Shenzhen MSU–BIT University

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; 8 years ago (2016)
Location	Shenzhen , Guangdong , China 22°41′24″N 114°12′29″E
Language	Russian Chinese English
Affiliations	Lomonosov Moscow State University Beijing Institute of Technology
Website	smbu.edu.cn 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

The Shenzhen MSU–BIT University (SMBU) is a university (with independent legal entity registration) in Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It is established in 2016 as a joint venture between the Beijing Institute of Technology and Moscow State University with funding support from Shenzhen Municipal Government.

The campus has received 2.04 billion yuan (US$318 million) in investment from the Shenzhen Municipal Government.^[1] 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".^[2][3][4][5] 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 university's opening ceremony.^[6] 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 the second Sino-foreign university in Shenzhen.^[9] It is a member of Sino-foreign Cooperative University Union.^[10]

Campus

The university campus is located in the southwest part of Longgang, Shenzhen, and covers a total of about 34-hectares.^[11][12] Its main building is very similar to that of 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][1] 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

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6. "刘延东出席深圳北理莫斯科大学开学典礼_刘延东图片报道_中国政府网". www.gov.cn. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
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.
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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.