Brief Introduction to Sun Yat-sen University 4 History of Development 4

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School of Life Sciences

The predecessor of the School of Life Sciences was the Department of Biology, which was established along with the founding of Sun Yat-sen University in 1924. Many famous scholars have taught in the School, including Prof. Huanyong Chen, Zongluo Luo, Zhu Xian, Zhelong Pu and Zuoren Zhang. The School boasts not only its long tradition, but also its remarkable contribution to the development of education and research of life sciences. Based on several basic disciplines (Taconomy, Systematics and Ecology), the School has gradually expanded to include new disciplines, such as Physiology, Microbiology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular

Biology.
At present, the School encompasses 3 departments: Department of Biology and Technology, Department of Biochemistry and Department of Ecology. There are 15 research institutes/laboratories. In addition, the School has about 20 bases for research and education, including 2 state education bases. The School's Museum of Biology, housing over 850,000 species of exhibits collected since 1817, is one of the best biological museums amongst all universities in China.
Taking advantage of its biological resources in its tropical-zone and semi-tropical-zone, the School has made many remarkable achievements both in theories and applications on aquiculture, agriculture and ecological environment, etc. Over the last 5 years, the School has been awarded over 20 prizes at provincial and ministerial levels, and has made 180 patents applications, out of which 58 have been granted. According to some statistics, scientific productions may have created social economic benefits worth over 10 billion yuan RMB. The number of publications in SCI has increased annually; 158 papers have been published and the total number of the impacting index has reached 382.76 by the year of 2005, the highest amongst Life Sciences schools throughout China.
In recent years, the School has set up students exchange programs and academic collaboration with prestigious international universities, including Oxford University, the University of Chicago and South Denmark University. The faculties participate in numerous national and international conferences, and many famous scientists and alumni have been invited to give lectures. The School has also successfully hosted many national and international conferences and workshops, including the 5th Symposium of World's Chinese Scientists Focusing on Nutrition and Feeding of Fish and Shellfish in 2004, the 5th International Symposium on Monogenean in 2005, and a symposium on Infectious Diseases and Control in 2005. Over 20 international collaboration projects are still on going. Through national and international cooperation, the academic system and research capabilities have been greatly improved and the School enjoys a high reputation in the fields of life sciences.
Staff

Total .................................................................................................. 228

·Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering .......................... 1

·Academicians of Adjunct Professorships ........................................ 2

·Professors ..................................................................................... 56

·Associate Professors ..................................................................... 64

Students

Total ................................................................................................ 1928

·Undergraduate Students ............................................................ 1080

·Postgraduate Students ................................................................ 848

Programs

·Undergraduate Programs

Biological Sciences and Biotechnology

Biochemistry

Ecology

·Postgraduate Programs

Aquatic Biology

Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Biophysics

Biotechnology

Bioinformatics

Botany

Cell Biology

Developmental Biology

Drug Analysis

Ecology

Environmental Science

Food Safety Biology

Genetics

Physiology

Pharmacology

Pratacultural Science

Microbiology

Marine Biology

Neurobiology

Zoology
Research Institutes/ Centers

· Research Institute of Entomology

· Research Institute of Economic Aquatic Animals

· Biotechnology Research Center

· Biomedical Research Center

· Experimental Center for Tropic-Subtropics Forest Ecosystem

· Food Engineering and Research Center

· Marine Biotechnology Center of South China Sea

· Bioinformatics Center of Guangzhou
Laboratories

·State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol

·Key Laboratory of Gene Engineering of the Ministry of Education

·State Special Laboratory of Plant Gene Engineering

·State Special Laboratory of Reproduction, Nutrition and Disease Control of Economic Aquatic Animals

·Key Breeding Laboratory of Economic Aquatic Animals of Guangdong Province

·Open Laboratory of Marine Functional Genomics of 863 Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology

·Key Medicinal Genomics Laboratory of Guangdong Province

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School of Mathematics and Computational Sciences

The School of Mathematics and Computational Sciences was established in July 1997, based on Department of Mathematics set up in 1924. The School encompasses the departments of Mathematics, Statistics, Scientific Computation and Computer Applications, as well as the Institute of Mathematics, the Institute of Computational Science and Applications. At present, several distinguished overseas Chinese mathematicians are engaged as guest professors and guest research lecturers, including Professors Shing-Tung Yau and Huai-Dong Cao. The faculty strongly believes that only strong research by mathematicians with a passion for teaching can offer good mathematical insight and understanding of both classical and contemporary subjects and new developments in this field.

