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South China University of Technology

China (Mainland)Asia

#377

QS World University Rankings 2026

39.8

QS 2026 overall score

QS World University Rankings data

Ranking data

QS World University Rankings source

#377

QS World University Rankings 2026

#385

QS World University Rankings 2025

39.8

QS 2026 overall score

QS 2026 indicators

Indicator-level data

Each card keeps the QS 2026 score and rank separate. A missing value is not estimated.

Academic reputation

QS 2026 score
18.8
QS 2026 rank
#652

Employer reputation

QS 2026 score
20.8
QS 2026 rank
#635

Faculty-student ratio

QS 2026 score
29.4
QS 2026 rank
#641

Citations per faculty

QS 2026 score
99.3
QS 2026 rank
#31

International faculty ratio

QS 2026 score
15.9
QS 2026 rank
#778

International student ratio

QS 2026 score
10.5
QS 2026 rank
#801

International student diversity

QS 2026 score
16.4
QS 2026 rank
#801

International research network

QS 2026 score
64.8
QS 2026 rank
#623

Employment outcomes

QS 2026 score
40.4
QS 2026 rank
#434

Sustainability

QS 2026 score
50.1
QS 2026 rank
#701
University profile

About South China University of Technology

South China University of Technology separates its academic map across three Guangzhou settings

South China University of Technology makes its academic structure visible through separate school lists for Wushan Campus, University Town Campus, and Guangzhou International Campus. The Wushan list includes mechanical and automotive engineering, architecture, civil engineering and transportation, electronic and information engineering, materials science and engineering, chemistry and chemical engineering, mathematics, physics and optoelectronics, automation science and engineering, and electric power engineering. University Town lists economics and finance, computer science and engineering, biology and biological engineering, environment and energy, software engineering, medicine, law, journalism and communication, arts, and design. Guangzhou International Campus lists biomedical sciences and engineering, intelligent engineering, emergent soft matter, microelectronics and integrated circuits, future technology, and marine science and engineering.

This is useful as a public map because a familiar topic can appear in more than one setting without meaning the same thing in each one. A materials question may involve chemistry, physics, optoelectronics, manufacturing, or biomedical applications. An environmental question may involve energy systems, biological evidence, civil infrastructure, policy, or design. The school lists establish where an area is named, but they do not establish a particular research method or current project. A closer unit, researcher, publication, or project record is needed to connect a specific question to a specific form of work.

Research platforms, achievements, and journals provide different kinds of SCUT evidence

The university's research pages separate a research overview, institutes, research achievements, and academic journals. They also distinguish national research platforms from provincial-level research platforms. These labels should be read as different kinds of public record. A platform can show an organised setting for work. An achievement page can describe a particular result. A journal title can indicate an editorial or publication route. None of those records should be treated as a complete account of every school or laboratory connected with a broad subject. The most reliable approach is to begin with the research object, then identify which local page speaks directly about that object.

SCUT's research overview describes work spanning frontier research, technological development, and collaborative innovation. It makes several local organisations visible, including the Institute for Super Robotics, the Innovation Institute of Advanced Paper-based Materials, the Guangzhou Institute of Modern Industrial Technology, the China-Singapore International Joint Research Institute, the Aggregation-Induced Emission Institute, and the Huangpu Institute of Green and Advanced Materials Technology. The names provide useful leads, but a reader should check each organisation's own record before drawing a narrow conclusion. A named institute can point toward a topic; its current pages must show the material, method, or question that makes the connection precise.

SCUT's three-campus directory gives a research question a physical and disciplinary anchor

A clear South China University of Technology research note starts with the thing to be examined. It might be a device component, a material interface, an energy system, a biological process, a transport pattern, a digital model, or a policy problem. The next step is to identify the evidence that could address it: measurements, samples, images, experimental results, sensor readings, simulations, code, documents, interviews, or field observations. This two-part statement turns the three campus lists into a practical search tool. It asks which listed school or research organisation publicly connects the object with the appropriate evidence.

The final check should stay close to the available record. A campus or school list can establish an academic setting. A research-platform page can show an organisational route. An institute, publication, or project page may give a more focused description. If the nearest page states only a broad field, retain it as orientation rather than treating it as proof of a detailed fit. This keeps the profile useful for exploration while respecting the difference between a university-wide map and a documented local research connection.

Institution record

Country
China (Mainland)
Region
Asia
Status
Public
QS size code
XL
Profile record updated
October 31, 2025

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