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Traditional Chinese Medicine Comes to PKU Shenzhen for Teachers’ Day

To celebrate Teachers’ Day, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School hosted a two-day Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) cultural event on September 9 and 10 at the Student Activity Center in Yanyuan Building 6.The event brought traditional Chinese wellness practices to campus, offering faculty and students a chance to relax, explore Chinese culture, and enjoy a well-deserved break from thei...

Sep 10, 2026

Workshops Help New Graduate Students Build Connections and Resilience

September 1, 2026 – Incoming master’s and doctoral students at the School of Advanced Materials took part in orientation workshops designed to ease their transition into graduate life. Organized in partnership with a professional counseling team, the sessions focused on peer bonding and emotional preparedness for the research years ahead.The afternoon opened with icebreaker games that quickly...

Sep 7, 2026

PKU Shenzhen Welcomes Class of 2026 with Opening Ceremony and Kickoff Run

September 3, 2026 – Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School held its opening ceremony this morning to officially welcome the newest cohort of graduate students. The incoming class gathered at the Nanyan campus to mark the start of their studies.President Gong Gao presided over the ceremony, joined by Executive Vice President and Dean of the Shenzhen Graduate School Zhang Jin, and Olympic sh...

Sep 4, 2026

Olympic Champion Zhang Shan Inspires Incoming Students at PKU Shenzhen

The Barcelona 1992 gold medalist shares lessons on pursuing dreams, overcoming setbacks, and finding purpose beyond winning.On September 3, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School (PKU Shenzhen) kicked off its Orientation Week for the Class of 2026 with a special talk by Olympic shooting champion Zhang Shan.Zhang, who won gold in mixed skeet shooting at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, shared he...

Sep 3, 2026

Prof Zheng’s Startup Secures Exclusive Strategic Investment from CATL

Eacomp, an AI for Science (AI4S) startup founded by Associate Professor Zheng Jiaxin of Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, has completed a strategic funding round in the hundreds of millions of RMB, exclusively invested by Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL). The company specializes in Battery Design Automation (BDA).The investment marks CATL’s first strategic move in ...

Aug 27, 2026

2026 M-Talents Summer School Brings 21 Countries to PKU

From July 20–29, Peking University’s School of Materials Science and Engineering and the School of Advanced Materials hosted the 2026 M-Talents International Summer School across its Beijing and Shenzhen campuses. With the theme “Frontier Materials Science and Cross-Cultural Exchange,” the program welcomed 61 outstanding young scholars from 21 countries—a record in participation.Through le...

Aug 7, 2026

PKU Team Wins AI4S Championship at World AI Conference

A research team led by Tong Lianming, Associate Dean of the School of Advanced Materials at Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, has won first place in the AI4S Scientific Intelligence Application track at the inaugural "Shenzhi Cup" AI Innovation Competition, held during the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai.The Rhino team—comprising PKU scientists and in...

Aug 2, 2026

Prof. Hao PAN Named to MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 China List

Pan Hao, a researcher and doctoral supervisor at the School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, has been selected for the 2025 MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 (TR35) China list, receiving the "Inventor" honor.Launched in 1999, the TR35 is one of the world's most recognized awards for young innovators, spanning categories including Visionaries, Pioneers, ...

Jul 27, 2026

Feng Bin: The Spring Breeze Stirs the Heart of a Young Scholar

Feng Bin still remembers the moment his research finally clicked.It was late at night in his lab—a cramped two-square-meter desk he had made his own, decorated with small touches from his girlfriend. After months of wrestling with generative AI models and crystallography data, the results finally made sense. His algorithm could decode the complex X-ray diffraction patterns of metal-organic fra...

Jul 22, 2026

From Lab Benches to Bay Area Skylines: Global Students Explore Materials Science at PKU Shenzhen

From July 6 to 10, 2026, the Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School hosted its annual International Summer Exploration Camp, bringing together nearly 80 outstanding students from 27 countries, as well as Hong Kong and Taiwan, for a five-day immersion in academic research and urban innovation.As part of the camp, the School of Advanced Materials (SAM) organized a series of engaging activitie...

Jul 13, 2026

Graduation Concert Photo Gallery

The PKU School of Advanced Materials and the School of Materials Science and Engineering hosted a joint graduation concert on the evening of July 2 at Jingyuan Lawn, Yanyuan Campus, Peking University. The evening brought together faculty, students, and staff to celebrate the graduating class with performances and shared memories

Jul 8, 2026

A Ceremony of Pride and Promise: PKU Materials Science Celebrates Class of 2026

On the afternoon of July 2, 2026, the School of Advanced Materials (SAM) and the School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at Peking University held its commencement ceremony in the Sunshine Hall of the Yingjie Exchange Center. Dean Zou Ruqiang, Party Secretary Li Ming, Degree Committee Chair Professor Xia Dingguo, faculty members, alumni representatives, parents, and the entire Class o...

Jul 6, 2026

SAM Class of 2026 Celebrates at Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School Commencement

On the morning of June 27, 2026, the Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School held its annual commencement ceremony — a day of reflection, celebration, and departure. This year's graduating class numbered 1,256, including 1,146 master's students and 110 doctoral candidates, with 100 international and Hong Kong-Macao-Taiwan students among them. Hundreds of family members filled the venue, the...

Jul 1, 2026

Pink Sunsets and Persistent Circuits: Wang Yueyue‘s Journey Through the Science of Letting Go

On a late afternoon in Shenzhen, Wang Yueyue stared at another batch of failed data. The numbers made no sense. The experiment had been running for weeks, and nothing was working.Then she looked up.Outside the window of Tower G — the building where she had spent countless hours in the cleanroom — the sky had turned a shade of pink she had never seen before. Soft, surreal, almost impossible.Sh...

Jun 15, 2026

CarbonKylin™, an AI-Designed Materials Scientist, Unveiled at Beijing AI Forum

BEIJING, June 11, 2026– A new AI-powered materials scientist, CarbonKylin™, was introduced today at the 4th Beijing AI Industry Innovation and Talent Development Forum, held at Peking University. Co-developed by Peking University, Rhinovate™, and Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, the system has autonomously designed a high-performance carbon-doped fiber, marking a breakthrough in A...

Jun 13, 2026