UIC has been approved to establish the “Mathematics Basic Discipline Top Talent Cultivation Innovation Experiment Zone” by the Department of Education of Guangdong Province. Based on the “Mathematics + N” model of the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) and led by UIC Vice President (Research and Development) Prof Pan Jianxin, the project combines mathematics with related disciplines including statistics, data science, and computer science.
The establishment of the Zone signifies that UIC has been recognised as the first-tier higher education institution in Guangdong with its teaching quality and research strength of the basic disciplines, and it will enhance UIC's core advantages in mathematics and provide a suitable learning environment to cultivate top talents with innovative abilities.
A total of 42 experimental zones have been approved for colleges and universities across the province, with UIC being the only cooperative institution selected. Among them are seven universities, including UIC, submitted their applications with mathematics as a basic subject, and they are Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou University, Shenzhen University, Southern University of Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology (Zhuhai), and Shantou University.
UIC Math Lab
UIC Math Lab is recognised by the Chinese Mathematical Society as a science education base
The approved zones are positioned to serve national strategies and are at the forefront of science and technology. They will receive government funding for four years and aim to build a high-level and international interdisciplinary curriculum system while participating actively in interdisciplinary research.
UIC’s application for the experiment zone was carried out by FST and the Centre for Teaching and Learning and coordinated by Prof Pan Jianxin.
UIC Vice President (Research and Development) Prof Pan Jianxin
In recent years, the discipline related to the experiment zone has made significant progress in programme construction, interdisciplinary development, talent cultivation and more, forming a team of high-level and first-class international faculty, and building multiple provincial and national teaching and research platforms. It has received funding at various levels. Many of its graduates have been admitted to top world-class universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, and Yale.
UIC is approved to establish two postdoctoral programmes
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Research and Application for Data Science
From MPRO
Reporter: Cecilia Yu
Photos provided by Season Li and FST
Editor: Deen He
