University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

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The University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST; ) is a municipal public university in Yangpu, Shanghai, China. The university is affiliated with the City of Shanghai and funded by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government.

The school originated from the Hujiang University founded in 1906 and the German Medicine and Engineering School founded in 1907. In the early 1950s, the former Hujiang University and the former National Shanghai Advanced Mechanical Vocational School were respectively reorganized into Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Engineering (renamed East China University of Technology in 1994) and Shanghai Mechanical College. In 1996, the two schools merged to form University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. In 1998, the school was transferred from the former Ministry of Machinery Industry to the management of the Municipality of Shanghai.

History

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Origins

The University of Shanghai for Science and Technology was originally built by the Northern and Southern Baptists of the United States on 26.5 acres of land purchased in late 1905. The first president of the college, originally known as the Shanghai Baptist College and Seminary, was John Thomas Proctor, a Baptist missionary appointed by the board of trustees in August 1906 during a meeting in Moganshan. Proctor was president and professor of history and philosophy at the college until the fall of 1910 when he was replaced by Dr. F. J. White as acting president. The first Chinese professor at the college was Mr. Tong Tsing-En. The first Chinese president was Dr. Herman C. E. Liu from 1928 to 1938.

Development

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USST is the amalgamation of East China University of Technology and Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Technology. The former originated from Shanghai Industry School, set up on the original campus of Hujiang University (1906–1952) after the establishment of the People's Republic of China. The latter originated from Deutsche Medizinschule, created in 1907. Between 1960 and 1994, the school was known as Shanghai Institute of Mechanism (上海機械學院). In May 1996, East China University of Technology and Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Technology were amalgamated and established as USST. Due to this historical heritage, the English name of the university begins with its predecessor (University of Shanghai) to show the origins of USST.

Academics and Research

Structures

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The University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST) is a multidisciplinary university with emphasis on engineering (its main major), management, commerce, arts, science and medicine. In September 1998, according to the principle of "co-established by both central government and local government, mainly managed by Shanghai Municipality", along with its jurisdiction transferred from the former Ministry of Machinery Industry to Shanghai Municipality, USST became a new-style municipal higher learning institute. In July 2003, due to the readjustment of universities in Shanghai, Shanghai Medical Apparatus and Instruments College and Shanghai Publishing and Printing Training School were put under the administration of USST. They were established respectively as its College of Medical Apparatus and Instruments, and Publishing and Printing College.

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As of 2016, USST has 18 colleges or schools, one teaching faculties; among them, there are 44 research institutes, 26 research centers and 3 research associations. The total number of full-time students is 24,600, including 17,400 undergraduates, 7,200 candidates for master's degrees and Doctor Degree.

Schools and Colleges

School of Energy and Power Engineering
College of Foreign Languages
College of Science
College of Communication and Art Design
College of Basic Science
School of Social Science
School of Engineering and Technology
School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering
School of Environment and Architecture
School of Materials Science and Engineering
School of Music
School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering
School of Mechanical Engineering
Business School
Shanghai Publishing and Printing College
Institute of Photonic Chip

International University Colleges

Sino-British College
Shanghai – Hamburg College
Shanghai College of International Education, USST

Ranking

USST has been consistently ranked among the top 10 out of 63 universities or Colleges in Shanghai (2016), top 1% nationally (2015) and top 40 universities with core strength in scientific and technological research nationwide (2016).

The 2020 Best Chinese University Ranking published by Shanghai Ranking placed USST the 89th in the country, 9th in Shanghai. In the recent Wu Shulian Chinese university ranking (Wu Shulian 2019), USST is ranked 75th overall in the country and 7th in Shanghai. CUAA Chinese university ranking 2020, one of the most recognised and foremost domestic rankings in China, placed USST 79th in the country and 9th in Shanghai.

According to China Discipline Ranking (CDR) by the Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE) in 2012 (the only national university ranking approved by MOE), USST's Optical engineering was ranked 10th, Power engineering and Engineering thermophysics was ranked 13th, Biomedical engineering was ranked 16th, Food Science and Engineering was ranked 25th and management science and Engineering was ranked 28th nationally. In CDR, USST's Humanities and Social Science disciplines were also highly ranked, for instance, Communication Studies were ranked 23rd, Public Management was ranked 29th, Foreign Languages and Literatures (including Foreign Linguistics) were ranked 40th, applied economics was ranked 45th in the country.

