•Professor Jingyun FAN’s research results were selected as one of the top ten progresses in international physics in 2022.

•SUSTech holds inauguration ceremonies for seven new institutions: Institute of Nanoscience and Applications, Center for Precision Optical Engineering, Institute of Health Medicine, Guangming Advanced Research Institute, Institute of Clean Governance, Energy Institute for Carbon Neutrality, and Institute of Global Urban Civilization.

•SUSTech hosts 2022 Fall Meeting of Chinese Physical Society.

•13 scholars from SUSTech selected in Clarivate’s 2022 Highly Cited Researchers.

•Professor Lars Ivar Samuelson awarded the 2022 Great Gold Medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

•SUSTech holds its first education and teaching work seminar.

•Fields Medal-winning mathematician Efim Zelmanov joins SUSTech.

•President Qikun XUE awarded Fritz London Memorial Prize.

•Professor Xueming YANG wins Future Science Prize.

•SUSTech registers 1,287 undergraduate and 1,915 postgraduate students, with the total number of students at the University exceeding 10,000 for the first time.

•SUSTech adds a new first-level discipline for master’s degree authorization.

•SUSTech has four national and one provincial-level first-class major construction site approved by the Ministry of Education.

•SUSTech grants the first doctoral degree to student.

•Third phase of campus construction begins, including the construction of the Third Lecture Hall.

•SUSTech enters the top 1% of ESI for the first time in immunology, earth science, and computer science, totaling nine disciplines on the list.

•As the preparatory unit, SUSTech leads the construction project of the Shenzhen Ocean University.

•SUSTech-KCL School of Medicine included in the list of new institutions awarded clinical medicine degrees by British Medical Association.

•SUSTech's Physics discipline enters ESI’s global top 1%.

•SUSTech and its mathematics discipline were selected into the national Double First-Class University initiative.

•China Scholarship Council selects first program from SUSTech on list of 2022 Innovative Talents International Cooperation Training Program.

•SUSTech unveils five new scientific research institutions.

•SUSTech establishes the Shenzhen Institute of Sustainable Development.

•Professor Dazhi SUN wins the 22nd China Patent Excellence Award.

•SUSTech designated as examination site for first time in the 2022 National Postgraduate Entrance Examination.

•SUSTech holds unveiling ceremony of university motto stone.

•SUSTech hosts New Research University Forum for Student Development in Residential Colleges.

•SUSTech holds First Faculty and Staff Representative and Second Trade Union Member Representative Conferences.

•SUSTech hosts International Advisory Council Meeting 2021.

•SUSTech's Education Foundation celebrates its 10^th anniversary.

•SUSTech's first National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Basic Science Center approved.

•SUSTech holds 2021 Aesthetic Education Seminar of National First-Class University of Science and Technology and Creative Culture Festival.

•SUSTech-KCL School of Medicine receives approval.

•SUSTech's Keqing XIA, Zhenghe XU, and Efim Zelmanov named as CAS and CAE Members.

•Eleven scholars from SUSTech selected on list of Highly Cited Researchers 2021.

•SUSTech adds ten master's and doctoral degree authorization.

•SUSTech scholars Guoxian PEI, Haiping XIA, and Feng YANG receive 2020 national science and technology awards.

•SUSTech completes the second phase of campus construction project.

•SUSTech unveils the university motto: Virtue, Truth, Advance.

•For the first time, the number of newly enrolled graduate students at SUSTech exceeded that of undergraduates.

•Fengliang LI appointed Chairperson of University Council at SUSTech.

•SUSTech establishes the Institute for Manufacturing Innovation.

•SUSTech holds first university-wide chorus competition.

•SUSTech's Environment and Ecology discipline enters ESI’s global top 1%.

•Professor Bin TAN's research group at SUSTech wins first prize of the Natural Science Award in Guangdong Province.

•SUSTech establishes the Center for Advanced Light Source.

•Professor Xueming YANG’s scientific discovery named China’s top 10 scientific advances of 2020.

•China's State Council approves SUSTech Science Park as a demonstration base of mass entrepreneurship and innovation.

•SUSTech wins eight prizes in 2020 Shenzhen Science and Technology Award.

