University of Science and Technology of China

History

USTC was founded in Beijing by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in September 1958. The Director of CAS, Mr. Guo Moruo was appointed the first president of USTC. USTC's founding mission was to develop a high-level science and technology workforce, as deemed critical for development of China's economy, defense, and science and technology education. The establishment was hailed as "A Major Event in the History of Chinese Education and Science." CAS has supported USTC by combining most of its institutes with the departments of the university. USTC is listed in the top 16 national key universities, becoming the youngest national key university.

In 1969, USTC was moved to Hefei, the capital of Anhui province.

USTC set up the first graduate school in China in 1978. The campus for graduate study in Hefei was established in 1986. Original campus for graduate study in Beijing was later renamed the Graduate School of the CAS in 2001.

In 1995, USTC was amongst the first batch of universities obtaining support through the National 9th Five-Year Plan and the "Project 211". In 1999, USTC was singled out as one of the 9 universities enjoying priority support from the nation's "Plan of Vitalizing Education Action Geared to the 21st Century". Since September 2002, USTC has been implementing its "Project 211" construction during the 10th National Development Plan.

Administration

Professor Zhou Guangzhao, USTC Honorary President, Chairman and Honorary Chairman of the China Association of Science and Technology, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1987–1997).

Professor Wan Lijun, President, Chemist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, director of Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences，alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Professor Xu Wu, Party Secretary.

Presidents:

Guo Moruo, September 1958 – June 1978

Yan Jici, February 1980 – September 1984

Guan Weiyan, April 1985 – January 1987

Teng Teng, January 1987 – February 1988

Gu Chaohao, February 1988 – July 1993

Tang Honggao, July 1993 – June 1998

Zhu Qingshi, June 1998 – September 2008

Hou Jianguo, September 2008 –January 2015

Wan Lijun, March 2015 -

Academics

USTC consistently adheres to the school-running principle of pursuing the national interest and innovative pioneering. It upholds the combination of science with technology, teaching with research, and theory with practice. In a short period, USTC has turned into a comprehensive national key university of science and technology, with emphasis on the forefront of science and high and new technology. USTC also offers management studies involved with science and technology and the humanities.

With the motto, "Studying diligently, making progress both in study and development of moral character", USTC has made distinguished achievements in talent fostering, scientific research and technology transfer, turning into an important base of high-qualified talent training and high-level scientific research for the nation. USTC is regarded by the Ministry of Science and Technology as one of the 4 universities with best scientific research performance in China. It ranks among the best in the review of Chinese top universities by the US journal "Science" and the French journal "Research".

There are 13 schools, 27 departments, the Special Class for the Gifted Young, the Experimental Class for the Teaching Reform, the Graduate School, School of Management (Beijing), the Software School, School of Network Education, School of Continuing Education and Institute of Advanced Technology. USTC offers 43 undergraduate specialties, 17 first-category Ph.D. degree programs, 89 second-category Ph.D. degree programs, 105 second-category master's degree specialties. It becomes the key base for the education of the Ph.D. students within the CAS.

USTC has three national research institutions and 6 key laboratories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). It also has some key scientific research institutions such as the CAS Research Center for Thermal Safety Engineering and Technology.

16 academic societies are affiliated with the University, including the Synchrotron Radiation Committee under the China Society of Physics, the System Simulation Committee under the China Society of Automation, and the Quantum Optics Committee under the China Society of Physics. The University publishes some important academic journals, such as "Journal of the University of Science and Technology", "Fire Science", "Journal of Low Temperature Physics", "Journal of Chemical Physics", "Experimental Mechanics", and "Education and Modernization".

There are more than 3600 faculty and staff numbers, 46 CAS and CAE academicians, 528 professors. The number of students accepting normal higher education at USTC totals around 13794, 8243 undergraduate students, 3873 master's degree students, and 1498 Ph.D. students among them. Besides, it also has 1575 professional master's degree students, 110 post-doctoral fellows and 134 guest professors.

USTC has been likened to the Caltech of China "due to its dominant leadership position in scientific research, elite undergraduate education, and rigorous academic programs" [1].

Campus

There are four campuses: East, South, West and North Campus. The campuses cover an area of 1.46 million square metres (360 acres), with 890,000 square metres (9,600,000 sq ft) of building area. The Center Campus is now starting to construct. The library has a collection of 1.73 million books, 3000 kinds of journal in the language of Chinese,4000 kinds of English, 600,000 electronic books and 20,000 electronic journals in Chinese or in English.

