Shanghai University of Technology was founded in 1954. It is now a high-level local university that Shanghai has focused on building. It is an applied and innovative university with distinctive characteristics and bachelor, master and doctoral training levels. The school has been selected as a key construction unit of Shanghai's high-level local universities, a leading plan for the construction of first-class undergraduate programs and a leading plan for first-class graduate education in Shanghai, a model university for deepening the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education in Shanghai, a pilot university for the overall reform of curriculum ideology and politics in Shanghai universities, a pilot unit for the reform of national science and technology talent evaluation, a national intellectual property pilot university, a Shanghai patent work demonstration unit, and a Shanghai model school for rule of law in schools. It has been selected as one of the top 100 universities in China for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Since 2018, it has ranked first for five consecutive years in the classification evaluation of applied technology universities in Shanghai universities. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the university firmly takes root in China to run universities, implements the fundamental task of cultivating morality and educating people, adheres to the distinctive positioning of "application-oriented and technologically innovative", adheres to the school-running philosophy of "relying on industry to prosper and relying on science and technology to strengthen", highlights the innovative culture of "collaborative innovation and co-creation of value", pursues the value orientation of "excellence and uniqueness, surpassing oneself", promotes the university spirit of "thick virtue, fine skills, and sharpening knowledge and practice", practices the university motto of "Mingde, Mingxue, Mingshi", actively promotes innovative development, characteristic development and high-quality development in the high-level innovation system of "three-in-one" of education, science and technology, and talents, and is committed to building a high-level application-oriented innovative university with international influence. The school has distinct professional characteristics and a reasonable discipline layout. It has 19 secondary colleges (departments) and 56 undergraduate majors, covering engineering, science, economics, management, literature, law, agriculture, art and other disciplines. Among them, there are 11 national first-class undergraduate major construction sites, 14 Shanghai first-class undergraduate major construction sites, and 11 Shanghai applied undergraduate pilot majors; 6 majors have passed the China Engineering Education Professional Certification, and 1 major has passed the international professional certification. It has established a characteristic discipline group led by "Fragrances, Fragrances, Cosmetics and Green Chemicals" and coordinated by "Functional New Materials and Intelligent Technology and Advanced Manufacturing" and "Design, Culture and Innovation and Management"; Chemistry, Materials Science, Agricultural Science and Engineering Science are in the top 1% of the ESI global ranking. It has 6 provincial and ministerial key disciplines such as "Shanghai Class III Peak Disciplines"; it has 1 first-level discipline authorized for doctoral degrees, 8 first-level disciplines authorized for master's degrees, and 11 professional master's degree authorized fields. The school adheres to the principle of cultivating people with morality and has achieved fruitful results in educating people. Focusing on the key capabilities of future engineers, we have built an application-oriented innovative talent training model led by "love of technology", "six integrations" and "double synergies", and are committed to cultivating high-quality application-oriented innovative talents with ideals, beliefs, patriotism, strong skills and courage to take responsibility. There are currently 4 national and Shanghai experimental teaching demonstration centers and 1 national engineering education practice center. We have co-built 6 modern industrial colleges with industry leaders, and one of them has been selected as one of the first batch of Shanghai key modern industrial colleges. We have more than 40 national and Shanghai first-class courses and high-quality courses. We have been approved by the Ministry of Education and Shanghai for 9 new engineering, new agricultural and new liberal arts research and practice projects. In recent years, we have won 1 first prize (participating unit) and 1 second prize in national teaching achievements, more than 30 Shanghai teaching achievement awards, including 1 special prize. In recent years, students have won honors such as "the most beautiful college student in the country", "Chinese college student of the year", "Baosteel Outstanding Student Award", and have repeatedly achieved good results in various national and provincial competitions such as "Internet +" and "Challenge Cup". Graduates are well received and praised by employers. The school adheres to four aspects and has outstanding scientific research strength. Consciously fulfill the mission of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, build an innovation model of "discipline + industry", actively connect with the country's major development strategies and Shanghai's urban construction needs, and rely on, serve and lead the development of related key industries. It has 5 national-level innovation platforms, including the Provincial and Ministerial Collaborative Innovation Center for Flavors, Fragrances and