University of Science and Technology of China
The University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) is a prominent university in China and enjoys an excellent reputation worldwide. It was established by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1958 in Beijing, as a strategic action by the Chinese government, to meet China’s science and technology needs and increases the country’s international competitiveness. CAS integrated its resources with USTC, with the aim of educating top talent in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary science and technology. The establishment of USTC was hailed as “a great event in the history of education and science of China”. In 1970, USTC moved to its current location in Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province.
USTC is one of the most important innovation centers in China. It is the only university in China operating two national labs: the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory and the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale. It also jointly operates two national “big science” facilities along with CAS institutes: the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak and the Steady High Magnetic Field of the High Magnetic Field Laboratory.
USTC is a world leader in fields like quantum manipulation, nanotechnology, high-temperature superconductivity, speech processing, fire science and life science. It is always ranked as one of the best universities in China. For example, USTC was ranked first among Chinese universities from 2008 to 2014 by Nature Publishing Index China. In addition, USTC attaches great importance to technology transfer and has incubated dozens of high-tech enterprises. Furthermore, it jointly built the Institute of Advanced Technology (IAT) with Hefei City in 2012, aiming to better promote the combination of education, research and industry. USTC-IAT focuses on fostering technological innovation and technology transfer in the IT industry, as well as microelectronics, health care, new energy, new materials and quantum information, etc.
Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at the Microscale
Found in 2003，Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale (HFNL) is located on the campus of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), under contract with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). At HFNL, major focus is placed on areas of nano-science, information technology, biological science and cognitive science. HFNL is currently composed of seven divisions, including Division of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Division of Nano-materials and Nano-chemistry, Division of Low-dimensional Physics and Chemistry, Division of Quantum Physics and Quantum Information, Division of Structure and Function of Biomacromolecules, Division of Bio-X interdisciplinary Sciences, Division of Theoretical and Computational Sciences and Division of Public Technical Services.
The operation of the divisions is to encourage interdisciplinary interaction and cooperation. Each division will be home to several research groups. The latter are organized according to projects. A project is the basic unit of HFNL and is under the charge of a Principal Investigator (PI). HFNL wishes to attract world class scientists to work at the Laboratory. The Laboratory is also a training ground for young talents. It has owned 9 Academicians of the CAS and 31 outstanding young scientists. Research personnel and project leaders of HFNL are open for world-wide application and recruitment.
School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences
School of Chemistry and Materials Science was established in 1996, while the development of chemistry and materials science can be traced back to the foundation of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 1958. The founders of the subjects include Dagang Liu, Yonghuai Guo, Xuesen Qian, Chengzong Yang, Baoren Wang, Renyuan Qian, and so on, who are outstanding and well-known scientists in China.
Now, the school embraces four departments and one Center, which are Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Physics, Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Chemical Experimental Teaching Center. The school has 120 faculties, including 4 academician of CAS (Youcheng Liu, Qingshi Zhu, Yitai Qian, Qi Wu), 7 Cheung Kong Scholars of Ministry of Education (MOE), 15 winners of National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 23 enlisted scientists for “Hundred Talents Program” of CAS, 12 enlisted State class scientists for “New Century Millions Talents Project”, 12 enlisted scientists for “New Century Excellent Talents in University”, and 73 full professors. Some professors have built up certain international influence, and serve as vice editor-in-chief and editors of international notable academic journals, such asMacromolecules, Nano Research, Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, Dalton Transactions, Langmuir, and so on.
Currently, the School embraces four key laboratory, two key laboratories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), two key laboratories of Anhui province. They are CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy. Moreover, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory support for the academic research of the school. The school comprises chemistry and materials science two disciplines and ten sub-disciplines, i.e. Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry (including Chemical Physics), Applied Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Renewable and Clean Energy, Materials Physics and Chemistry, Materials Science, and Materials Processing Engineering, in which Physical Chemistry (including Chemical Physics), Inorganic Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry are State key subjects.
