Introduction
Every ship that goes to Shanghai must pass within full view of the College; any thoughtful student on such a campus is compelled to live in a large world.
Every ship that goes to Shanghai must pass within full view of the College; any thoughtful student on such a campus is compelled to live in a large world.
The University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST), a key multidisciplinary applied research-oriented university under direct supervision and jurisdiction of Shanghai municipal government, boasts engineering as its core discipline. USST has been putting efforts on the coordinated development in such disciplines as engineering, science, economics, management, literature, law, and art. USST has become one of the first batch of pilot units for the construction of “a high-level local institution of higher education” in Shanghai.
The history of USST goes back to Shanghai College established in 1906 and the German Medical and Engineering School founded in 1907. In 1906, the Northern and Southern Baptists of the United States established Shanghai College on the shore of the Pujiang River. In 1928, Dr. Liu Zhan’en (1896-1938), an educator, patriot and social activist, served as its first Chinese president, and Shanghai College was thus integrated into China’s national education system. In 1922, the Chinese and French governments jointly established the Institut Technique Franco-Chinois de Shanghai on the original site of the German School of Medicine and Engineering. After the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Invaders (July 7,1937-September 2, 1945), the Institut Technique Franco-Chinois de Shanghai merged with the National Advanced Vocational School of Mechanical Technology, which was once relocated in Chongqing, to establish the National Advanced Vocational School of Mechanics (NAVSM). After the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, NAVSM was re-instituted as Advance Vocational School of Mechanics (AVSM) and was later renamed Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Technology (1983-1996)(SIMT). In 1996, Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Engineering and East China University of Technology were merged and reshuffled as the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST). In 1998, the management of USST under the Ministry of Machinery Industry of China was transferred to Shanghai Municipal Government. In 2003, the management of Shanghai Medical Instruments College (re-instituted as Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences in 2015) and Shanghai Printing and Publishing College was handed over to USST. During the past one hundred years of ups and downs, this prestigious institution has produced a large number of patriotic youth and people with lofty ideals, nurtured a large army of academic elites, engineering experts and social luminaries, and trained over 100,000 outstanding professionals for our country, earning itself the title of “Whampoa Military Academy in manufacturing industry” in China. In the process of integration, inheritance and innovation, the spirit of the school motto of “Honesty, Integrity, Diligence, Benevolence; Learning, Reflection, Vision, Aspiration” has gradually come into being, inspiring all USST-ers in the New Era to adhere to their original mission and forge ahead.
USST consists of 18 colleges, schools and departments with more than 27,000 full-time students, of whom over 16,000 are undergraduate students and 10,000 plus graduate students. Of its 2,700 faculty & staff members, there are 7 academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Chinese Academy of Engineering (adjunct academicians included), 73 national-level talents, 316 provincial or ministerial-level talents, 974 faculty members with senior professional titles, and 430 doctoral supervisors.
Having consistently relied upon, served, and spearheaded the development of various industries, USST has grown up into a leading university in the fields of equipment manufacture, medical equipment as well as publishing and printing. Having been making huge efforts to prioritize its discipline layout, USST currently has 64 bachelor’s degree programs (including 20 national first-class discipline programs and 13 municipal first-class discipline programs), as well as 8 post-doctoral programs, 8 first-class discipline doctoral programs, 28 first-class master’s degree programs, and 20 professional master’s degree programs. USST also boasts 20 national teaching platforms, 52 provincial or ministerial-level platforms, 7 national scientific research platforms and 44 provincial or ministerial-level teaching platforms. Its eight leading disciplines, namely, Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental/Biological Science, Agricultural Science, Physics and Mathematics have long ranked among top 1% of Essential Science Indicators (ESI) in the world. Aiming to meet the local and national strategic needs, USST have been making efforts to build 6 first-class disciplines in Optical Engineering, Systems Science, Power Engineering and Thermophysics, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, as well as Management Science and Engineering. Accordingly, USST have been trying to tap the potentials of its 3 international labs of Future Optics, Intelligent Manufacturing, Medical Devices and Rehabilitation Engineering and its platform of Systems Management to boost its overall development.
USST always adheres to the fundamental task of “fostering virtue through education”, and carries forward the school-running tradition of relying on industry and pooling all the resources of “industry, university and research”. USST implements the concept of “docking with industry, transforming programs, and guiding employment". Undergraduate education emphasizes “solid foundation, wide caliber and distinctive practical competence", whereas postgraduate education stresses “being interdisciplinary, innovative and closely industry-related.” USST is on the list of the Ministry of Education’s “Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program” among the first group of “National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Practice Bases” construction units, a “National Talent Training Mode Innovation Experimental Zone”, a “National Innovative Talents Training Demonstration Base”, a “National In-depth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Reform Model Institution of Higher Education,” as well as the “National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Model University".
One of the earliest institutions of higher education in mainland China to set up international joint programs, USST, which currently has nearly 600 international students, has established cooperative relations with more than 200 institutions of higher education in 39 countries and regions, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Japan, Australia and Ireland. It has established two Sino-foreign joint educational institutions, namely, the Sino-British College and Sino-German College. USST has been one of the vice director-general units of Shanghai - Hong Kong Universities Alliance.
Adhering to the strategy of coordinated development, USST has jointly established “the Yangtze River Delta Higher Engineering Education Alliance” with such partners as Nanjing Tech University, Zhejiang University of Technology, Jiangsu University, Anhui University of Technology and Anhui University of Science and Technology; joined hands with Shanghai Public Diplomacy Association to establish the Institute of Public Diplomacy; inaugurated the Oriental Pan-Vascular Devices Innovation College with the help from the Center for Cardiovascular Innovations (CCI) and the OCIN Club for Innovations; established the School of Gongli Hospital Medical Technology together with Shanghai Gongli Hospital; established the Shanghai High-End Medical Equipment Innovation Center with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, United Imaging, and MicroPort; USST has been working together with such industrial leaders as Shanghai Institute of Process Automation & Instrumentation, Shanghai Power Equipment Research Institute Co., Ltd, Shanghai Electrical Apparatus Research Institute (Group) Co., Ltd, Shanghai Electric Cable Research Institute, Shanghai Research Institute of Materials, Shanghai Research Institute of E-toys, Shanghai Industrial Boiler Research Institute Co., Ltd and Central Institute of Shanghai Electric Group Company Ltd. to jointly establish “Shanghai Institute for Generic Technology of Machinery Industry” and “Shanghai Graduate School of Machinery Industry.” Besides, USST has carried out comprehensive strategic cooperation with such institutions and enterprises as the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC), Shanghai Electric, and Bright Food Group. Relying on the construction of its National Science Park and nearly 40 technology transfer offices in the Yangtze River Delta, USST is cooperating with Yangpu District to promote the transfer and commercialization of findings and achievements in science and technology, industry incubation, the development of the innovative neighborhood around USST campuses, and friendly partnership with Baoshan District, Pudong New District, Huangpu District and other cities such as Suzhou, Taizhou in innovation platform, talents cultivation.
Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese characteristics for a New Era, USST fully implements the spirits of the 20th National Congress of CPC, focuses its attention on the objectives and tasks set by the USST’s Eighth Party Congress, forges ahead with perseverance, and strives to make the university a leading institution in industrial and technological progress as soon as possible, thus, building itself into a first-class science and engineering university with remarkable features.
By December of 2023
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