The SZTU Affiliated High School, jointly founded by Guangming District Government and Shenzhen Technology University (SZTU), will open and welcome its first batch of students this upcoming September.

Tian Zuopeng, vice president of Shenzhen Primary Mathematics Society and secretary general of the municipal primary and secondary school subject competition society, will serve as the president of the school.

The school will focus on the culture of craftsmanship and boldly innovate and promote education philosophy, management systems, curriculum systems and teacher team building, aiming to provide a model of innovative cooperative schooling in Shenzhen.

Located at the core section of the high-tech industrial belt on Guangqiao Road, the school has a total floor area of 49,312 square meters. It will have 36 classes, providing a total of 1,800 junior high school seats.

The design of the school features Lingnan architectural elements, creating three-dimensional spaces to enhance the pleasant campus environment. The design creates systematic promenades, thus providing a convenient, flexible and colorful space to enrich students' campus life.

In terms of course planning, the school aims to cultivate students with a sound personality and meet the diversified demands and development needs of students. It will highlight STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and cultivate students' learning ability, scientific attitude, humanistic literacy, craftsmanship, international vision, innovation and practical ability.

The SZTU Affiliated High School will set up four characteristic colleges: College of Engineering, College of Mathematics and Science, College of Technological Innovation and Practice, and College of Self-management. It will work closely with SZTU's Sino-German College of Intelligent Manufacturing, College of New Materials and New Energies, College of Big Data and Internet and College of Engineering Physics, as well as related enterprises.

Based on its development needs, the school will build a STEM education center, an AI lab, a sponge city laboratory, an automotive engineering laboratory, an integrated media center and other thematic experimental spaces.