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Motto
  
自立,自律,自强 脚踏实地,自强不息

Established
  
1983

Phone
  
+86 755 2653 6114

President
  
Qingquan LI

Type
  
Public university

Academic staff
  
2,100

Province
  
Guangdong Province

Founded
  
1983

Motto in English
  
Independent, Self-discipline, Self-improvement Be down-to-earth and constantly strive for self-perfection

Location
  
Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China

Address
  
3688 Nanhai Ave, Nanshan Qu, Shenzhen Shi, Guangdong Sheng, China, 518060

Similar
  
South China Normal U, South China University, Guangdong University of Busine, Guangdong University of Foreig, Jinan University

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Shenzhen University (SZU, Chinese: 深圳大学) is a public university established in 1983 located in Nanshan district, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It is accredited by the State Council of the People's Republic of China and is funded by the Shenzhen Council Government. The university took its first enrollment the same year at what Deng Xiaoping called "Shenzhen Speed". Deng also was named the "father of Shenzhen University." It is regarded as the fastest developing university in China, and also is the Top 100 Universities in China. Its most famous alumnus is Ma Huateng, the founder and CEO of Tencent Company. Chinese media noted that Shenzhen University is the "Chinese Stanford University" (中国的斯坦福).

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Location

SZU comprises two campuses, Houhai campus and Xili campus, occupying 2.8 square kilometers in total. The Houhai campus is located on the coastline of Houhai Bay with 1.44 square kilometers. The new Xili campus now under construction is located in the city's University Town and takes up nearly 1.4 square kilometers.

History

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. 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.

Shenzhen University has had a favoured 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.

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.

Since 2000, the university has concentrated research-oriented teaching and has invested heavily in providing state of the art research laboratories. In 2005, the research budget totaled 61 million RMB. In 2006, three faculties were accredited to offer Ph.D degrees.

Faculty departmental structure

SZU now has 26 schools (colleges), providing 57 undergraduate programs, 70 master's programs and 3 doctorate programs. It has 7 key science and engineering laboratories and 4 humanities and social sciences research centers.

Staff

The faculty consists of 1708 teachers and researchers, 424 professors, 612 associate professors, of whom 1055 have doctorate degrees. 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

The university is a main research center of Shenzhen city. It produced 846 CSI 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 at Lab of Smart Sensing and Mobile Computing, SSMC

The Lab of Smart Sensing and Mobile Computing (SSMC) at Shenzhen University was established in 2013. Focusing on Internet of things and mobile computing, it is an interdisciplinary research center that was formed with the strength from several disciplines in Shenzhen University, such as Computer Science, Biological Science, Physical Science and Cognitive Science. In recent years, the Center has been staffed with many overseas high-caliber talents from universities such as Harvard University, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, University of British Coloumbia etc.. The center is collaborating on joint research with top universities from Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States. Members can be recommended to famous overseas universities for further study. The center also has enough funding to encourage the combination of industry and high-level research.

Library

Shenzhen University library holds a collection of around 3.6275 million items, consisting of 2.12 million journals and books and 1.04 million e-books in Chinese and foreign languages. Some 40,000 full-text e-journals, 189 academic CD-ROM databases as well as online databases 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

Currently, SZU has about 34,000 full-time students including 27,000 undergraduates, over 6,000 postgraduates, and about 1,500 international students.

Shenzhen University's geographic location in East Asia has attracted many foreign students. 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. 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.

References

Shenzhen University Wikipedia