SUST has been at the forefront of research throughout its history. Here students can work side-by-side with Fields medal winners, young Scholars and excellent fellows. The university appreciated the teaching and research nexus, and considers it an integral component of ensuring academic quality. Our staff members have received many types of research funding at national, provincial and municipal levels, and some of our students have presented their research projects in academic conferences and publications.

 For our library, there are 1.6 million books, 501 million e-books (species) in its collection, and 30,000 kinds of e-journals online. We have many databases like SCI, ASC etc. Its document collections have contained inorganic non-metallic materials engineering, food science, light industrial, automatic control, chemistry, materials, environment, food, electrical automation, management, law, and arts.