ShanghaiTech University explained

ShanghaiTech University
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Established:September 30,
Type:Public
Faculty:150 Tenure Track Professors, 293 Adjunct Professors
Undergrad:1201
Postgrad:1499
Doctoral:400
Country:China
Campus:393 Middle Huaxia Road, Pudong, Shanghai, 201210
Free Label:Newspaper
Language:English and Chinese
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S:上海科技大学
T:上海科技大學
P:Shànghǎi Kējì Dàxué
Order:st

ShanghaiTech University is a municipal public science and engineering university in Pudong, Shanghai, China. The university was founded in 2013 by contracts between the Shanghai Municipal People's Government and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1] The university is part of the Double First-Class Construction.

The university has five schools and three research institutes. In 2018, it had 1433 undergraduates, 1788 Master's and PhD students, and 485 faculty members.[2]

Timeline

The school was founded by the Shanghai municipal government and Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2014 Jiang Mianheng, the son of former CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin, became president of the ShanghaiTech University.[3] Before his death in December 2018, Zhang Shoucheng was a professor at ShanghaiTech University.[4]

Schools and institutes

The university has five schools in operation:

ShanghaiTech has two research institutes:

School of Physical Science and Technology

The School of Physical Science and Technology offers bachelor, master and PhD degrees in physics, astronomy, chemistry, material science and technology and energyenvironmentalnment science.

The research of the school is concentrating on:

School of Information Science and Technology

The School of Information Science and Technology offers two bachelor's degrees: Computer Science and 'Electrical and Information Engineering' and Master and PhD degrees in four directions: Computing Theory and Software, Computer Systems and Applications, Information Theory and Systems, Electronic Devices and Integrated Systems.

The research of the school is concentrated in seven research centers:

School of Life Science and Technology

The School of Life Science and Technology conducts teaching and research in all fundamental areas of life science. Its research is focused on, but not limited to, genomics and proteomics, epigenetics, RNA biology, systems biology, stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, super-resolution microscopy, chemical biology and drug discovery, and translational medicine.

School of Entrepreneurship and Management

The School of Entrepreneurship and Management does not offer degrees but instead teaches all students of ShanghaiTech University in creativity and creative confidence, critical-thinking and about skills which leads to learning how to innovate. Among others, courses are taught on Economics and Design Thinking.

School of Creative Arts

The School of Creative Arts offers no degrees but it offers a non-diploma course with the University of South California and is planning to offer students art courses and lectures. The dean of SCA is Li Ruigang, the former president of the Shanghai Media Group and the chairman of China Media Capital. The vice dean is John McIntosh, former chair of Computer Art in SVA, New York.

Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies

The Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies is performing antibody and immunochemistry research, dedicated to the understanding of the basic structure and design of biological molecules. It has eight key laboratories in the fields of antibody design, ADC chemistry, phenotypic screening, structure biochemistry, cell biology, stem cell biology, antibody engineering and antibody structure, covering all the capabilities that one needs to go from discovery of an important antibody through all the steps necessary to turn it into a drug. Besides, seven large technical platforms including cell sorting, imaging, protein and gene, HTS, informatics, analytical and animal sciences are also being developed. Nobel laureate James Rothman is a Professor-in-Residence of SIAIS.

iHuman Institute

The iHuman Institute focused exclusively on the basic and applied science of human cell signaling, with research groups in the fields of Chemical and Cell Biology, Chemistry, Antibody Development, Computational Chemistry, Imaging, Structural Biology, System Biology, and Translational Biology. Basic science is at the core of the iHuman Institute, with direct application to drug discovery. Raymond C. Stevens is the director of the iHuman Institute and Nobel laureate Kurt Wüthrich is leading the iHuman research group on Molecular Structural Biology.

Campus

The ShanghaiTech campus 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.

Academics

The low student-to-faculty ratio of at most 12 to 1 is hoped to ensure teaching quality. When the school opened, it had plans to enroll 2,000 undergraduate students and 4,000 graduate students immediately.[12] 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 four nobel laureates.[13] Roger D. Kornberg and Kurt Wüthrich have both been professors, as has James E. Rothman, 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.[14]

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.