A first-class campus computer network is running within the campus. Five public experimental centers for teaching and research are under construction, namely the Center of Physical Science, Life Science, Information Science, Engineering and Material Science, and Application of Synchrotron Radiation.

Transportation The campus bus runs from 7:00 am till 23:00 pm. Teachers and students board the bus using their E-card and are free of charge. There are 130 bus-trips per day on weekdays and 24 bus-trips on weekends and holidays. Round-trip buses go every 30 minutes and pass through all 4 campuses. Direct-line buses run every 5 minutes between each the campus.

Hospital The school hospital, is a specific attachment to the university, and holds the aim of providing such services as disease prevention, health care, treatment and health education for the teaching staff and the students. After over forty years of development and construction, the hospital has been steadily expanded, the level of treatment has continuously improved, and the equipment has constantly been upgraded. The hospital covers 5,200 m2, with 110 beds and more than 110 employees.

The hospital is committed to the treatment and health care services for over 10,000 students, about 3,000 teachers and more than 700 retired employees, plus the families of the employees who live on the campus, which adds up to more than 20,000 people. A branch hospital and an outpatient department have been established separately on the west and the south campuses that are also centers for students' living and studying activities. The medical personnel are on duty around the clock for the convenience of the people.

In addition to carrying out daily diagnosis and treatment, the school hospital also, according to the college hygiene regulations, undertakes physical examination services under the principle of prevention. It is already a convention for students to take physical examinations both after their entrance and before graduation, and another check during their college years. Physical examinations are given every two years for school personnel and those who have retired.

To fulfill the demands of the science-major students for medical knowledge, the corresponding doctors of the school hospital have compiled a book titled Health Education for College Students, which, as the textbook for the selective course of health education, illuminates medical knowledge systematically from various angles. In recent years, this course has been taken by increasing numbers of students, and the title "advanced collective" has been bestowed on the hospital by the education authorities.

Campus view: http://en.ustc.edu.cn/news/campus_view/

Statistics

As of 2010:

Present

Since its participation in the CAS Experimental Program of Knowledge Innovation, USTC has achieved a batch of important and innovative results in the basic research of nano science and technology, quantum information science, life science research, fire science and fire protection technology, polar scientific investigation and research, bio-mass clean energy research.

USTC actively encourages and push forward transfer of the research results and the industrialization of high and new technology. The University-Region (Enterprise) Cooperation Committee was established for the strengthening of the cooperation with the local governments and enterprises. It has established and developed the relationship of cooperation with some famous large and medium-sized enterprises such as the Daqing Petroleum Administration, Sinopec, the Bao Steel Group, Lenovo Group, and Haier Group. In total, 16 local governments and enterprises have become members of the USTC-Region (Enterprise) Cooperation Committee. Some research results incubation bases have been established, such as the Hefei National University Garden of Science and Technology, the Luohe Hi-tech Garden, the Guiyang Industrial Garden of Science and Technology, the Shanghai Research and Development Center, and the Shenzhen Futian Base of Industry, Teaching and Research. The Anhui Provincial Government and USTC have jointly presented the "Province-University Cooperation Program", fostering the industrialization of technological results. USTC also actively files applications for the "Seed Funds" established by prefectures and cities in China, sparing no efforts in making contribution to the regional economic construction and social development.

USTC has concluded agreements of cooperation and exchange with around 100 universities and research institutions in more than 30 nations and regions. Around 300 international experts and scholars will visit USTC every year for lecturing and collaborative research. USTC has sent around 10,000 individual visits to more than 30 nations and regions for study and cooperative research.

There are 16 affiliated academic societies, including the Synchrotron Radiation Committee under the China Society of Physics, the System Simulation Committee under the China Society of Automation, and the Quantum Optics Committee under the China Society of Physics.

Rankings

USTC has taken a leading position among Chinese universities on the number of research papers published internationally and in the citation rate of the papers. Since 1996, USTC consistently ranks No. 4 on the number of papers included by SCI; Since 1999, it ranks No. 1 on the number of papers published in the journals with high-impact factor among universities across China. Between 1991 and 2000, USTC ranks No. 1 among Chinese universities on the number of papers published in the internationally distinguished journals of "Science", "Nature", "PRL", and "JACS". USTC ranks No. 2 among the universities and research institutions in the world on the number of nano-research papers published from 1996 to 2000. The 2010-2011 The Times Higher Education Rankings ranked USTC 49th overall in the world and 2nd in China. The 2010 QS World University Rankings ranked USTC 154th overall in the world, coming 71st in Engineering & IT, 102nd in Life Sciences & Biomedicine, and 77th in Natural Sciences.

