UIC teachers funded by Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation

Six UIC teachers have been granted funds from the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, including the Natural Science Fund and the Provincial-Municipal Joint Fund.Prof Liu Luchuan of the Faculty of Business and Management (FBM) and Dr Ning Xuan of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) have applied respectively and successfully for the general projects of the Natu...

2022/12/05

Shining at national mathematical contest in modelling

UIC students stood out in the 2022 China Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modelling (CUMCM), winning multiple national and provincial prizes. Among them, two teams were awarded both the national Second Prize and Guangdong provincial First Prize, respectively.These winning teams were formed separately by the fourth-year students from the Statistics Programme (STAT), Liu Shuaiju...

2022/11/29

Eight FST scholars in latest world's top 2% scientists list

Stanford University scholars have recently released an update of the World's Top 2% Scientists list, in which nine UIC scholars were selected. Among them, eight scholars were from FST. UIC President, Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences Prof Tang Tao; Vice President (Research and Development) and Dean of Graduate School Prof Jia Weijia; Chair ...

2022/10/26

[People of UIC] Xu Longhao: Stepping up in world of statistics

Xu Longhao is a UIC student from the Class of 2020 Statistics Programme. He has been admitted to a PhD programme concentrating on medical statistics at the University of Göttingen, Germany. Maths has been one of Xu's favourite subjects since high school. Knowing that Prof Fang Kaitai, an internationally well-known statistician, teaches at UIC, Xu chose to spend his four years at UIC de...

2022/10/24

[People of UIC] Gifted teachers who wear many hats

UIC adheres to the concept of liberal arts education, and its teachers are breaking boundaries and pursuing a well-rounded life. Dr SiuTai Tsim—Associate Professor and Associate Head of the Department of Life SciencesDr Tsim is not only a skilful barber and a good cook but an excellent birdwatcher.Dr Tsim taught himself haircutting when he was on...

2022/10/12

UIC students shine in national and provincial competitions

Recently, UIC students have received many awards in national and provincial competitions. Three year-three UIC students of the Applied Psychology (APSY) Programme, Zhang Zixuan, Feng An’an, and Qiu Tongyu, won the first prize in the sub-forum “Dealing with Practical Issues” under the guidance of Dr Solna Xing.

2022/09/23

Sixteen FST faculty earn NSFC funding for projects

The National Natural Science Foundation of China recently announced the project review results for 2022, in which 16 FST faculty members (including teachers with joint-appointment with BNU) received funding for two key projects, one Mathematics Tianyuan Fund project, six general projects, five youth fund projects and two foreign scholar research projects.The recipients of the funding for the ke...

2022/09/22

[People of UIC] Liang Yanshan: Journey to Harvard Postdoctoral Programme

Although the academic path is always considered lonely and challenging, Liang Yanshan's never is.UIC PhD graduate in Chemistry (UIC and Hong Kong Baptist University)Admitted to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health's Postdoctoral ProgrammeGraduating from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Southern Medical University with a bachelor's degree, she was admitted to the School of Biomedica...

2022/09/22