•SUSTech holds fourth meeting of the second university council.

•SUSTech celebrates its 10^th anniversary.

•SUSTech holds People’s Daily Online University Presidents Forum 2020.

•President Qikun XUE wins 2020 Fudan-Zhongzhi Science Award.

•SUSTech establishes the School of Life Sciences.

•SUSTech unveils the School of Public Health and Emergency Management.

•Qikun XUE appointed as the new President of SUSTech.

•SUSTech wins Shenzhen Talent Scout Prize for the fifth consecutive year.

•SUSTech announces names of new landscapes on campus.

•SUSTech holds opening ceremonies for its University Center, Administration Building 1, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Convention Center.

•Sculpture artists Wenjin TENG and Hong QIAO donate works to SUSTech.

•High School Affiliated to SUSTech (HSAS) holds 2020 opening ceremony.

•SUSTech launches its first popular science book, Encyclopedia for High-Tech Whys.

•Times Higher Education names SUSTech in the top 300 of World University Rankings for the first time.

•Professor Xin YAO becomes the first Chinese scholar to win IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award.

•First batch of international undergraduate students of SUSTech graduate.

•SUSTech and PKUSZ Hospital build a clinical teaching hospital.

•SUSTech receives approval to build the Shenzhen Institute of Design and Innovation (SIDI).

•SUSTech launches new Professional Master's Degree Program in Finance.

•SUSTech adds a new undergraduate major in Clinical Medicine.

•SUSTech receives approval to build Shenzhen's first national applied mathematics center.

•SUSTech and the National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease reveal the viral architecture of SARS-CoV-2 for the first time.

•Ministry of Science and Technology recognizes Professor Liyuan ZHANG's advances in Quantum Hall Effect in China's 2019 top ten scientific advances.

•SUSTech donates PPE equipment and other materials to the Second Affiliated Hospital of SUSTech (Shenzhen Third People's Hospital) and Hubei Province in its effort to contain COVID-19.

•Second Affiliated Hospital of SUSTech (Shenzhen Third People's Hospital) becomes the only designated hospital in Shenzhen to treat patients diagnosed with COVID-19.

•SUSTech signs teaching & research agreement with Shenzhen Children's Hospital.

•SUSTech library becomes a member of the Pacific Rim Research Libraries Alliance (PRRLA).

•Ministry of Education approves Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies.

•SUSTech establishes the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Center.

•SUSTech establishes the Expert Art & Culture Committee.

•SUSTech's Yongye LIANG's research group realizes the efficient electroreduction of carbon dioxide with molecular catalysts.

•SUSTech holds 5^th Annual Sports Meeting.

•Shenzhen Municipal Development and Reform Commission approves feasibility report of Third Generation Semiconductor Research Institute project in Shenzhen.

•SUSTech ranks 33^rd among universities in mainland China in QS Asia University Rankings.

•The construction project of the Affiliated Hospital of SUSTech is approved.

•SUSTech wins Shenzhen Talent Scout Prize for the fourth consecutive year.

•SUSTech establishes the Sifakis Research Institute of Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (RITAS).

•SUSTech and Shenzhen Kangning Hospital sign an agreement to jointly build the Mental Health Center of the SUSTech Affiliated Hospital.

•SUSTech and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Cancer Hospital sign an agreement to jointly build the SUSTech Clinical Teaching Hospital.

•SUSTech approved for four new post-doctoral research stations in mathematics, physics, biology, and mechanics.

•SUSTech holds a series of activities to celebrate the 70^th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

•SUSTech ranks 7^th in Nature Index Young Universities world rankings.

•SUSTech approved for two new provincial key laboratories: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Turbulence Research and Applications and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Science and Engineering.

•SUSTech and Yantian District People’s Government cooperate to jointly build the SUSTech-Yantian District Hospital.

•SUSTech holds a handover ceremony to officially receive its new student dormitories as part of the Phase II campus construction project.

•SUSTech ranks ninth among universities in Mainland China in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020.

•SUSTech President Shiyi CHEN named Pioneer of Shenzhen’s Education Reform.

•The SUSTech School of Microelectronics receives approval for the establishment of the Future Communication Integrated Circuit (IC) Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education.

