ShanghaiTech University

Not to be confused with University of Shanghai for Science and Technology or Shanghai University of Science and Technology.

ShanghaiTech University

上海科技大学
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Type	Public
Established	2013
President	Jiang Mianheng
Academic staff	75 Tenure Track Professors, 289 Adjunct Professors
Undergraduates	504
Postgraduates	1107
Location	Shanghai , China
Campus	Zhangjiang Campus： 100 Haike Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, 201210 Downtown Campus： 319 Yueyang Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200031
Language	English and Chinese
Newspaper	News
Website	www.shanghaitech.edu.cn

ShanghaiTech University (ShanghaiTech; Chinese: 上海科技大学) is a new research university in Shanghai, China with main campus in Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park and a downtown campus in Xuhui District.

The establishment of ShanghaiTech is a joint effort of The People's Government of Shanghai Municipality and The Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Branch.

ShanghaiTech is in cooperation with several overseas research universities such as University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Drexel University, University of Padua and USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Timeline

• September 30, 2014: ShanghaiTech’s first 207 undergraduate students started their first day of the 2014 semester.
• February 2014: ShanghaiTech Founding President Jiang Mianheng and University Council Chairman Zhu Zhiyuan were inaugurated.
• January 24, 2014: China's Ministry of Education approved ShanghaiTech's 2014 undergraduate enrollment plan.
• September 30, 2013: China’s Ministry of Education approved the official establishment of ShanghaiTech University.
• September 3, 2013: ShanghaiTech’s first 296 graduate students started their first day.
• December 28, 2012: ShanghaiTech University laid its foundation in Pudong Science and Technology Park.
• April 28, 2012: China’s Ministry of Education approved the planning for ShanghaiTech University.
• May 23, 2011: Shanghai Municipal Government and Chinese Academy of Sciences decided to jointly form the ShanghaiTech Development Steering Group and the ShanghaiTech Development Working Group.
• September 26, 2008: The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Shanghai Municipal Government signed a Broad Collaboration Agreement to jointly establish the Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Park of CAS, the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) of CAS, and a research university.
• June 23, 2004: Shanghai Municipal Government and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) initiated the planning of a research university in Pudong New Area.

Schools and Institutes

The university has four schools in operation and one school in its planning stage:

• School of Physical Science And Technology Dean: Peidong Yang
• School of Information Science And Technology Dean: Cher Wang
• School of Life Science And Technology Dean: Haifan Lin
• School of Entrepreneurship And Management Dean: Rosaline May Lee
• (Planned) School of Art And Creativity

ShanghaiTech has two research institutes on its campus:

• Shanghai Institute For Advanced Immunochemical Studies Director: Richard A. Lerner
• iHuman Institute Director: Raymond C. Stevens

Campuses

Zhangjiang Campus

The Zhangjiang campus is the main campus of the university and is estimated to be finished by 2016. It is located in the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park amongst many national and international R&D-based companies. The university is in very close proximity to the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute and the National Center for Protein Science Shanghai. The campus was designed by Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and won the Merit Award for Urban Design Award 2012 of the American Institute of Architects, California Council. With 0.6 square kilometer and a construction area of 701,500 square meters the campus represents investments of the Shanghai Municipal Government of 4.169 billion CNY.

Undergraduate teaching started in Fall 2014 at the Zhangjiang Campus and all graduate courses are taught there as well since the fall semester of 2015.

Panoramic image along the main axis of ShanghaiTech University (November 2015).

ShanghaiTech Campus. Six dormitories for graduate students, the sports hall (center) and the library (white building to the right) (November 2015).

Ongoing construction around the center of ShanghaiTech University (November 2015).

Downtown Campus

The temporary downtown campus is located in Xuhui District, Shanghai.

Downtown Campus of ShanghaiTech

Academics

The low student-to-faculty ratio of at most 12 to 1 is hoped to ensure a very high teaching quality.

In the future ShanghaiTech aims to host 1000 faculty, including 500 adjunct professors from institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other universities. The university will then educate 2000 undergraduate and 4000 graduate students (including 3,000 Ph.D. candidates).

ShanghaiTech hosts three nobel laureates. Dr. Roger D. Kornberg, 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and James E. Rothman, 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, are Distinguished Professors-in-Residence at the Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies (SIAIS). Kurt Wüthrich, 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is a Distinguished Professor-in-Residence at the iHuman Institute.

Undergraduate Program

The four year undergraduate program at ShanghaiTech University has 3 semesters (fall, spring and summer) per school year. The summer semester is mainly for course projects, with music and painting courses available.

The university puts lots of emphasis on liberal education and creativity cultivation, and develops several original courses, like Introduction to Information Science and Technology, General Introduction to Chinese Civilization and General Introduction to World Civilization.

The School of Entrepreneurship And Management provides students in all majors with required courses like Economics and Design Thinking.

Graduate Program

As of 2015 the graduate degrees are provided in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Once the newly designed graduate courses are accredited by the Chinese Ministry of Education ShanghaiTech will grant its own degrees.

See also

• The Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility