic Zone Research Research Centre for Language & Cognition
Collaborative Innovation Centre for Optoelectronic Science and Technology Center for Media and Social Changes Center for China's Overseas Interest Key Laboratory For Advanced Manufacturing Technology for Mold & Die
Institute for Urban Planning Design & Research Institute for Nano Surface Science & Engineering Institute for Cultural Industries Immigration Culture Research Centre

Library

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Shenzhen University library holds a collection of 51202 million items (including Phase I project of Xili campus library), consisting of 4,007,900 million paper resources and there are 257 kinds of databases, which include 2,325,500 full-text e-books in Chinese and foreign languages and 124,800 e-journal are accessible via personal computers and Internet library terminals. The campus has 30,000 Internet connections and 99 percent of its classrooms and lecture halls have been digitized.

Students

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Currently, SZU has 34,949 full-time students including 27,564 undergraduates, 7,132 postgraduates, 253 doctors, 837 international students, 1,340 part-time postgraduates and 18,784 adult education students.[citation needed]

It has granted diplomas to 2,000 graduates from the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administration Regions as well as Taiwan. Shenzhen University has also established "dual-campus" joint-programs for undergraduate degrees with institutions in Great Britain and other foreign countries.[citation needed] There are up to 2,500 students that graduated from these joint programs since the university's inception, and the quality of programs has been accredited by the British Council. Shenzhen University participates with annual exchanges students and teachers with its sister universities in the United States of America, Great Britain, Japan, and South Korea.[citation needed]

Rankings and reputation

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University rankings
BCUR National[8] Domestic 72
Wu Shulian National[9] Domestic 58
QS National[10] General 34
THE National[11] General 29
QS Asia
(Asia version)[12]		 General =155
THE Asia
(Asia version)[13]		 General 88
ARWU World[14] Research 151–200
QS World[15] General =508
THE World[16] General 351–400
USNWR World[17] General =187

As of 2024, Shenzhen University was ranked # 151–200th by the Academic Ranking of World Universities[19] and No. 187 globally by the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking.[20]

The 2024 CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked Shenzhen University 95th in the world by total publications and 100th in the world based on the number of their scientific publications belonging to the top 1% in their fields for the time period 2019–2022.[21]

Nature Index

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Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles and presents research outputs by institution and country on a monthly basis. SZU ranked 10th in the world for Nature Index 2021 Young Universities (Leading 150 Young Universities).[22] It ranked 80th in the world,[23] and 39th in the Asia-Pacific region for Nature Index Research Leaders 2024.[24]

Year Rank Valuer
2021 10[22] Nature Index 2021 Young Universities (Leading 150 Young Universities)
2024 32[25] Nature Index – Academic Institutions – China
2024 39[24] Nature Index – Academic Institutions – Asia-Pacific
2024 80[23] Nature Index – Academic Institutions – Global

Notable Alumni

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Affiliated schools

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Zhao, Deguo; Yanhou, Cai; Dang, Yaru (2019). 2019中国大学评价研究报告 (1st ed.). Beijing: Science Press (China). ISBN 9787030604972.
  2. ^ As of FY 2020. "Departmental budget of Shenzhen University in FY 2020" (PDF). General Office of Shenzhen Municipal People's Government. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "Shenzhen University Logo". Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  4. ^ "我校举办校园吉祥物发布会-深圳大学". szu.edu.cn. Shenzhen University.
  5. ^ a b "About-Shenzhen University (SZU)". en.szu.edu.cn. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
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  11. ^ "THE University Rankings 2025 - China". Times Higher Education (THE). 2025. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
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  16. ^ "THE World University Rankings". Times Higher Education. 2025. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  17. ^ U.S.News & World Report (2024). "2024-2025 Best Global Universities Rankings". Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  18. ^ Chinese Universities Alumni Association (2024). "Alumni Association (22nd Edition): Chinese University Rankings 2024". Retrieved January 16, 2024. Alternative URL
  19. ^ "ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  20. ^ "2024 Best Universities in the World – US News Shenzhen University". US News. June 25, 2024. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  21. ^ Studies (CWTS), Centre for Science and Technology. "CWTS Leiden Ranking". CWTS Leiden Ranking. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  22. ^ a b "Leading 150 young universities – Nature Index 2021 Young Universities – Supplements – Nature Index". Nature Index. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  23. ^ a b "2024 Research Leaders: Leading academic institutions | Nature Index". www.nature.com. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  24. ^ a b "2024 Research Leaders: Leading academic institutions | Nature Index". www.nature.com. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  25. ^ "2024 Research Leaders: Leading academic institutions | Nature Index". www.nature.com. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  26. ^ "The Affiliated High School of Shenzhen University". Shenzhen Municipal Government. Retrieved February 14, 2022. Add: 0353 Qianhai Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen (深圳市南山区前海路0353号)
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