Staff

Total ................................................................................. 94

·Full-time ...................................................................... 93

Professors .................................................................. 23

Associate Professors .................................................. 31

Lecturers ..................................................................... 17

·Part-time ........................................................................ 1 (Professor)
Students

Total ............................................................................ 1920

·Undergraduate Students ........................................ 1403

·Postgraduate Students ............................................. 252

·Other Students ......................................................... 265

Programs

·Undergraduate Programs

Information and Computational Science

Mathematics and Applied Mathematics

Software engineering (Information Technology)

Statistics

·Postgraduate Programs

Applied Mathematics

Computational Mathematics

Information Computational Science

Operational Research and Control Theory

Probability and Statistics

Pure Mathematics

Research

The School strongly encourages its faculty members to conduct top-level research and achieve significant results in both contemporary and classical subjects. To realize this goal, the faculty makes a great effort to organize research activities. There are weekly seminars on various specialized research fields that involve the participation of graduate students and faculty members. These seminars constitute an exchange and interaction of ideas. There is also a weekly faculty colloquium in which top level researchers from all over the world come to give speeches, present their mathematical thoughts, and share their insight with our faculty members. Moreover, a number of international conferences and workshops are held every year.

The main strengths of the faculty are in the following areas:

·Analysis

·Applied Mathematics

·Differential Equations

·Differential Geometry

·Logic and Algebra

·Probability and Statistics

·Numerical Analysis

The research groups interact with each other and together form the core part of the faculty. The whole team is ranked among the top mathematical research institutions in China and plays the leading role in South China. Another distinctive feature of this team is that it is one of the youngest research teams in China compared to other mathematical research schools.
Exchange and Cooperation

The School is active in both domestic and international academic exchanges and collaborations It has joint programs with the Ecole Normale Superieur and other institutes abroad Each year, a good many teachers are sent or invited to the United States, Europe, Hong Kong and other regions for academic exchanges and collaborations. The School successfully held international symposia on Computational Mathematics in 1997 and 2002 and hosted an international conference on Wavelet Analysis and Application in 1999.

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School of Physics and Engineering

Staff

Total ............................................................................... 158

·Full-time .................................................................... 139

Professors .................................................................. 32

Associate Professors ................................................. 35

Lecturers ................................................................... 13

·Part-time ...................................................................... 19

Professors .................................................................. 17

Associate Professors ...................................................... 2

Students

Total ............................................................................ 1337

·Undergraduate Students ....................................... 1016

·Postgraduate Students ............................................. 321

Departments

Department of Physics

Department of Microelectronics

Department of Optics & Optical Engineering

Programs

·Undergraduate Programs

Optical Information Science and Technology

Physics

Material Physics

Microelectronics

(Physics, Optical Information Science and Technology are the renowned majors in Guangdong Province)

·Postgraduate Programs

Condensed Matter Physics

Material Physics and Chemistry

Microelectronics and Solid Electronics

Optics

Optical Engineering

Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics

Theoretical Physics
Research Institutes/ Laboratories

·State Key Laboratory

State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies

·Key Laboratory of Guangdong Province

Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Technology of Guangdong

Province

·Research Centers in Guangzhou City

Research Center for Optoelectronics and Nanomaterials

Research Center for Environmental and Energy Materials

·Research Institutes of Sun Yat-Sen University

Institute of Laser and Spectroscopy

Institute of Condensed Matter Physics

Research Center for Nanotechnology

Center for Integrated Circuit Design

Institute of Solar Energy Systems

Center for Semiconductor Lighting Systems

·National Personnel Training Bases

National Basic Research Center and Training Base in Physics

National Integrate Circuit Design Training Base (under construction)
Scientific Research and Achievements

Over the past 5 years, the research in the School has been supported by various funds, and the total external funds are over 150 million Yuan, which includes projects supported by "973 Programs", and "863 Programs" from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Innovative Research Groups and Excellent Young Scholars, and key projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. More than 150 external projects are in progress at present. Some completed projects have been awarded the National Natural Science Award, and the Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress in Guangdong.

