University of Science & Technology of China

USTC possesses 9 schools, 23 departments, the Special Class for the Gifted Young, the Experimental Class for the Teaching Reform, the Graduate School, School of Management (Beijing), the Software School, School of Network Education, and School of Continuing Education. The University offers 43 undergraduate specialties, 17 first-category Ph.D. degree programs, 89 second-category Ph.D. degree programs, 105 second-category master degree specialties. USTC also boasts of 3 professional master degree specialties of MBA, MPA and Master of Engineering, 17 post-doctoral mobile stations, 45 specialties for the post-doctoral mobile stations. The University is the key base for the education of the Ph.D. students within the CAS. USTC has 17 Natioanl Key Displines, 4 national bases for the basic scientific research and the training of the talented teaching personnel in mathematics, physics, mechanics and life science. The University also boasts of 3 national research institutions of the National Synchrotron Radiation Lab, the State Key Lab for Fire Science and the National High Performance Computing Center. The University has 6 CAS key labs of Bond-selective Chemistry, Structure Analysis, Structural Biology, Internal Friction and Defects in Solids, Quantum Information, and Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials. The University also has some key scientific research institutions such as the CAS Research Center for Thermal Safety Engineering and Technology. The University has more than 3600 faculty and staff numbers,22 CAS and CAE academicians, 432 professors. The number of students accepting normal higher education at USTC totals around 13794, 8243 undergraduate students, 3873 master degree students, and 1498 Ph.D. students among them. Besides, the University has 1575 professional master degree students, 110 post-doctoral fellows and 134 guest professors