Shenzhen MSU-BIT University

Shenzhen MSU-BIT University (SMBU; Chinese: 深圳北理莫斯科大学; Russian: Университет МГУ-ППИ в Шэньчжэне), was established in 2016 as a non-profit higher education institution with an independent status of legal entity. Located in Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong,^[1] it was cofounded by Lomonosov Moscow State University, Beijing Institute of Technology, and Shenzhen Municipal People's Government. The permanent campus has received 2.04 billion yuan (US$318 million) in investment from the Shenzhen Municipal Government.^[2] Specially for the possibility of opening the university, changes were made to the Russian Federal Law "About Moscow State University Lomonosov and St. Petersburg State University".^[3][4][5][6]

Shenzhen MSU-BIT University

深圳北理莫斯科大学 (Chinese) Университет МГУ-ППИ в Шэньчжэне (Russian)
Type	Sino-foreign cooperative university
Established	2016; 7 years ago (2016)
Location	Shenzhen , Guangdong , China 22°41′24″N 114°12′29″E / 22.69000°N 114.20806°E / 22.69000; 114.20806
Language	Russian Chinese English
Affiliations	Lomonosov Moscow State University Beijing Institute of Technology
Website	http://en.smbu.edu.cn/
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	深圳北理莫斯科大学
Traditional Chinese	深圳北理莫斯科大學
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shēnzhèn Běilǐ Mòsīkē Dàxué Yue: Cantonese Jyutping sam1 zan3 bak1 lei5 mok6 si1 fo1 daai6 hok6
Russian name
Russian	Университет МГУ-ППИ в Шэньчжэне

On 13 September 2017, Vice-Premiers of the two countries – Olga Golodets and Liu Yandong, as well as delegations from each founders took part in the Opening Ceremony.^{[citation needed]} Ceremony participants received high-level greetings.^[7][8]

The university is the first Sino-Russian cooperative university, the ninth Sino-foreign university in China and second Sino-foreign university in Shenzhen.^[9] SMBU is a member of Sino-Foreign Cooperative University Union.^[10]

Campus

The university campus is located in the southwest part of the Longgang district, Shenzhen city and covers a total of about 34-hectares.^[11][12] Its main building is very similar to that of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

More than half of the teaching faculty is from Lomonosov Moscow State University with Doctor of Sciences degrees of the Russian Federation and above.^[13][2] Education is in Russian, English and Chinese languages.

 

PANO of the Campus of Shenzhen MSU-BIT University

Departments

Six departments offering bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs:

• Faculty of Philology
  • bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs (In Russian)
• Faculty of Biology
  • bachelor's and doctoral programs (In Russian)
  • master's program (In English)
• Faculty of Materials Science
  • bachelor's and master’s program (In Russian)
• Faculty of Chemistry
  • bachelor's and master’s program (In Russian)
• Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics
  • bachelor's and master’s program (In Russian)
• Faculty of Economics
  • bachelor's and master’s program (In Russian)

References

1. "Home (English)". Shenzhen MSU-BIT University. Retrieved 12 July 2019. Address: No 299, Ruyi Road, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, P.R. China
2. "Shenzhen MSU-BIT University to enroll 155 undergraduates". newsgd.com. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
3. "О Московском государственном университете имени М.В.Ломоносова и Санкт-Петербургском государственном университете – Федеральный закон N259-ФЗ" (in Russian). pravo.gov.ru. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
4. "О внесении изменений в статью 4 Федерального закона "О Московском государственном университете имени М.В.Ломоносова и Санкт-Петербургском государственном университете" – Федеральный закон N52-ФЗ" (in Russian). pravo.gov.ru. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
5. "Высота. МГУ в Китае" (фильм) (реж. Инна Кокорина, 2018) – ТРК "Плеяда".
6. "Создание совместного российско-китайского университета в Шэньчжэне" (журнал). 6 (98) (ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ СЛУЖБА ed.). 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
7. "Участникам торжественной церемонии открытия российско-китайского Университета МГУ–ППИ в Шэньчжэне". Президент России (in Russian). 10 September 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
8. Чжу Цзяньбинь (Zhu Jianbin, 朱健斌) (18 September 2017). "Открытие филиала МГУ в городе Шэньчжэнь". ИноСМИ.Ru (in Russian). Retrieved 17 June 2019.
9. "Transnational Education: Sino-Foreign Cooperative Universities in China". WENR. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
10. "GTIIT officially joined the Sino-Foreign Cooperative University Union". gtiit.edu.cn. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
11. "China-Russia university progresses well in Shenzhen". chinaplus.cri.cn. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
12. Zhang, Qian (9 May 2016). "Joint university breaks ground in Longgang". Shenzhen Daily. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
13. "[SZ] MSU-BIT University runs smoothly in Longgang District". newsgd.com. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2019.