深圳故事｜含着“改革”标签出生的大学——深圳大学

含着“改革”标签出生的大学——深圳大学
Shenzhen University born of reform

如今的深圳大学，已经在国内外具有良好声誉和重要影响力，具有鲜明的特色和雄厚的办学实力。那么，深圳大学是如何建立的呢？
Today’s Shenzhen University, with its distinctive features and strong academic strength, enjoys a good reputation both home and abroad. So, what’s the history of the university and how was it established?
 
深圳经济特区建立后，经济快速发展，然而多数干部职工的文化知识、专业水平较低，深圳的专业人才无论从数量上还是从质量上，都不能适应特区建设快速发展的需要。而且，当时深圳在文化教育方面较为薄弱，也没有一所专门的机构可以培养和产出特区需要的人才。如果能在深圳兴办一所综合性大学，就能在一定程度上解决这些难题。
After the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (Shenzhen SEZ), the city’s economy developed rapidly. However, most officials did not have a high level of cultural competence and professionalism, and the professional talents in Shenzhen could not meet the needs of the rapid development of the Shenzhen SEZ, both in terms of quantity and quality. At that time, Shenzhen was weak in cultural education and there was no institute available that could cultivate such talents. If a comprehensive university could be established in Shenzhen, these problems could be solved.
 
对特区内第一所综合性大学的创办，深圳市委有坚定的决心。1983年，深圳市委领导对后来的深大校长罗征启说道：“我们决定即使贷款也要办教育……卖裤子也要把大学建起来……请你们给我们生产人才。”
The Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the CPC was determined to build the first comprehensive university in the SEZ. In 1983, a leader of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the CPC told Luo Zhengqi, who later worked as the principal of Shenzhen University, “We decided to develop education even if we need to apply for a loan…We will establish the university even if we need to sell pants… please cultivate talents for us.”
 
1985年5月，创立深圳大学的请求得到国务院批准后，在深圳市委市政府领导下，各有关部门紧密配合，大力支持深圳大学的筹建工作。（注意：图片也对应删除）
In May 1985, after the State Council approved the request for the establishment of Shenzhen University, all relevant departments, under the leadership of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the CPC and Shenzhen Municipal Government, cooperated closely to support the preparatory work to establish Shenzhen University.
 
1985年7月，深圳大学开始招生，8月正式录取学生，9月27日，深圳大学如期开学，第一批本科生（200多名）开始上课。从获批创办到招生开课，深圳大学仅仅用了不到4个月的时间。 
In July 1985, Shenzhen University started to enroll students. In August of the same year, the university officially admitted students. On September 27 of that year, the university opened as scheduled with more than 200 undergraduates. It took only less than four months from the approval of the establishment of the university to its opening.
 
深圳大学继承了国内大学的优良传统和学风，又带着天然的改革创新基因，作为一所特区大学、窗口大学、实验大学，率先实行了交学费读大学、毕业生不包分配制度，不设助学金，设奖学金制度，教职工聘任制度、学分制度、勤工俭学制度等，为改革开放以来内地零起点新办大学走出了新的路子。
Shenzhen University inherits the good traditions of domestic universities while at the same time adopting innovative approaches to education. As a university in the SEZ, it initiated the practice of paying tuition fees, providing no job allocation for graduates and no student subsidies, setting up scholarships, establishing a recruitment system for teaching and administrative staff, and introducing credit systems and work-study systems, thus creating a new path for new universities on the Chinese mainland.