Shenzhen MSU-BIT University (SMBU; ; 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
Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...
, Guangdong, it was cofounded by
Lomonosov Moscow State University
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...
,
Beijing Institute of Technology
Beijing Institute of Technology (abbreviated BIT; Simplified Chinese characters, Simplified Chinese: 北京理工大学; Traditional Chinese characters, Traditional Chinese: 北京理工大學; pinyin: Běijīng Lǐgōng Dàxué), is a National u ...
, and
Shenzhen
Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...
Municipal People's Government. The permanent campus has received 2.04 billion yuan (US$318 million) in investment from the Shenzhen Municipal Government.
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".
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(реж. Инна Кокорина, 2018) – ТРК "Плеяда".
On 13 September 2017, Vice-Premiers of the two countries –
Olga Golodets
Olga Golodets (Russian: Ольга Юрьевна Голодец; born 1 June 1962) is Russian politician and economist who served as a deputy prime minister from 2012 to 2020. She was the most senior woman in the Russian government.
Early life ...
and
Liu Yandong
Liu Yandong (; is a retired Chinese politician. She recently served as the Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China, and was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party from 2007 to 2017, a State Councilor between 2007 and ...
, as well as delegations from each founders took part in the Opening Ceremony. Ceremony participants received high-level greetings.
The university is the first Sino-Russian cooperative university, the ninth Sino-foreign university in China and second Sino-foreign university in Shenzhen. SMBU is a member of Sino-Foreign Cooperative University Union.
Campus
The university campus is located in the southwest part of the Longgang district, Shenzhen city and covers a total of about 34-hectares. 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.
Education is in Russian, English and Chinese languages.
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
Universities and colleges in Shenzhen
Educational institutions established in 2016
2016 establishments in China
China–Russia relations
Moscow State University
Beijing Institute of Technology
Longgang District, Shenzhen
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