The 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) or Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking ranked USST 401–500 in the world. The ARWU Academic Subjects Ranking (2018) placed USST's Mechanical Engineering 201-300th and Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Energy Science & Engineering 301-400th in the world,

The U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking (2020) ranked USST 225th among Best Global Universities in Asia USNews ranking, 87th among Best Global Universities in China.

The Business School of USST has received accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). It is one of the only 20 business schools in China to become a member of AACSB.

Global Partnerships

USST has established inter-university relationships with over 110 universities in more than 20 countries, including Australia, Germany, America, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, Russia and Hong Kong, China.

International Cooperation

Sino-British College

thumb|Sino-British College USSTUSST's most successful international cooperation is the Sino-British College, located in central Shanghai at USST's Fuxing Road Campus. The Sino-British College (SBC) is an international university college, jointly established by USST and 9 British universities:

The University of Bradford
The University of Huddersfield
The University of Leeds
Leeds Metropolitan University
Liverpool John Moores University
Manchester Metropolitan University
The University of Salford
The University of Sheffield
Sheffield Hallam University.

SBC became a fully licensed university college on 1 September 2006. It is the only Shanghai-based higher education institution to be awarded a licence by the Chinese Ministry of Education to offer full degree programmes with multiple overseas universities (the so-called "1 to N Model"), either taught entirely at the Shanghai campus, or with a period of study abroad. Graduates are awarded degrees from one of the partner British institutions.

USST Shanghai-Hamburg College

In September 1998, Shanghai-Hamburg College (also known as Sino-German College) was established. This international cooperation has been listed as one of Shanghai-Hamburg Sister Cities cultural exchange programs. The joint educational program is to introduce a German engineer (FH) training mode and make a full use of German teachers and other teaching resources. The purpose is to train talents for the needs of rapid development of Sino-German modern industries, and particularly train personnel for the needs of German Multinational Companies in China. Students graduated from Shanghai-Hamburg College are expected to become internationalized and application-oriented professionals who not only understand German engineering and technology, but are also capable of dealing with cross-cultural communications.

USST Shanghai- Hamburg College now has three undergraduate programs: electrical engineering and automation, machinery manufacturing and automation, and international economics and trade. All the students are enrolled in a professional full-time and four-year bachelor's degree. The first year contains mainly intensive German learning taught by Chinese and German language teachers, and all the students must pass exams for learners of German as a foreign language (Deutsch als Fremdsprache, DaF) developed by the German Goethe-Institut and the TestDaF run by TestDaF-Institut. In their subsequent studies, one third of the professional and technical courses will be taught by Professors of Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in German and with original German materials. With regard to the internship semester, 10% of the outstanding students will be sent to companies in Germany such as Airbus, Lufthansa Technik, Siemens, Philips and so on. Other students will also have the internship opportunities in the German domestic or joint ventures enterprises.

Gallery

File:USST Winter.jpg|USST in Winter

File:USST2.jpg|Auditoriumand and White Chapel

File:USST 7.jpg|Main Building at night

File:USST 8.jpg|Main Building

File:USST 9.jpg|Zhan'en Avenue

File:The statue of Dr. Herman C. E. Liu, the first Chinese president of USST.jpg|The statue of Dr. Herman C. E. Liu, the first Chinese president

File:The library (original) of USST.jpg|The original library, built in 1928, extended in 1948, now Public Service Center

File:Playground of USST.jpg|Playground in the North Campus

File:Door sign indicates the then University of Shanghai name in nowadays University of Shanghai for Science and Technology campus.jpg|door sign indicates the then University of Shanghai name

File:中德国际学院.jpg|Sino-German College

File:中美国际学院.jpg|American Culture centre, USST

File:花园.jpg|USST Campus Park

File:沪江园1.jpg|Shanghai College of International Education (SCIE), USST

File:USST 2016.jpg|Celebration of 110th anniversary

File:上海理工大学风景.jpg|Campus landscaping

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