University of Sanya | Chinese Universities

University of Sanya was founded in 2005 and is located in Sanya City, Hainan Province. It is funded and constructed by Geely Holding Group, a Fortune 500 company. As the fastest-growing and most competitive comprehensive private university in China, Sanya College closely relies on the geographical advantages of the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port, looks forward to the magnificent development prospects of Hainan’s "Future Island", and enjoys the environmental ecology of Hainan's healthy and safe islands. Advantage.

The beautiful campus of University of Sanya is ecologically safe and suitable for learning and living. It is rated as one of the top ten ecological buildings in Hainan. 56 majors, covering 9 disciplines including economics, management, law, literature, education, art, engineering, science, and medicine. The school has modern teaching and living facilities such as a high-performance supercomputing center, financial innovation and multi-asset intelligent trading laboratory, artificial intelligence laboratory, international hotel teaching and training center, national art museum, traditional Chinese medicine museum, standard swimming pool, golf training field and so on. The university also has 3 high-tech libraries with a collection of more than 2 million books.

In 2018, the university foreseeing the development needs of the financial technology industry in the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port, and jointly established the Saxo Financial Technology Business School with Saxo Bank of Denmark to redefine the training of financial professionals with financial technology and cultivate the innovative development of the financial industry in Hainan in the future Talent. The school has deployed 5G and AI technology changes ahead of time, established the School of Information and Intelligent Engineering, invested more than 80 million yuan to establish Hainan's first million-level supercomputing center, and its computing performance ranks among the top five universities in the country.

In June 2020, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port", and Hainan is heading towards the fast lane of building a free trade port with high quality and high standards. Sanya College has a forward-looking layout and quick response. It has opened the "Free Trade Port International Law School" and "Future Technology College", and plans to build key laboratories such as the Industrial Internet. It aims to further integrate into the construction and development of Hainan Free Trade Port, featuring the integration of industry and education. Efforts will be made to promote the cross integration of professional disciplines, and cultivate and reserve relevant professionals for the free trade port. Previously, University of Sanya closely focused on the Hainan Free Trade Port's development of new business formats and Hainan’s twelve key industries, initiated the establishment of the Hainan Province Hotel Talent Training Innovation Alliance, and took the lead in establishing the convention and exhibition economy management, tourism and culture industry talent training innovation alliance, and accelerated the training. High-quality, applied-skilled talents at all levels in key industries of the province. In March 2021, the Hainan Provincial Department of Education issued the "Main Points of Work of the Hainan Provincial Department of Education in 2021", which clearly included "supporting Sanya College and Geely Holding Group in the construction of characteristic industry colleges" in the main points of the annual work.

Focusing on the future needs of the Free Trade Port, University of Sanya has strengthened scientific research investment and talent introduction. Currently, it has established 3 academician workstations (academician innovation platform) such as Zhai Mingguo, Chen Guoliang, and Rong Chunming, and is the only one in China with 3 academician workstations (academician innovation platform) The private colleges and universities in China have also become the first private colleges and universities in the number of projects approved by the National Social Science Fund for five consecutive years. In 2020, the total number of projects approved by Sanya College has been ranked 258th among the applicants including all universities and scientific research institutes in the country, which means that Sanya College has ranked among the top 10% of the country in this indicator.

The school launched the "100 million talent introduction plan" for the world, carried out the doctoral "double hundred plan", the academic ability improvement plan of middle-level cadres, the overseas study plan, and the flexible introduction of talents plan, etc., to continuously consolidate the cornerstone of career development. The university is also in line with the country’s call for "mass entrepreneurship and innovation", and has always implemented innovation and entrepreneurship education throughout the entire process of talent training. In 2018, it was awarded the “Member University of the China University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Alliance (IEEAC)”. There were a total of 176 national college students’ innovation and entrepreneurship projects, and the student’s scientific and technological works won the 16th “Challenge Cup” National Second Prize. The initial employment rate of fresh graduates is in the forefront of the employment rate of undergraduates in ordinary colleges and universities in Hainan Province, and outstanding graduates have been awarded the National University Student Employment and Entrepreneurship News Figure for two consecutive years. At the same time, the school quickly responded to the demand for high-quality learning from the improvement of the student source structure, and vigorously promoted the "three-dimensional" construction of curriculum constructed by curriculum saturation, depth and academic tension, and conducted in-depth, continuous and systematic teaching reforms.

The university is based on the Hainan Free Trade Port, highlights the socialization and internationalization of school running, and builds a multi-party collaboration platform. At present, the university has established a high-level synergy with Peking University, Tsinghua University, Sanya Institute of Deep Seas, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ecological Civilization Center of the State Forestry Administration, Hainan Provincial Department of Culture and Sports, and Provincial Tourism Commission. The school successfully joined hands with the School of Government and Management of Peking University to hold the first Luobifeng Global Urban Civilization and Urban Innovation Forum to jointly build an internationally influential academic exchange brand. The university also looks forward to the development of Hainan's health and leisure industry, and established the first health industry management college and health industry research institute in the province with the International Cooperation Center of the National Development and Reform Commission and the Fashion Group to fill the talent gap in Hainan's public health and elderly service management fields.

The “circle of friends” for the globalization and coordination of higher education in the school has been expanding. In 2016, the Silk Road Business School was formally established. As the initiator and the leading construction unit, Sanya College became the first stop of the global Maritime Silk Road education. At present, Sanya College has established a cross-border linkage and cooperation mechanism with the Essek Higher Business School in France, the Copenhagen Business School in Nielsbruck, Denmark, and the Islamic University of Sindh, Pakistan. In 2020, the cooperation between Sanya College and Berkeley College in the United States to hold an undergraduate education program in international economics and trade was approved by the Ministry of Education. The school has also successfully established sister schools with the well-known public Ivy League universities in the United States, Miami University and Central Arkansas State University; cooperated with many universities in Asia, Africa, Europe, and America, such as Moscow State University in Russia and Berkeley College in the United States. International student category And the source of students is increasing. A number of internationally influential academic forums such as the EU Erasmus Project Conference, the Global Humboldt Scholars Forum, and the Global Enterprise China Forum are held in the school.

From 2017 to 2019, the school successfully held the "China-ASEAN Private Higher Education Development and Cooperation Forum" for three consecutive years, and signed a contract with private universities in ASEAN countries to jointly launch the China-ASEAN Private University Alliance (ACAPHEI), which won the China-ASEAN Center, Southeast Asia The Minister of Education organized the continuous support of the Regional Center for Higher Education and Development (SEAMEO RIHED) and the China-ASEAN Education Exchange Week, attracting the Secretary-General of the SCO to attend the meeting, setting up a brand new cooperation between SCO universities and China-ASEAN private universities aisle.