Introduction
The University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) is a national research university in Hefei, Anhui, China, under the direct leadership of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). USTC was founded with the mission of addressing urgent needs to improve China's economy, defense infrastructure, and science and technology education. Its core strength is scientific and technological research, and more recently has expanded into humanities and management with a strong scientific and engineering emphasis. In 2012 the Institute of Advanced Technology, University of Science and Technology of China was founded. 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.
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.
School
Chemistry and Materials Science
Computer Science and Technology
Earth and Space Sciences
Engineering Science
Gifted Young
Humanities and Social Science
Information Science and Technology
Life Sciences
Management
Mathematical Sciences
Nuclear Science and Technology
Physical Sciences
Public Affairs
Software Engineering
NSRL
HFNL-Microscal
SKLFS
IMR
Student facilities
Following facilities are available for the students at campus;
Fees
Program | Length of Study | Tuition |
Undergraduate
|
4Years
|
RMB 26000/yr
|
Master's degree | 3 Years | RMB 30000/yr |
Ph. D degree | 3 Years | RMB35000/yr |
General Scholar | 1-2 years | RMB 26000/yr |
Scholarships
To know the details about various scholarships in the college,click on
http://en.ustc.edu.cn/admissions/international_students/201512/t20151217_232889.html
Alumni
S. No. | Name | Notability |
1. | Xiaowei Zhuang | Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology & Physics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Harvard University, member of National Academy of Sciences |
2. | Tianxi Cai | Professor of Biostatistics, Harvard University |
3. | Jia-huai Wang | Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School |
4. | Liqun Luo | Professor of Biological Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Stanford University, member of National Academy of Sciences |
5. | Yi Cui | Associate Professor of Materials Science, Stanford University |
6. | Xin Guo | Coleman Fung Chair Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley |
7. | Hong Liu | Professor of Physics, MIT |
8. | Wei Tong | Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Yale |
9. | Zhongwen Zhan | Assistant Professor of Geophysics, Caltech |
10. | Liang Fu | Assistant Professor of Physics, MIT |
Campus address
Address: Caoying Rd, Shushan, Hefei, Anhui, China
