South China University of Technology

south china university of technology (scut) is one of china's key universities operating under the direct leadership of the state ministry of education. the university, which has a total area of 294 hectares, is situated in guangzhou, a southern metropolitan in china. the university has two campuses: the north campus and the south campus. south china university of technology (scut), formerly known as the south china institute of technology, was established in 1952, through the amalgamation of the technical faculties of 12 universities in 5 provinces in central and southern china, including sun yat-sen university, lingnan university, hunan university, guangxi university, etc. in 1960, scut was awarded ranked among the key universities of china. in 1981, it was authorized by the state council to confer doctor degrees and master degrees，and was among the first universities in the country to do so. in 1995, it was selected as one of the universities into which china will make significant