•SUSTech exceeds 4,000 undergraduate students and 1,000 postgraduate students.

•Professor Qingsong LIU recognized as a "National Model Teacher" and Professor Cheng Chun as a "National Excellent Teacher" by the Ministry of Education.

•SUSTech's National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) funding exceeds 100 million yuan.

•The Second Affiliated Hospital of SUSTech (Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital) approved for the National Tuberculosis (TB) Clinical Research Center.

•SUSTech ranks 55^th in the world and first in mainland China in Times Higher Education Young University Rankings.

•SUSTech and King's College of London sign an agreement to jointly establish a medical school in Shenzhen.

•Professor Liyuan ZHANG's research group confirms the 3D Quantum Hall effect by experiment.

•SUSTech establishes the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

•SUSTech establishes the Department of Statistics and Data Science.

•Professor Ruijun TIAN’s research group reveals new approaches to target pancreatic cancer cells.

•SUSTech Education Foundation sets up Hong Kong SAR branch.

•Ministry of Education approves three undergraduate majors at SUSTech: Clinical Medicine, Robotics Engineering, and Intelligence Science and Technology.

•SUSTech holds publicity and cultural work conference.

•SUSTech establishes the Shenzhen International Center for Mathematics.

•SUSTech and MIT unveil the Centers for Mechanical Engineering Research and Education.

•SUSTech's Department of Mathematics and Department of Physics receives approval for the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Science and Material Design.

•The Ministry of Education approves the SUSTech School of Microelectronics as a National Exemplary School of Microelectronics.

•SUSTech establishes a Medical Ethics Committee.

•SUSTech holds the second International Advisory Council Meeting.

•SUSTech Cryo-Electron Microscopy Center opens, becoming the largest of its sort in China.

•SUSTech selected as a key discipline developer of high-level universities in Guangdong Province.

•SUSTech hosts Humanities and Arts Education in World-class Science and Engineering Universities Forum.

•Affiliated Hospitals of SUSTech unveiled.

•SUSTech receives first world ranking in Times Higher Education World University Rankings, ranking 8^th in mainland China.

•SUSTech's Chemistry and Materials Science disciplines enter ESI’s global top 1%.

•SUSTech's School of Microelectronics inaugurated.

•SUSTech earns authority to confer doctoral degree in the shortest amount of time since its establishment.

•SUSTech University Council holds meeting to discuss the next steps in becoming selected for the national Double First-Class University initiative.

•SUSTech hosts the 2018 Times Higher Education Asia Summit.

•President Shiyi CHEN elected as Fellow of the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries (TWAS).

•SUSTech implements Five-Year Action Plan development of the University.

•SUSTech and Nanshan District Government partner up to build a university-affiliated hospital.

•SUSTech receives Major Projects funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) for the first time.

•SUSTech ranks 28^th among universities in mainland China in Nature Index Tables.

•Vice President Tao TANG elected as an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, becoming the first trained in Shenzhen.

•14 leaders from world-class universities are invited to take their posts as members of the International Advisory Committee of SUSTech.

•SUSTech enrolls 1,005 undergraduate students, bringing the total number of undergraduates at the University to over 3,500.

•SUSTech holds first meeting of the second university council.

•SUSTech establishes the Department of Earth and Space Sciences.

•Ms. Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, visits the University and offers her full support for the work of the Center for Higher Education Innovation.

•Fengliang LI appointed Vice-Chairperson of University Council at SUSTech.

•SUSTech and Nobel Prize Winner Professor Robert H. Grubbs co-establish the Shenzhen Grubbs Institute.

•SUSTech holds 2016 Convocation Ceremony

•SUSTech establishes the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

•SUSTech establishes the School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

•International students enrolled for the first time.

•SUSTech holds 2016 Commencement and Graduation Ceremony.

•Yurong GUO appointed Chairperson of University Council at SUSTech.

•SUSTech holds the unveiling ceremony of the International Center for Higher Education Innovation under the auspices of UNESCO (UNESCO-ICHEI), the only one in the Asia-Pacific region to focus on the field of higher education in the second category.

•SUSTech passes the field assessment of the Guangdong Provincial Academic Degrees Committee expert group.

•SUSTech establishes the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering.