Laboratories

Only the National Laboratories, State Key Laboratories, and Key Laboratories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences are listed below, among which the National Laboratories have the highest qualification. USTC is the only university in mainland China which possess two National Laboratories at the same time.

National Laboratories (2)

The National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory

Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale (under construction).

State Key Laboratories & Ministerial Level Units

The State Key Laboratory of Fire Science (SKLFS)

National High Performance Computing Center (Hefei)

National Engineering Laboratory of Speech and Language Information Processing

The State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics (Under Construction)

Mengcheng National Geophysical Observatory

Microsoft Key Laboratory of Multimedia Computing and Communications, Ministry of Education

Key Laboratories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Key Laboratory of Bond Selective Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Key Laboratory of Wu Wenjun Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Engineering & Technology Research Center for Thermal Safety, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Key Laboratory of Material Mechanical Behavior and Material Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Strong Magnetic Field Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Key Laboratory of Basic Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion Materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Key Laboratory of Galaxies and Cosmology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Network Communication System and Control Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences (training building)

The Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Brain Disease, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic, Space, and Information, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Research Center of Solar Thermal Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Quantum Technology and Application Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Schools and Departments

Highlights: USTC set up the first graduate school in China in 1978 to effectively cultivate its postgraduate students.

Special Class for the Gifted Young

School of Mathematical Sciences

School of Physical Sciences

Department of Modern Physics

Department of Astronomy

Department of Physics

Department of Optics and Optical Engineering

Physics Experiment Teaching Center

School of Chemistry and Materials Science

Department of Chemistry

Department of Chemical Physics

Department of Materials Science & Engineering

Department of Polymer Science and Engineering

Chemical Experimental Teaching Center

School of Nuclear Science and Technology

School of Life Science

Molecular Biology and Cell Biology

Neurobiology and Biophysics

Systems Biology

Biomedicine and Biotechnology

School of Engineering Science

Modern Mechanics

Thermal Science and Energy Engineering

Precision Machinery and Instrumentation

School of Information Science and Technology

Electronic Science and Technology

Automation

Electrical Engineering and Information Science

Information Security

School of Computer Science and Technology

Computer Science and Technology

School of Earth and Space Science

Earth and Space Science

Faculty of Geochemistry and Environmental Science

School of Software Engineering

School of Business

Business Administration Training

Statistics and Finance

Management Science

Information Management and Decision Science

Humanities & Social Science

Sci-tech Communication and Sci-tech Policy

The Teaching and Research Division of Marxism

Scientific History and Archaeometry

Center for Modern Art

School of Environment Science and Electrooptical Technology

School of Material Science and Engineering

Suzhou Institute for Advanced Study, USTC

Shanghai Institute for Advanced Studies, USTC

Institute of Advanced Technology, USTC

Continuing Education

Alumni

Xiaowei Zhuang - Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology & Physics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Harvard University, member of National Academy of Sciences

Tianxi Cai - Professor of Biostatistics, Harvard University

Xi Yin - Professor of Physics, Harvard University

Jia-huai Wang - Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Liqun Luo - Professor of Biological Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Stanford University, member of National Academy of Sciences

Shanhui Fan - Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Yi Cui - Associate Professor of Materials Science, Stanford University

Lu Chen - Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University

Shan X. Wang - Professor of Materials Science and Engineering & Electrical Engineering, Director of Stanford Center for Magnetic Nanotechnology, Stanford University

Peidong Yang - Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

Xin Guo - Coleman Fung Chair Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley

Qiang Zhou - Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Kunxin Luo - Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Fenyong Liu - Professor, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley

Weinan E - Professor, Department of Mathematics and Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University

Wei Xiong - Professor of Economics, Princeton University

Stephen Y. Chou - Joseph C. Elgin Professor of Engineering, Princeton University

Kai Li - Charles C. Fitzmorris Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University

Xiao-Gang Wen - Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics, MIT

Ju Li - Battelle Energy Alliance Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT

Hong Liu - Professor of Physics, MIT

Chi-Wang Shu - Theodore B. Stowell University Professor, Chairman(1999–2005), Division of Applied Mathematics, ISI Highly Cited Author in Mathematics by the ISI Web of Knowledge, Brown University