Cosmetics, the National Flavors, Fragrances and Cosmetics Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, and the Secretariat of the National Flavors, Fragrances and Cosmetics Standardization Technical Committee. It has 19 provincial and ministerial innovation platforms, including the Engineering Research Center for Flavors, Fragrances and Cosmetics of the Ministry of Education, Shanghai Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Superhard Coating and Equipment Engineering Technology Research Center, Shanghai Green Fluorinated Pharmaceutical Engineering Technology Research Center, Shanghai Light Detection Materials and Devices Engineering Technology Research Center, and Shanghai Food Flavor and Quality Control Engineering Technology Research Center. Co-build industrial research institutes, Shanghai University Science and Technology Park, Shanghai Entrepreneurship College, China-Europe Intellectual Property College and various collaborative innovation institutes, industry-university-research workstations, technology transfer centers and other high-level technology innovation and achievement incubation platforms. In recent years, the university has been approved for more than 130 national projects, including national key R&D program projects, key special projects of national key R&D program, key projects of National Natural Science Foundation, and special projects of national major scientific research instruments, and nearly 200 provincial and ministerial projects; it has won more than 50 national, provincial and ministerial and national industry associations of various scientific and technological awards, including 1 second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award and 1 first prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award. More than 40 standards of various types have been formulated, and the number of patent applications and invention patent authorizations of the school ranks among the top universities in Shanghai. The school has a strong faculty and a reasonable team structure. There are more than 1,700 faculty and staff, including more than 1,300 full-time teachers, more than 600 teachers with senior professional and technical positions, more than 30 doctoral supervisors, and "dual-qualified" teachers account for 70% of full-time teachers. It has more than 170 high-level talents at the national, provincial and ministerial levels, and 6 high-level innovation teams in Shanghai, forming a high-level talent echelon led by national talents, supported by provincial and ministerial leading talents, and outstanding young and middle-aged backbones. Teachers have won honorary titles such as National Outstanding Teacher, "Huang Danian" Teacher Team, National College Counselor of the Year, Baosteel Outstanding Teacher Award, and Shanghai "Four-Have" Good Teacher (Teaching and Educating Model) Nomination Award. The school has active international exchanges and its influence is increasing. There are 4 undergraduate Sino-foreign cooperative education programs. It has established exchange and cooperation relations with more than 150 universities and research institutions in more than 20 countries (regions) such as Europe, America, Asia, Oceania, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and the number of universities with mutual recognition of credits has reached more than 50. In recent years, more than 2,000 students have been sent to study and exchange at overseas institutions. Give full play to the advantages of disciplines, cooperate with industry leaders to build the first international cosmetics college in the country, and build the Sino-European Intellectual Property College with internationally renowned universities. In recent years, the school has actively implemented the national "Belt and Road" initiative, opened a Laotian railway engineering talent class, trained high-quality railway engineering and technical personnel for countries along the "Belt and Road", and was approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Asian Cooperation Fund Projects, approved the Shanghai "Belt and Road" China-Laos Railway Engineering International Joint Laboratory, and established the "Belt and Road" Lancang-Mekong Railway Interconnection Center, and continued to promote high-level international collaborative education and collaborative scientific and technological innovation. The school's service to the "Belt and Road" international talent training has been fully affirmed by General Secretary Xi Jinping. The new era shows a new atmosphere, and the new starting point writes a new chapter. Shanghai University of Applied Technology will fully implement the new development concept, actively integrate into the new development pattern, focus on the fundamental task of moral education, and take the construction of characteristic and advantageous disciplines as the guide, the cultivation of high-quality application and innovative talents as the foundation, the construction of high-level innovation teams as the support, and the mission of scientific and technological innovation and serving the society. With open cooperation and digital empowerment as the path, and the optimization of the university governance system as the guarantee, we will strive to create a new highland for the cultivation of application and innovative talents, an optimal place for technological innovation and achievement transformation, and a cultivation place for characteristic disciplines and majors, and strive to run a high-level application and innovative university with international influence. Continuously forge ahead, and strive to write a new chapter in the construction of an education power!
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