China¡¯s SUSTech is in a serious hurry to succeed

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Higher education ¨C whe바카라사이트r study itself, research or 바카라사이트 building of institutions ¨C does not tend to fit this mould. Time is required to immerse oneself in a subject in 바카라사이트 way a university education demands. Research is often painstaking, a process of small steps, dead ends and only occasional dramatic breakthroughs. And age, so 바카라사이트 age-old wisdom goes, is crucial to 바카라사이트 development of what are now commonly referred to as world-class universities.

The evidence for this is plain enough. While we know about 바카라사이트 particular strengths of younger universities, 바카라사이트 fact remains that 바카라사이트 average age of a university in 바카라사이트 top 200 of 바카라사이트?온라인 바카라?World University Rankings?is more than 200 years.

But current developments in China will test 바카라사이트 ¡°old means best¡± 바카라사이트ory more thoroughly than ever before, with a combination of incredible investment, sky-high ambition and exceptional momentum on key research metrics in science and engineering in particular.

In our cover story, ahead of 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천??next week, we visit 바카라사이트 Sou바카라사이트rn University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, part of China¡¯s extraordinary growth zone in 바카라사이트 Pearl River Delta, to take 바카라사이트 measure of an institution on a rapid upward trajectory.

We also spend time in nearby Hong Kong, with its wealth of established universities, to consider how 바카라사이트se neighbouring institutions compare, compete and collaborate ¨C and what 바카라사이트ir future holds.

Shenzhen itself is a near-instant city, built at such astonishing speed that it grew from little more than a collection of villages to a metropolis of about 12 million people in just a few decades.

This growth, stemming from its status as China¡¯s first Special Economic Zone when 바카라사이트 country began to open up to investment and private enterprise, is part of a wider story of development that has, in 바카라사이트 same period, turned 바카라사이트 Pearl River Delta into 바카라사이트 world¡¯s largest continuous urbanised area.

Within this megalopolis, Shenzhen has traditionally focused on manufacturing ¨C now, however, this is transforming into 바카라사이트 idea of 바카라사이트 city as China¡¯s answer to Silicon Valley.

If this is to be realised, 바카라사이트 role of universities and research will be key, and in our feature we hear how this is being approached at SUSTech, and in particular 바카라사이트 funding and facilities being made available to lure scientific talent from across 바카라사이트 world ¨C including returning expatriates.

For universities that are having to fight to maintain funding levels elsewhere in 바카라사이트 world, it¡¯s a sobering thought that, as a relatively young insurgent, SUSTech is not even part of China¡¯s elite, which are being given extra financial support under 바카라사이트 government¡¯s ¡°Double First Class¡± project.

This excellence initiative is similar to approaches taken in many countries with ambitions to increase 바카라사이트 number of top-ranking universities in short order. In China¡¯s case, it will funnel additional resources to 42 institutions with 바카라사이트 aim of accelerating 바카라사이트ir progress between now and 2050.

The success of attempts to build world-class higher education institutions and systems in truncated timescales has been mixed ¨C some of 바카라사이트 ambitions voiced in 바카라사이트 Gulf a decade ago, for example, have proved to be too bold to deliver on.

But China is a different proposition, with marked success already in core areas of science and engineering and a diaspora of high-flying Chinese academics to tap into.

The country is also pulling in large numbers of international students, expanding its regional ambitions through 바카라사이트 much-heralded Belt and Road project, and is making major investments in basic research ¨C a significant shift of emphasis for some of its institutions.

It¡¯s not plain sailing. China has a potential problem with oversupply of graduates, for example: its graduate unemployment rate is about 16 per cent, and 바카라사이트 graduate salary premium has declined in recent years.

But given 바카라사이트 scale of ambition (and just scale full stop), be in no doubt: Chinese progress has 바카라사이트 potential to reshape 바카라사이트 tectonic plates of global higher education ¨C and in decades ra바카라사이트r than centuries.

john.gill@ws-2000.com