Zhong Shao - Professor of Computer Science, Yale University

Yuanqing Yang - Chairman of the Board and former CEO, Lenovo Group

Ya-Qin Zhang - Corporate Vice President, Chairman of Microsoft China and Microsoft Research China Microsoft

Ruimin Zhang - Chairman and CEO of Haier Group

Xingde Li - Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, OSA fellow, SPIE fellow, AIMBE fellow

Dongming Wang - Cheung Kong Professor of Computer Mathematics at BUAA, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6

Liu Gang - Professor of Physics and Mathematics, Bell Labs

Wei Tong - Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Yale

Zhongwen Zhan - Assistant Professor of Geophysics, Caltech

Liang Fu - Assistant Professor of Physics, MIT

Xudong Huang - Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Jian Lin - Henry Bryant Bigelow Chair Senior Scientist of Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Ruixin Huang - Scientist Emeritus of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Steven Kou - Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University

Ying Wei - Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Columbia University

Shuang Wang - Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Columbia University

Hua Gu - Irene Diamond Associate Professor of Immunology, Columbia University

Xiaodong Cao - Associate Professor of Mathematics, Cornell University

Dong Lai - Professor, Department of Astronomy, Cornell University

Quan Hao - Director of MacCHESS, Cornell University

Dan Luo - Professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

Liu Jing - tenured professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management, UCLA

Yuanxun Wang - Associate Professor of Physical and Wave Electronics, UCLA

Ying Nian Wu - Professor of Statistical modeling and learning, UCLA

Song-Chun Zhu - Professor of Statistics and Computer Science, UCLA

Songwu Lu - Professor of Computer Science, UCLA

Bing Ren - Professor of Genomics and Biomedicine, UC San Diego, member of Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research

Chuan He - Professor of Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, University of Chicago.

Yong Tan - NEAL AND JAN DEMPSEY Professor of Information Systems, University of Washington

Dayong Gao - Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington

Huimin Zhao - Centennial Endowed Chair Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Jiawei Han - Abel Bliss Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Xiaodong Song - Professor, Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Yuguo Chen - Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Bing Zhou - Professor of Physics, University of Michigan

Junjie Zhu - Professor of Physics, University of Michigan

Jie Li - Professor of Geochemistry, University of Michigan

Jianmin Qian - Professor of Physics, University of Michigan

Jing Sun - Professor, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, University of Michigan

Haitao Li - Professor of Finance, University of Michigan

Luming Duan - Professor of Physics, University of Michigan

Jun-Lin Guan - Professor of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan

Xianzhe Jia - Associate Professor of Space Physics, University of Michigan

Shasha Zou - Associate Professor of Space Physics, University of Michigan

Xianglei Huang - Associate Professor of Atmosphere Science, University of Michigan

Xiaowu Wang - Founder and President of Polysoftware International, Inc

Shiyu Zhou - Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Qiang Cui - Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Xiuxiong Chen - Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Da-Lin Zhang - Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Maryland

Rugang Ye - Professor of Department of Mathematics, University of California Santa Barbara

Qiang Du - Fu Foundation Professor of Applied Mathematic, Columbia University

Lingyin Li - Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, ChEM-H Institute, Stanford University

Jiti Gao - Donald Cochrane Chair Professor of Econometrics, Monash University

Faculty

Melba Phillips (1907-2004) - doctoral student of J. Robert Oppenheimer, so-called "father of the atomic bomb"

Guo Moruo (1892–1978) - A Chinese author, poet, historian, archaeologist, the first president of USTC.

Yan Jici (1901–1996) - Pioneer of Modern physics research and education in China, former Vice-president, President and Honorary President of USTC.

Hua Luogeng (1910–1985) - Pioneer of modern mathematics research and education in China, former Chairman of the Department of Mathematics and Vice-president of USTC.

Qian Xuesen (1911–2009) - Father of missiles of China, former Chairman of the Department of Mechanics with USTC.

Zhao Zhongyao (1902–1998) - Pioneer of modern particle physics research and education in China, one of the first in the world to find positrons, former Chairman of the Department of Modern Physics with USTC.

Qian Linzhao (1906–1999) - Famous physicist and educator, pioneer of scientific history and education in China, former Vice-president of USTC.

Zhou Guangzhao (1929- ) - Famous theoretical physicist, Vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, Honorary President of USTC at present.

Meng Xuenong (1948-) - Former Mayor of Beijing, and former Governor of Shanxi Province

Fang Lizhi (1936–2012) - Former professor of astrophysics and vice president of the USTC