Research

By 2017, the school had 145 research teams.[15]

A research team at the school found "cerium can capture sunlight and cause a light-catalyzed reaction." The team then "developed a catalyst combination of cerium and alcohol, which can convert methane into fuel at room temperature, with no need of heat or condensation."[16]

The school is involved with studying artificial intelligence.[17] In September 2018, researchers at the school published an article saying they had successfully replaced genetic material in a human embryo that caused Marfan syndrome.[18]

A team at the school also "exploited the natural secretion of amyloid fibres from the bacterium bacillus subtilis for 3D printing to produce customized nanoscale biomaterials."[19]

Rankings

Nature Index

Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles and presents research outputs by institution and country on monthly basis.

YearRankValuer
202112[20] Nature Index 2021 Young Universities (Leading 150 Young Universities)
202248[21] Nature Index 2022 - Academic Institutions - China
2022247[22] Nature Index 2022 - Leading 500 institutions by patent influence metric
2023158[23] Nature Index - Academic Institutions - Global
202346[24] Nature Index 2023 - Academic Institutions - China

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 中科院旗下的新起之秀—上海科技大学 . 2022-05-14 . Sohu News . en.
  2. Web site: ShanghaiTech University-about.
  3. News: Meng . Angela . Jiang Zemin's son named head of new ShanghaiTech University . January 5, 2021 . South China Morning Post . February 22, 2014.
  4. News: Herman . Arthur . A Death In Silicon Valley 'With Chinese Characteristics' . January 5, 2021 . Forbes . December 13, 2018.
  5. http://spst.shanghaitech.edu.cn/eng/ School of Physical Science and Technology
  6. http://sist.shanghaitech.edu.cn/ School of Information Science and Technology
  7. http://slst.shanghaitech.edu.cn/eng/ School of Life Science and Technology
  8. http://sem.shanghaitech.edu.cn/ School of Entrepreneurship and Management
  9. http://siais.shanghaitech.edu.cn/eng/ Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies
  10. http://ihuman.shanghaitech.edu.cn/ iHuman Institute
  11. Hruby . Denise . Why China needs your scientific expertise . Nature . 17 January 2018 . 553 . 7688 . S2–S3 . 10.1038/d41586-018-00536-1 . free .
  12. Web site: Jiang Zemin's son named head of new ShanghaiTech University. 22 February 2014.
  13. Web site: ShanghaiTech University . 2018-12-23 . 2018-12-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181223120910/http://old.shanghaitech.edu.cn/eng/jobnews/20181012/84.html . dead .
  14. Web site: ShanghaiTech University . 2018-12-23 . 2018-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181224125845/http://old.shanghaitech.edu.cn/eng/about/5.html . dead .
  15. Web site: ShanghaiTech University . 2018-12-23 . 2018-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181224125826/http://old.shanghaitech.edu.cn/eng/about.html . dead .
  16. Web site: Chinese researchers convert methane into fuel with highly efficient catalyst - Xinhua | English.news.cn. https://web.archive.org/web/20180801130124/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/01/c_137361788.htm . dead . August 1, 2018 .
  17. News: Is China Outsmarting America in A.I.?. The New York Times. 27 May 2017. Mozur. Paul. Markoff. John.
  18. Web site: Chinese scientists snip mutant DNA to fix human embryo gene. 3 September 2018.
  19. Web site: 3D printing and genetic engineering bring biofilms to life. 18 December 2018.
  20. Web site: Leading 150 young universities - Nature Index 2021 Young Universities - Supplements - Nature Index. Nature Index. 5 February 2023.
  21. Web site: 2022 tables: Institutions - academic - Annual tables - Nature Index. Nature Index. 5 February 2023.
  22. Web site: Leading 500 institutions by patent influence metric - Nature Index 2022 Innovation - Supplements - Nature Index. Nature Index. 15 February 2023.
  23. Web site: 2023 tables: Institutions - academic - Annual tables - Nature Index. Nature Index. 9 August 2023.
  24. Web site: 2023 tables: Institutions - academic - Annual tables - Nature Index. Nature Index. 29 July 2023.

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