Exchange and Cooperation

Each year, the School sponsors some programs for national and international academic exchanges. Many prominent domestic and overseas experts, such as C. N. Yang, C.C. Ting, C.W. Chu and Y.R. Shen, are invited to be honorary professors and adjunct professors. The School keeps up long-term cooperation with some Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences including Lishi Wen, Zhizhan Xu, Zisen Zhao, Jianquan Yao and Shenggang Liu, etc. In addition, various collaboration programs with universities and institutes in USA, UK, France, German, Canada, Australia, Sweden and Hong Kong are in progress. Celebrated professors from those countries are invited to visit and give lectures in the School every year, and some excellent students are sent there to continue their studies through exchange programs. Recently, the School has joined the international collaboration program for the space experiment "Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS)" led by Prof. C. C. Ting, the 1976 Nobel Laureate in Physics, which has attracted more than 500 scientists from 15 countries and regions.

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School of Software

In November 2001, the School of Software was founded on the basis of a research team at the School of Information Science and Technology, becoming one of the 35 software schools approved by the Ministry of Education on December 3rd, 2001.

Objectives

3 Qualities – qualities of creativity, teamwork and respect for the profession

4 Types – divided into advanced programmers, system analysts and designers, IT project managers and IT industry strategists and project managers

6 Abilities -- abilities of analyzing and solving problems, communication and coordination, knowledge acquiring, projects management and both practical ability and competitiveness

Faculty

The faculty of the School consists of 7 professors, 20 associate professors and 2 foreign experts. Since September 2002, the School has enrolled a large number of students applying for bachelor and master degrees.

Students

Since 2002, the School has recruited 1,209 undergraduates and 685 graduates. There were 85 graduates in 2004; some pursued with PhD, some entered IBM, BEA, HUAWEI, NETEASE, some worked in banks, schools or revenue departments. The supply of students has fallen short of the demand by society.

Exchange and Cooperation

The School has so far collaborated with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and other prestigious universities in students exchange programs. Collaboration contracts have been signed with Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SUN, BEA, HP, Cisco and Ericsson. In addition, the School has many connections with companies and organizations in Guangdong Province, which provide wide variety of internship for students and technology sharing in the field.

Facilities

The School's current laboratories, media rooms and students' computer rooms are equipped with 542 most up-to-date computers, with a total area of about 3,095 m2. Moreover, the School has cooperated with IBM, HP, Intel, Cisco and Linux in building 6 co-laboratories: IBM Linux Lab, HP Nonlinear Edit Lab, HP 3D Animation Lab, Intel Embedded System Lab, Cisco Network Technique Lab and Netcom Communicating Technique Lab. The value of the equipments estimates to 38.29 million RMB.

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Department of Earth Sciences

Founded in 1924, the Department of Earth Sciences, formerly the Department of Geology, is one of the earliest education and research organizations of its kind in China. Many academicians and famous scholars have taught in the Department. There are now 2 undergraduate programs, 5 postgraduate programs and 1 PhD program in the Department. The characteristic research fields include geochemistry, gemology and mineral materials, quaternary environment, environmental geosciences, geodesics, resource exploration and planning, etc.

Staff Student

Total .................................. 40 Total .......................................... 299

·Full-time ....................... 36 ·Undergraduate Students ...... 198

Professors ...................... 9 ·Graduate Students ............... 101

Associate Professors ............ 11

Lecturers ....................... 4

·Part-time ......................... 4

Professors ...................... 3

Associate Professor .......... 1
Programs

·Undergraduate Programs

Geology

Geo-information Science and Technology

·Postgraduate Programs

Structural Geology

Mineralogy, Petrology and Ore Deposits

Quaternary Geology

Geotechnical Engineering

Geo-engineering

Research Institutes/ Laboratories/ Centers

·Center for Earth Environment and Resources

·Center for Lingnan Archeological Research

·Center for Gems Research and Identification

·Research Center for Quaternary Paleo-environment

·Geological and Mineralogical Museum

·Experimental Center for Earth Sciences

·Institute of Gems and Mineral Material

·Institute of Geo technical Engineering

·Institute of Geo tectonics and Genesis of Granite

·Laboratory of Geo-information Engineering

·Laboratory of Rock-Mineral Identification

·Laboratory of Ore-forming Fluid

·Laboratory of High Temperature-Pressure

·Laboratory of Geotechnical Engineering

·Laboratory of Archeological and Geological Dating

·Laboratory of Micropaleontology

·Laboratory of Biogeochemical

·Laboratory of Engineering Quakeproof

·Laboratory of Radioactive Environment Testing

·Continuing Education Center of Department of Earth Sciences

Exchange and Cooperation

·The Diffendal Scholarship: A scholarship set up by Professor Diffendal, an American geologist, to encourage undergraduate and postgraduate studies in the Department

