Shenzhen_MSU-BIT_University
Shenzhen MSU-BIT University
Sino-Russian cooperative University in Longang district of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Shenzhen MSU-BIT University (SMBU; Chinese: 深圳北理莫斯科大学; 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, Guangdong,[1] it was cofounded by Lomonosov Moscow State University, Beijing Institute of Technology, and Shenzhen Municipal People's Government. The permanent campus has received 2.04 billion yuan (US$318 million) in investment from the Shenzhen Municipal Government.[2] 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".[3][4][5][6]
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 Opening Ceremony.[citation needed] 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 second Sino-foreign university in Shenzhen.[9] SMBU is a member of Sino-Foreign Cooperative University Union.[10]