10 University of Science and Technology of China

Founded in 1958 and moving to the city of Hefei in 1970 , USTC has five campuses in the capital of Anhui province , China . The university was originally set up by the Chinese government to address the country ’ s expanding science and technology needs as well as its growing influence on the world stage . Regarded as the “ Cradle of Scientific Elites ” in China , it is the only university in the country to operate two national laboratories : the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory and the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale . MAY 2019