While there are thousands of universities in the world, SUSTech is quickly separating itself from the pack. On September 20, 2018, the Nature Index 2018 Rising Stars list showed that 51 of the world's 100 fastest-rising organizations were from China. Among them, SUSTech was ranked fourth. The rankings explicitly discussed SUSTech, which has more than four times the index's growth and ranks first among the rising stars of young universities. In May 2017, the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) released the "Best China. University Rankings".

If your dream is to work side by side with the best researchers in your field, look no further than SUSTech.  By September 2017, 430 faculty members were hired by SUSTech, including 18 academicians and Fellows of Academies, 48 recipients of the Thousand Talents Program, 15 Changjiang Scholars, 15 recipients of the National Science Fund for the Distinguished Young Scholars, 61 recipients of the Thousand Young Talents Program and 231 awardees of the Shenzhen Talent Peacock Plan.

At the core of the academic research system at SUSTech are its research centers, laboratories and other research platforms.  At present, SUSTech has established the College for Innovation & Entrepreneurship and has over $84 million worth of research equipment with plans to establish 26 more research centers in such fields as Micro/Nano-Scale science, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Industrial & Advanced Manufacturing research, Life, Biomedicine and Bio-Engineering sciences, Neutron Science, Photonics and Marine studies, Big Data and Large-Scale Computational resea

Aiming to grow into a top-tier research university, SUSTech focuses on science and engineering, along with selected programs in medical science, humanities and social sciences.  Drawing on the best practices of world-class universities and highly-skilled faculty members, students may choose from 22 majors in 14 academic departments.  In the next five years, SUSTech will establish seven schools in sciences, engineering, life and health sciences, medical science, humanities and social sciences, business, and innovation and entrepreneurship.  Unique to SUSTech, students can work i

Aiming to grow into a top-tier research university, SUSTech focuses on science and engineering, along with selected programs in medical science, humanities and social sciences.  Drawing on the best practices of world-class universities and highly-skilled faculty members, students may choose from 22 majors in 14 academic departments.  In the next five years, SUSTech will establish seven schools in sciences, engineering, life and health sciences, medical science, humanities and social sciences, business, and innovation and entrepreneurship.  Unique to SUSTech, students can work i