·PRA (Research Program of French-Chinese Corporation: TO04)

·Joint Doctoral Program with Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

·Joint Doctoral Program with University of New Mexico

·Joint Doctoral Program with Quebec University, Regina University (Canada)

·Joint Research Project with Quebec University, Regina University (Canada), the University of Hong Kong, and Geological Survey of Japan

·DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Dienst) Program"Biogeography of Recent Bivalve Faunas in the Eastern Pacific" (with Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, University Würzburg, Germany)

·Joint Program "Palaeogene Lacustrine Black Shales and Environmental Changes in the Sanshui Basin, South China" (with the Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Frankfurt University, Germany)

Unique Research Programs

·Major Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC):

Spatial Pollen Distribution Pattern in East Asia and the Vegetation Response to the Global Climate Changes since the Last Glacial Maximum. Scientists from many countries (China, Russia, UK, Thailand) participate in the research.

·Earth Environment & Resources Studies, Studies on Environmental Geochemistry of Mines and Geopark Layout

·Occurrence and Enriching Mechanism of Platinum Group Elements (PGE), Rare Earth Elements (REE) and Cobalt in Ferromanganese Crust from Seamount of West Pacific Ocean (NSFC Project)

·Fluid Geochemistry of HP-UHP Metamorphic Rocks in Cotinental Deep Drill Hole of China (NSFC Project)

·Microfaunal Evolution and Response to Environmental Changes in the Pearl River Delta During the Holocene (NSFC Project)

·Genesis of Tropical-subtropical Lacustrine Black Shales (NSFC Project)

·Research of Granite Origin
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Guanghua School of Stomatology

The Guanghua School of Stomatology is one of the major dental schools in China. It was first founded in 1974 as the Faculty of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen Medical College. Three years later, it became the College of Stomatology of Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), and was finally renamed as the Guanghua School of Stomatology in 2001, when SUMS merged with Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU). Today, the School has a staff of over 400 and nearly 1000 full-time students. It undertakes clinical work, as well as teaching and research tasks, and offers a variety of programs for both undergraduates and postgraduates, and is the only school authorized for stomatology PhD programs in South China.

The Hospital of Stomatology of SYSU is one of the most prestigious and advanced dental hospitals in China. With 208 dental chairs and 66 hospital beds, it is the main hospital to undertake the School's teaching tasks and to provide excellent dental services to the community.
The Institute of Stomatological Research is located in the North Campus of SYSU. Many research projects in the fields of molecule biology, cytology and dental materials can be undertaken at the Institute. The "three-in-one" structure, which combines teaching, clinics and research together, is consistent with the advanced model in the world.
Over the past several years, the School has made significant contribution to the development of higher dental education and the advancement of dental clinical techniques in South China. The School has also made great achievements in multidisciplinary research fields. With its well-structured teaching programs and quality clinical technology, the School aspires to be one of the leading centers in dental education, research and healthcare in China.
Staff

Total .................................................................................... 410

·Research Staff ................................................................... 144

Professors ........................................................................ 9

Associate Professors ........................................................ 33

Lecturers ......................................................................... 82

Students

Total .................................................................................... 959

·Undergraduate Students ................................................ 435

·Postgraduate Students ................................................... 101

·Other Students ................................................................. 423
Programs

·Undergraduate Program: 5-year full-time

·Postgraduate Program: 3-year full-time

·Unique Program: 7-year full-time (for Master's degree)

Departments

· Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics

· Department of Oral Implantology

· Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

· Department of Oral Medicine

· Department of Oral Public Health

· Department of Oral Radiology

· Department of Orthodontics

· Department of Pediatric Dentistry

· Department of Periodontology

· Department of Prosthodontics
Research Institutes/Laboratories/Centers

·Institution of Stomatological Research

·Laboratory of Molecular Biology

·Laboratory of Cell Incubation

·Laboratory of Tissue Engineering

·Laboratory of Dental Materials

·Training Center of Authentication of Specialist of Chinese Stomatological Association (Oral & Maxilliary Surgery)

·Guangdong Provincial Training Center for Resident of Stomatology

·Training Center of Dental Technology
Exchange and Cooperation

·Comprehensive exchange and cooperation programs in education, clinical training and research, with the Arthur A Dugoni School of Dentistry, Pacific University, USA

·Continuing education and postgraduate program, with the University of Hong Kong