For those who will soon join the ranks of SUSTech:

I know,

As early as spring,

You will look to Shenzhen,

Like a thirty year old phoenix, from a fishing village,

Blooming into a world-class city.

I know,

In the early summer,

Your eyes,

Already looking out towards Tang Lang mountain,

This wooded hill, a garden surrounded by rivers,

Southern University of Science and Technology,

One starts from the establishment,

and will leave one day to go on to the world’s top institutions!

The summer solstice has passed,

College entrance examination scores have been announced,

Your exams are finished,

So what are you hesitating about?

Bring it on!

We’ve got everything for you here,

And are just waiting for you to spark the miracle!

As you know,

This is a new campus,

The city gives us the many reform opportunities,

A new campus culture, a new school philosophy,

A new education system, a new college growth space.

Your personality, your hobbies and your dreams of life

Are most free to blossom in this South China green garden!

It’s here,

Don’t worry about the unknown in your choice for your future,

After entering the university you will have two years time to make your decision;

Don’t worry about not being able to keep up with the courses at times,

Here, all the professional and technical horizons converge;

Don’t worry about whether or not you will have a good professor,

Here, the professors all come from the world’s elite;

Don’t worry about the world outside,

As long as you study hard enough,

Here the internationalization of disciplines and language training,

Will open the doors of life to you!

I know,

You may still have one concern,

As a science and technology university,

Will campus life be limited to science and formulas?

Once you walk into our campus, you will find that,

Humanities and social sciences, arts and sports are plentiful.

Your feelings and dreams,

Can be relaxed and free;

Let your soul wander

And it will find its place to settle;

Poetry, creativity, design, science fiction,

How broad is your imagination,

There is all the space you need here to find and grow yourself!

I understand,

Facing the choice of many universities,

You may still hesitate,

At this point,

I want to share with you a new idea,

Which is:

Attend a university and participate in its construction,

Be destined to a different choice of life.

If you choose to go down this path,

Then you are Southward Bound!

Dear classmates,

18 years old, from the four corners of the world,

Juvenile hearts, seize the opportunities.

Shenzhen has proved to be an ideal place,

She is destined to become a leading force in China,

And SUSTech, a world-class research university, is fertile soil for your dreams to grow!

Come on, all the way south.

Let‘s work together to create a miracle of university education in China!

This Autumn, in September,

We‘ll be waiting for you in Shenzhen!