Southwest University of Science and Technology
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Introduction to Southwest University of Science and Technology
Southwest University of Science and Technology (西南科技大学, website) is located in China’s Science and Technology City-Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. The school is jointly established by the Sichuan Provincial People’s Government and the Ministry of Education. The Sichuan Provincial People’s Government and the National Defense Science and Technology Industry Bureau have jointly established colleges and universities. It has been identified by the Ministry of Education as one of the 14 key western universities in the country. Former Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and Vice Premier Li Lanqing of the State Council praised the school for “co-construction and joint operation of regional production, education, and research.” The current party secretary of the school, Chen Yongcan, and principal Dong Faqin.
Since the establishment of the Southwest University of Science and Technology, the school has moved several times and has gone through an extraordinary journey of entrepreneurship, development and growth. In the context of deepening the reform of the higher education system, the development of the western region, and the construction of China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City, on August 23, 2000, the Ministry of Education approved the merger of Southwestern Polytechnical University and Mianyang Economic and Technical College to form Southwest University of Science and Technology. The school campus now covers an area of 4,131 acres, with beautiful surroundings and perfect facilities. It is a good place to study and study. The existing building area of the school is 1.17 million square meters, the total value of fixed assets is 2.3 billion yuan, and the value of teaching and scientific research equipment has reached 716 million yuan. The school library covers an area of 37,800 square meters, and has more than 2.2 million volumes of paper books and 7.81 million volumes of electronic books.
The university currently has more than 36,000 postgraduates, college students and foreign students. There are 16 colleges (departments) such as the National Defense Science and Technology Institute. There are 9 undergraduate disciplines in engineering, agriculture, science, economics, law, literature, management, education, art, etc., with 78 undergraduate majors; There are 22 master degree programs, 1 independent master degree program, 8 master degree categories, 4 master degree programs, 1 postdoctoral research station, 4 disciplines, and China Academy of Engineering Physics. Carry out joint training of doctoral students. There are 2 “double first-class” construction disciplines (groups) in Sichuan Province, 4 provincial superior disciplines, 11 provincial key disciplines, 1 national defense basic discipline approved by the National Defense Science and Industry Bureau, and 5 national defense specialty disciplines.
Southwest University of Science and Technology currently has more than 2,600 faculty members, including: 293 staff with senior professional titles and 642 staff with deputy senior professional titles; 585 supervisors for doctoral and master students; 13 academicians from directors, etc .; Yangtze River Scholars Reward Program “Distinguished Professor, National” Thousand Talents Program “,” National New Century Talent Project “National Level Candidate,” Ministry of Education New Century Talent Program “Candidate, Expert Enjoying Special Allowance from the State Council Government, Sichuan Province Has Outstanding Contribution There are more than 160 person-times, including outstanding experts, academic and technical leaders and reserve candidates in Sichuan Province, candidates for the “1000 Talent Program in Sichuan Province”, and famous teaching teachers in Sichuan Province. There are 10 Sichuan Province Education Department innovations, including the National Defense Science and Technology Innovation Team of “Biological Effects in Nuclear Waste Environment”, “Carbon Nanomaterials” and “Special Polymers”, and “Photoelectric Detection Technology and Research” team. There is a “military-civilian integration research” social science high-level research team in Sichuan Province.
The university has one provincial key laboratory and one national key laboratory, one national insulating material engineering technology research center (co-construction), one national defense key laboratory, two key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, and one engineering research center of the Ministry of Education. , Including 3 Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratories, 3 Sichuan Provincial Engineering Laboratories, and 2 Sichuan Provincial Engineering Technology Research Centers. There are 3 Sichuan Province Collaborative Innovation Centers, and Sichuan Military-civilian Dual-Use Technology Transfer and Industry Incubation Centers. There are 10 key universities in Sichuan Province. There are 1 “regional and national research bases” by the Ministry of Education, 3 provincial research platforms such as the Sichuan Province Key Research Base of Philosophy and Social Sciences, and 2 provincial social science popularization bases. In recent years, the school has completed a number of major national projects, “973” and “863” plans, national science and technology support plans, key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, major national instrument projects, key national defense projects, and national social science fund projects. More than 110 national and provincial ministerial science and technology awards, including the second prize for scientific and technological progress. The school ranked 98th in the ranking of TOP200 universities in mainland China in the latest natural index (statistical time point is from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018).
Southwest University of Science and Technology has 63 national and provincial quality courses and quality resource sharing courses such as modern electronic system design and management principles. It offers more than 3,000 courses for undergraduates and graduates every year. There are 8 national and provincial university teaching teams such as electronic technology and innovation, chemistry experiment teaching troupes, and 7 national-level outstanding talent education training programs such as mechanical design manufacturing and automation. There are six national specialty specialty construction sites including materials science and engineering, automation, and environmental engineering. Electronic information engineering majors are key national defense majors, radiation protection and nuclear safety majors are national defense-deficient majors, and five majors including civil engineering have passed national engineering education majors. Certified. There are 8 national and provincial university experimental teaching demonstration centers. The school’s innovation and entrepreneurship education has achieved remarkable results. Students have repeatedly achieved good results in scientific and cultural sports competitions and subject competitions such as the National Challenge Cup, Mathematical Modeling, University Entrepreneurship Competition, etc .; the school robot group has won the national university student robot competition championship and the best technology. Award, Asia Pacific Runner-up, Best Technology Award. In the results of the “Cultivation of Innovative Talents and Disciplinary Competition in Chinese Universities” announced by the Chinese Higher Education Association in 2018, the school ranked among the top 100 universities, ranking 51st in the country. The school has delivered more than 200,000 graduates of various types to the society, and the average employment rate of undergraduates in the past three years has reached 92.24%.
Southwest University of Science and Technology National University Science Park has been established as “National Technology Transfer Demonstration Institution”, “National Technology Enterprise Incubator”, “National University Student Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Practice Base”, and “Sichuan Province University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Demonstration Club”. The school is one of the designated universities in Sichuan Province ’s comprehensive innovation reform experiment. The “Sichuan Provincial Military-civilian Integration Research Institute” has been jointly established to further promote military-civilian integration in the fields of defense science and technology personnel training, collaborative innovation, technology transfer, and regional high-end think tanks. The research results of the school’s Latin American Center actively serve the national Latin American strategy, and have been fully affirmed by Vice Premier Liu Yandong. The school makes full use of environmentally friendly energy materials, advanced building materials, control engineering and intelligent systems, special environmental robotics, environmental safety technologies, urban sewage and solid waste treatment and recycling, nuclear waste treatment and disposal technology, and agricultural biomass resource recycling. Such scientific research characteristics and traditional advantages serve economic and social development and generate social and economic benefits of tens of billions of yuan.
Southwest University of Science and Technology has established extensive cooperation and exchanges with more than 30 foreign (foreign) universities and research institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, and has particularly strengthened its teaching, research, and talents with countries along the Belt and Road Comprehensive and multi-level international cooperation and exchanges in areas such as training, and the acceleration of the internationalization of school education.
In the new development journey, the university will be guided by Xi Jinping’s thoughts of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and will always adhere to the schooling philosophy of “educating people, moral education as the first, scientific rationality, openness, tolerance, and excellence”, and carry forward the “hard struggle The spirit of Southwestern University of Science and Technology, strive for innovation, practice the school motto of “honesty, erudition, dedication, and innovation”, and work hard to accelerate the establishment of a high-level university with distinctive characteristics!
