Why Shenzhen University

Shenzhen University boasts of many eminent world-class scholars. The University has a total of 3,776 staff members, including 2,351 academic staff members (517 professors and 642 associate professors), 669 technicians, and 756 administrative staff members. In addition, there are 955 postdoctoral students, 336 full-time researcher fellows, and 154 visiting professors. There are 16 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences or the Chinese Academy of Engineering (including five visiting academicians), one academician of the American Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering, four academicians of the American Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Engineering, or the American Academy of Medical Sciences (visiting scholars), one academician of the Royal Academy of Engineering, one academician of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, one academician of the Canadian Academy of Sciences and the Canadian Academy of Engineering (visiting scholar), one academician of the European Academy of Sciences (visiting scholar), three academicians of the Eurasian Academy of Sciences, one Nobel Prize winner in physiology or medicine (visiting scholar). Additionally, there are five National Distinguished Scientists of the "973 Program," 25 Changjiang Distinguished Scholars, 32 awardees of the National Nature Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, fourteen awardees of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, and nine scholars in the "New Century Talents Program" of the Ministry of Education. 

The University has been fully committed to supporting research excellence. In 2017, the University budgeted more than one billion yuan in research. There were 281 new projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, ranking 23rd in China and 2nd in Guangdong Province, and 31 new projects supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China, ranking 37th in the country and 3rd in Guangdong Province. Our faculty published a total of 2,280 papers in SCI indexed journals and 202 papers in SSCI indexed journals, received 2,160 scientific research awards, and were granted 327 patents (including 211 invention patents). The Journal of Shenzhen University, Science and Engineering Edition has won the 4th China University Science and Technology Periodical Excellence Award, and the Journal of Shenzhen University, Social Sciences Edition is ranked 23rd in university journals in China with regards to the number of citations received.