University Name: University of Science and Technology of China ( 中国科学技术大学 )

Rank: 10

Address: USTC No. 96, Jinzhai Road , Hefei City , Anhui Province, China ( 中国安徽省合肥市金寨路 96 号 (230026) )

President: Zhu Qingshi

Telephone: 86-551-3602184

Fax 86-551-3631760

Total staff: 3600

Full Professors / Associate Professors: 432/564

Number of Other teachers: 1100

Members of Chinese Academy of Science: 20

Members of Chinese Academy of Engineering: 4

Number of Undergraduate Students: 8427

Master ' s Students: 5600

PH.D. Candidates: 1498

website: www2.ustc.edu.cn

Brief History

The University of Science and Technology of China is a new type of university established by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) after the founding of the New China. The establishment of the University is aimed at fostering high-level personnel of science and technology absolutely necessary for the development of the national economy, national defense construction, and education in science and technology. The University was founded in Beijing in September of 1958. Mr. Guo Moruo is the first president of the University. The establishment was hailed as "A Major Event in the History of Chinese Education and Science". CAS has supported the University by combining most of its Institutes with the departments of the University. CAS has pooled the entire strength of its faculty and its advantage in science and technology for the development of the University. USTC is listed in the top 16 national key universities by the Central Committee of the CCP, becoming the youngest national key university.

In the beginning of 1970, USTC was moved to Hefei , the capital of Anhui Province . Since 1978, the University has initiated and implemented a series of open and reform measures with a forward-looking sense and innovative spirit. The University recovered from the Cultural Revolution and achieved rapid development thereafter. During the period of the 7th and the 8th National Five-year Plan, USTC has been one of the universities enjoying the nation's priority construction. USTC consistently adheres to the school-running principle of pursuing the national interest and innovative pioneering. The University 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.

Schools and Departments

Special Class for the Gifted Young
School of Science
Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics
Department of Modern Physics
Department of Astronomy and Applied Physics
School of Chemistry & Material Science
Department of Chemical Physics
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Department of Chemistry
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
School of Life Sciences
Department of Molecular Biology and Cell Biology
Department of Neurobiology and Biophysics
School of Engineering Science
Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering
Department of Precision Machinery and Instrumentation
Department of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering
School of Information Science and Technology
Department of Electronic Science and Technology
Department of Computer Science and Technology
Department of Automation
Department of Electronic Engineering and Information Science
School of Earth and Space Science
Department of Earth and Space Science
School of Business
Department of Information Management and Decision Science
Department of Management Science
Department of Statistics and Finance
Business Administration Training Division
School of Humanities & Social Science
Department of Foreign Languages
Department of Scientific History and Archaeometry
Department of Sci-tech Communication and Sci-tech Policy
The Teaching and Research Division of Marxism
The Teaching and Research Division of Sci-tech Philosophy
The Teaching and Research Division of Humanities
The Teaching Division of Physical Training

Major Scientific Research Achievements in 2004

First Group Professors of 2003 CAS 100-Scholar Project Come to Work in USTC
The 8 th China Physics Society Plenary Meeting Held in Hefei : Dean of USTC Science School Academician Yang Guozhen Elected Chairperson of the Council.
USTC Ranked 2 nd in Institutions and China 3 rd in Countries of Research Papers on Nano Science in the World.
Research on the Next Generation Mobile Methods and Technologies.
The USTC iFly Speech Laboratory
Polar Research Progress at the University of Science and Technology of China.
Recent Progress in Bioorganic and Green Chemistry Studies
Optical Realization of Universal Quantum Cloning.
The NMR Structure of hUbf (Human Upstream Binding Factor) Box1
Fire Safety in Large Space Buildings.
Single Molecule Studies by Scanning Tunneling Microscope.
A Catalytic-Assembly Route to Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes at Moderate Temperature.

Administration

Zhu Qingshi: President & Dean of Superior Academy . Mr. Zhu is a Chemist, Professor, Dr. Tutor and Academician of CAS. Mr. Zhu was born in 1946 and graduated from USTC Modern Physics Department. Mr. Zhu was elected as Academician of CAS IN 199 and began his teaching and scientific researching career in USTC from 1994. In August 1996, Mr. Zhu was appointed Vice-President of USTC and Administrative Vice-President of USTC in April 1998. In June, 1998, Mr. Zhu was appointed President by the State Council and commissioner of State Council Degree Committee in May 1999.
Mr. Zhu was once as Visiting Scholar at U.S.A. California University Barbara Brach and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visiting Scientist at U.S.A. Brookharen National Laboratory and Canada National Academy , Visiting Professor at Sorbonne of France, and as a Visiting Researcher of Britain Royal Society who worked in Cambridge , Oxford and Nottingham University . Mr. Zhu once achieved the Asia Achievement Prize of 1994 Foreign-Chinese Physics Association and Thompson Observer Prize which set by Spectrochemica Acta at the same time.