About Shaanxi University Of Science & Technology

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About Shaanxi University Of Science & Technology

Shaanxi University of Science and Technology (UST) is a national university under the construction of “Basic Capacity Building Project for Universities in Central and Western China” and “14th Five-Year Education Power Promotion Project”, as well as a university under the construction of “Domestic First-class University” and a high-level university in Shaanxi Province. Shaanxi University of Science and Technology is a high-level university under the construction of “domestic first-class universities” and key construction.

The university was founded in 1958 as Beijing Light Industry College, the first light industry college in New China; in 1970, it was moved to Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, and renamed as Northwest Light Industry College; in 1978, it was identified by the State Council as one of the 88 key colleges and universities in China; in 1998, it was transferred to Shaanxi Province, and was jointly built by the central government and the local government; in 2002, it was renamed Shaanxi University of Science and Technology with the approval of the Ministry of Education; in 2006 The main body of the university was moved to Xi’an City.

As one of the “westward-moving groups”, the university has undergone the struggle and glory of “three foundations, two relocations and one transfer” during its development history of more than 60 years, adhering to the entrepreneurial spirit of “self-improvement and hard work” and the scientific spirit of “truth-seeking The university has trained more than 180,000 outstanding talents and made important contributions to national construction and social development. It has made important contributions to national construction and social development. The university is ranked 132nd in China in the 2022 SoftTech China University Rankings.

The university has Xi’an Weiyang Campus, Taihua Road Campus and Xianyang Campus, with a total area of 2055 mu and a building area of 1.296 million square meters. The campus is fully functional, with advanced facilities and beautiful environment. There are more than 23,000 full-time students of all kinds, including more than 5,000 doctoral and master’s degree students; the library has a collection of more than 2 million books.

There are colleges of Light Industry Science and Engineering (School of Flexible Electronics), Materials Science and Engineering (School of Conservation Science and Technology), Environmental Science and Engineering, Food Science and Engineering (School of Biology and Medicine), Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (School of Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics Engineering), Electrical and Control Engineering, Electronic Information and Artificial Intelligence, Economics and Management, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering There are 16 colleges (departments), including College of Design and Art (Silk Road Culture and Communication College), College of Mathematics and Data Science, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education (College of Continuing Education, College of Vocational Technology), College of Marxism, College of Ulster, and Department of Physical Education.

There are 7 first-level disciplines and 36 second-level disciplines authorized for doctoral degree and 3 post-doctoral research stations; 21 first-level disciplines and 94 second-level disciplines authorized for master’s degree and 13 professional degrees authorized for master’s degree; 63 undergraduate majors, covering 11 disciplines including engineering, science, management, literature, economics, law, medicine, art, education, agriculture and cross-discipline. There are more than 1,500 full-time teachers, with “Changjiang scholars”, “Jieqing”, “Uoqing”, “100 million talents project There are more than 100 national and provincial talents such as “Changjiang Scholars”, “Jieqing”, “Outstanding Youth”, “Hundred Million Talents Project”, etc. There are 1 discipline under the construction of “domestic first-class university” in Shaanxi Province, 6 provincial advantageous disciplines, 57 national and provincial key laboratories, key research bases and engineering technology research centers, 2 provincial collaborative innovation centers, 1 provincial philosophical and social science characteristic construction discipline and 1 provincial social science characteristic construction discipline. 1 social science specialty construction discipline, 6 provincial postgraduate joint training demonstration workstations, and 8 academician innovation teams. Three disciplines of material science, chemistry and engineering are ranked in the top 1% of the global ESI (material science is ranked in the top 3‰ and chemistry is ranked in the top 5‰); there are 7 world-class disciplines of soft sciences.

The university has always taken the cultivation of talents as its fundamental task, and the quality of education and teaching is excellent. It has been selected as one of the pilot institutions of “Excellent Engineer Program” and “Internet+Made in China 2025 Industry-Education Integration Promotion Program” by the Ministry of Education, the first batch of national innovation and entrepreneurship colleges, and the first batch of demonstration colleges in Shaanxi Province to deepen innovation and entrepreneurship education reform. In recent years, the university has made great achievements in national and provincial teaching projects, and its overall level is in the forefront of provincial universities. The university has won 3 national teaching achievement awards and 70 provincial teaching achievement awards; there are 1 national “Ten Thousand People Plan-Teaching Master” and 22 provincial teaching masters; 21 national first-class undergraduate majors and 16 provincial first-class undergraduate majors; 9 national featured majors, 13 provincial featured majors, 7 famous brand majors in Shaanxi Province and 7 majors certified by Chinese Engineering Education. 7 specialties at national level, 13 specialties at provincial level, 21 specialties certified by China Engineering Education; 1 pilot project for comprehensive reform of national undergraduate majors, 9 pilot projects for comprehensive reform of provincial undergraduate majors; 3 new engineering projects, 1 new agricultural project and 2 new liberal arts projects at national level, 6 new engineering projects, 1 new agricultural project and 2 new liberal arts projects at provincial level; 1 national teaching team, 1 national virtual teaching and research room, 29 provincial teaching teams; 4 national quality courses, 1 national virtual teaching and research room and 1 provincial teaching team. 1 national-level teaching team, 1 national-level virtual teaching and research room, 29 provincial-level teaching teams; 4 national-level boutique courses, 24 provincial-level boutique courses; 1 national-level boutique video open course, 1 national-level boutique resource sharing course, 50 provincial-level boutique resource sharing courses; 6 national-level first-class undergraduate courses, 35 provincial-level first-class undergraduate courses; 1 national-level bilingual teaching demonstration course, 2 provincial-level bilingual teaching demonstration courses; 21 provincial-level excellent teaching materials. There are 1 national-level experimental teaching demonstration center, 16 provincial-level experimental teaching demonstration centers and provincial-level virtual simulation experimental teaching centers; 1 national-level off-campus practice education base for college students, 7 provincial-level off-campus practice education bases and innovation and entrepreneurship education practice bases; 14 provincial-level experimental zones for innovation in talent training mode; 2 provincial-level pilot colleges for innovation and entrepreneurship reform; and 75 provincial and ministerial-level educational reform projects.

It has also been awarded as “National Training Base for Employment Ability of College Graduates”, “National Pilot School of First Aid Education”, “Safe Campus of Shaanxi Province” and “Shaanxi Higher Education Institution”. Campus”, “Advanced Unit of Counselor Team Building in Shaanxi Higher Education Institution”, “Shaanxi Summer Social Practice Demonstration School for College Students” and other honors. The “Shaanxi Higher Education Easy Class Development Center” and “Shaanxi Higher Education Network Ideological and Political Work Center” were established on the basis of the school and selected as the first batch of key research bases for ideological and political work in Shaanxi Province. It is the first university in China to win the first prize in the final of the quality ability competition of college counselors for three times, and has been awarded as the excellent co-construction university of E-Class for five consecutive years.

Among the teachers and students, a large number of outstanding models have emerged, such as the “National University Huang Danian Type Teacher Team”, “Good People of China” and “China Youth Volunteer Outstanding Organization/Individual Award”. Students have won the “China International “Internet+” Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, the “Challenge Cup” National Student Extra-curricular Academic Science and Technology Competition, the “Youth Creation” National Student Entrepreneurship Competition The school was the only one to win the gold medal in the 7th China International “Internet+” Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. The university is the only university in Shaanxi province that won the “Advanced Collective Award” in the national finals of the “Internet+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. The employability and quality of students have been significantly improved, and the work of employment and student financial assistance has been reported by CCTV’s “Focus Interview” and “News Investigation”.