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	1918; 108 years ago (1918)
Academic affiliation	Project 985 Double First-Class Construction Excellence League Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Alliance (GHMUA)
President	Hongwu Tang (2024-)
Academic staff	2,917(2018)[2]
Undergraduates	24,861(full-time, 2018)[2]
Postgraduates	17,144(2018)[2]
Doctoral students	3,352(2018)[2]
Other students	International students: 1,829(2018)[2]
Address	Wushan Campus (North Campus): 381 Wushan Rd,Tianhe District University Town Campus (South Campus): 382 Waihuan Dong Rd,HEMC,Panyu District Guangzhou International Campus (GZIC): 777 Xingye Dadao Xi,Panyu District , Guangzhou , Guangdong , China
Campus	Multiple Sites
Website	www.scut.edu.cn(in Chinese) www.scut.edu.cn/en(in English)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	华南理工大学
Traditional Chinese	華南理工大學
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huánán Lǐgōng Dàxué

TheSouth China University of Technology (SCUT) is a public university inGuangzhou,Guangdong, China. It is affiliated with theMinistry of Education and co-sponsored with the Guangdong Provincial People's Government. The university is part ofProject 211,Project 985, and theDouble First-Class Construction.

• Formerly known as theSouth 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 inCentral andSouthern China, including the formerNational Sun Yat-sen University,Lingnan University,Hunan University,Guangxi University, South China Joint University, and four others.^[14]
• In 1960, it was selected as one of theNational Key Universities, under the direct administration of the Chinese Ministry of Education.^[14]
• The university was renamed as South China University of Technology in 1988.^[1]
• In 1995, it was selected as one of the universities into which China will make a significant investment in the 21st century as part ofProject 211.^[14]
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• In 2000, authorization was given for the establishment of a Graduate School.^[14]
• In 2001, it became one of the 39 national universities sponsored byProject 985.^[14]
• In 2017, it became one of the 36Class A Double First-Class Universities.^[14]

• In the 2013Leiden 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) behindNankai University,Hunan University,University of Science and Technology of China, andLanzhou University.^[15]
• As of 2023,QS World University Rankings placed the university at # 392 in the world.^[16]
• The university ranked 401-500th according to the 2012Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).^[17]
• The university ranked 301-400th according to the 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).^[18] In 2015, its engineering/technology and computer science was ranked 48th,^[19] and its mathematics and chemistry were ranked 151-200th and 101-150th respectively among world universities.^[20][21]
• The university ranked 200-300th according to the 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).^[22]
• The university ranked 151-200th according to the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).^[23]
• The university ranked 101-150th according to the 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).^[24]
• The university ranked 448th according to the 2015U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities.^[25]
• The university ranked 394th according to the 2017 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities.^[26]
• The university ranked 219th according to the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities.^[27]

• Cheng Siwei – Vice Chairman of TheNational People's Congress
• Wan Qingliang  – Former mayor and CCP secretary ofGuangzhou City
• Lin Shusen  – Former Governor and Deputy Communist Party Chief ofGuizhou Province

• Chen Ding  – 2012 Summer Olympics gold medallist in the20 kilometres walk

• He Jingtang  – Dean of School of Architecture of SCUT, Member ofChina Academy of Engineering and the main designer of the acclaimed China Pavilion at the2010 Shanghai World Expo.^[28]
• Thomas Hou  – Charles Lee Powell Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics at theCalifornia Institute of Technology
• Rong Baisheng, architect and civil engineer

• Yao Zhenhua  – Founder ofBaoneng Group
• Li Dongsheng  – CEO ofTCL Corporation
• Zhang Zhidong  – Former CTO ofTencent
• He Xiaopeng  – Co-founder and president ofUCWeb Inc.
• Robin Zeng  – Founder and president ofCATL

• Official webpage in English

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• South China University of Technology
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• Universities and colleges established in 1952
• Technical universities and colleges in China
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