Introduction

Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) is a new type of public research-oriented university established by Shenzhen in the context of China's higher education reform and development, with a high starting point and high positioning. The school draws on the disciplinary settings and educational models of world-class science and engineering universities, with a discipline system mainly focused on science, engineering, and medicine, combining business and characteristic humanities and social sciences. It operates at the undergraduate, master's, and doctoral levels, conducting research in a series of new disciplinary directions, making the school a think tank that leads social development and a source of new knowledge and technology.

Southern University of Science and Technology will take root in the land of China, seize the driving force of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area and the Shenzhen Pilot Demonstration Zone, and seize the historical opportunity of the overlapping of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and the Shenzhen Pilot Demonstration Zone. It will promote the founding spirit of "daring to take risks, seeking truth and pragmatism, reform and innovation, and pursuing excellence", and highlight the educational characteristics of "research, innovation, and entrepreneurship", Efforts will be made to serve the construction of an innovative country and an international, modern, and innovative city in Shenzhen, and to quickly build itself into an international high-level research university that gathers first-class teachers, cultivates top-notch innovative talents, creates world-class academic achievements, and promotes the application of science and technology. This will lay a solid foundation for achieving the grand goal of building a world-class research university as soon as possible.