Earlier this week, the Society of Exploration of Geophysicists (SEG) awarded Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) Associate Professor Fang Xinding from the Department of Earth and Space Sciences (ESS) with the J. Clarence Karcher Award, the first Chinese geophysicist to receive the award.

On the evening of September 9, 2019, the 1st welcome party for the first-year graduate students of the College of Science of SUSTech was held in the Faculty's Home. With all seats taken, there has been an exciting atmosphere in the party.

On the afternoon of September 4, 2019, the 9th "Member Lecture" (i.e. Lecture in Shenzhen Middle School) of Shenzhen Municipal Committee of CPPCC was held in the Pioneer Lecture Hall of Chengmei Building, senior high school campus of Shenzhen Middle School. Yu Dapeng, member of Shenzhen Municipal Committee of CPPCC, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences,

​On August 31, 2019, the experience exchange and sharing session of outstanding graduate representatives organized by College of Science was held in Room 102, Lychee Hills Block 1.

Since its establishment, SUSTech has been focusing on both basic and applied research. It has long been working to lay a solid foundation in the basic sciences such as mathematics, physics and chemistry – the cornerstone departments for all high-profile universities.

As part of its broader funding announcements, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) announced that Assistant Professor Zhang Zhenguo from the Department of Earth and Space Sciences (ESS) at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) is a recipient of funding under the Excellent Young Scientists Fund.