•SUSTech establishes the Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering.

•The Department of Education of Guangdong Province, Shenzhen Municipal Government, and SUSTech sign an agreement for the co-construction of SUSTech to be a high-level university of science and engineering.

•SUSTech holds 2015 Convocation Ceremony.

•SUSTech registers undergraduate students for the new semester, with the total number of students at the University exceeding 2,100.

•Enrollment work for the new semester is completed, with a total of 937 new students, an increase of 54% from the previous year.

•SUSTech establishes the Department of Mathematics.

•SUSTech establishes the School of Environmental Science and Engineering.

•UNESCO signs a trust fund agreement with Shenzhen to set up a higher education innovation center based at SUSTech.

•Chuanyue WU and Tao TANG are appointed as Vice Presidents of SUSTech.

•Chairperson Qin XU issues a letter of appointment to President Shiyi CHEN.

•Shiyi CHEN appointed as the new President of SUSTech.

•SUSTech establishes the Youth League Committee.

•SUSTech holds 2015 Commencement and Graduation Ceremony.

•SUSTech participates in Founding Ceremony and Inaugural Forum held for Shenzhen International Friendship-City University League.

•Enrollment work for the new semester is completed, with a total of 610 new students, an increase of 57% from the previous year.

•Eight universities establish the Shenzhen International Sister City University Alliance, with the signing ceremony taking place at SUSTech.

•UNESCO signs MOU with the Shenzhen Municipal Government to set up a category two center at SUSTech.

•SUSTech holds the fourth meeting of the first university council.

•SUSTech's undergraduate admissions test are held in 15 provinces, autonomous regions, and cities around the country.

•Ming LI appointed Chairperson of University Council at SUSTech.

•SUSTech signs a strategic cooperation agreement with AMER International Group.

•SUSTech establishes Shuren Residential College.

•SUSTech holds the third meeting of the first university council.

•SUSTech holds opening ceremony of its new campus.

•SUSTech registers 388 undergraduate students for the new semester.

•SUSTech moves into new campus.

•Chunhua HU, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPC, visits the University.

•SUSTech completes the first phase of campus construction with 32 buildings and a total area of 202,600 square meters.

•SUSTech holds 2012 Opening Ceremony.

•Enrollment work for the new semester is completed, with a total of 188 new students from eight provinces.

•SUSTech holds the First Session of Advisory Committee, with Zuyou YANG, President of the University of California, Santa Barbara, elected as Chairman of the Advisory Committee.

•SUSTech adopts the "6+3+1" Undergraduate Admission Model.

•SUSTech holds the second meeting of the first university council.

•The Ministry of Education endorses the establishment of SUSTech.

•SUSTech establishes its Advisory Committee.

•SUSTech establishes its Education Foundation.

•SUSTech establishes Zhiren Residential College.

•SUSTech Board of Trustees holds maiden meeting, approves Board of Trustees By-Laws and SUSTech By-Laws.

•Shenzhen Municipal Government issues interim Management Measures for SUSTech.

•Shenzhen Mayor Qin XU reviews and approves interim Management Measures for SUSTech.

•SUSTech holds its first Convocation Ceremony.

•Yandong LIU, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPC, speaks about SUSTech as a pilot university for higher education reform.

•First batch of undergraduate students enrolled.

•The Ministry of Education approves the plan for establishing SUSTech.

•The first phase of campus construction of SUSTech begins.

•Shenzhen Institutional Establishment Committee issues a Notice on the Establishment of SUSTech.

•SUSTech uses the former Shenzhen School of Financial Engineering of Nankai University as its start-up campus.

•Qingshi ZHU appointed as SUSTech's founding President.

•SUSTech chooses the location for the construction of its campus.

•Shenzhen Municipal Government endorses campus planning and design of SUSTech.

•Founding of Planning Committee, which is responsible for approval and establishment of the University and admission affairs.

•Shenzhen Municipal Government approves a report on establishing SUSTech.

•Shenzhen Municipal Government submits an application to Guangdong Province for the establishment of SUSTech.

•Shenzhen Municipal Government establishes the Preparatory Office of SUSTech.

•Shenzhen Municipal Government work report endorses the plan for the establishment of SUSTech.