The campus of any university is a symbol of its city and a home for its members. After more than ten years of construction and development, at the foot of the Tanglang Mountains and by the side of the Dasha River, a beautiful university campus that blends tradition and modernity has quietly risen at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). The campus combines a humanistic and practical spirit, leaving the most beautiful university environment suitable for study, research, and pleasure for every SUSTecher.

Creating a livable campus

In 2022, Shanghai Ranking released the results of a survey on the satisfaction of Chinese college students. In the section on campus environment satisfaction, SUSTech was placed first. The survey, carried out in more than 2,000 colleges and universities across the country, collected students' feelings and experiences in the areas of teaching, environment, life, service, and personal growth of their universities.

In 2019, the selection of China's Most Beautiful University, organized by the editorial department of New Weekly, lasted for one month. Based on the combined opinions of more than 30,000 students who participated in the voting, four specially invited judges, and the editorial department of New Weekly, and focusing on indicators such as campus construction, discipline development, and humanistic beauty, the SUSTech campus was ranked among the top ten in the country.

The Third Lecture Hall: a combination of style and technologies

In August, as part of one of the buildings of the second phase project of SUSTech, the Third Lecture Hall was officially put into use, providing faculty members and students with an intelligent, open, and shared teaching environment.

The Third Lecture Hall is situated at the center of the SUSTech campus, surrounded by the College of Science, Lynn Library, and the College of Business. It has five floors and 56 classrooms, occupying an area of 5,800 square meters. The design of the Third Lecture Hall strives to present SUSTech's characteristics, breaking the limitations of traditional classrooms and blending the space for more teaching space. The combination of cloud and edge expands the possibility of space and time for teaching. The integration of software and hardware constructs a brand-new teaching management model, all of which are devoted to an efficient teaching style. The newly constructed buildings of the College of Science and the College of Business were also officially opened.

Third phase begins on campus construction project

This year marked SUSTech's first year on the list of "Double First-Class" universities. The University has since launched its third phase of campus construction. The third phase of the campus construction project has a cumulative total construction area of 550,800 square meters, which is expected to be completed in 2026. After completion, the total area of the campus's first, second, and third phases will reach 1.25 million square meters.

The Third Faculty Research Building 3 will have a total construction area of 108,400 square meters. The project is located in the northwest corner of the campus and is scheduled to be in operation by the end of 2023. After the building is completed, several key laboratories will be set up to provide important support for the University to carry out scientific research.

The total construction area of the School of Medicine will be 163,900 square meters. The project is located in the southeast area of the campus. Various approvals, surveys, tree relocation, and other preliminary preparations have been completed, and is expected to be open by early 2023.

The Affiliated Hospital of SUSTech will have a total construction area of 167,600 square meters. The project is located in the eastern area of the south bank of the Dasha River in the University. All preliminary work has been completed, and the construction is expected to start in the middle of 2023.

The Comprehensive Training Hall will have a total construction area of 7,707 square meters, providing basketball, badminton, table tennis courts, large rehearsal rooms, piano rooms, and other indoor rooms after completion. It is located next to the Runyang Stadium and is scheduled to start construction in early 2023.