University of Electronic Science and Technology of China


University of Electronic Science and Technology of China is a Chinese national key university in Chengdu, Sichuan, and a Class A Double First Class University directly under the Ministry of Education. UESTC was included as one of the first universities into "Project 211" in 1997, and then the nation's “Project 985” in 2001.
After more than sixty years of development, UESTC now has evolved into a key multidisciplinary university covering all-around programs in electronic disciplines with electronic science and technology as its nucleus, engineering as its major field and a harmonious integration of science, engineering, management, liberal arts and medical science.

History

In 1956, under the instruction of Premier Zhou Enlai, the inception of Chengdu Institute of Radio Engineering ushered in the first higher education institution of electronic and information science and technology of China. CIRE was then created from the combination of electronics-allied divisions of three well-established universities: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Southeast University and South China University of Technology. As early as the 1960s, it was ranked as one of the nation's Key Higher Education Institutions. In 1997, UESTC was included in the first group of universities in the "Project 211", a national program for advancing China's higher education. In September 2001, UESTC was selected as one of the 39 research-intensive universities in China that gain special funding under "Project 985" for developing into world-class universities.
Today, UESTC has developed into a multidisciplinary university directly reporting to the Ministry of Education, which has electronic information science and technology as its nucleus, science and engineering as its major field, and incorporates management, economics, medicine and liberal arts. UESTC has more than 3,000 faculty members, of whom 8 are academicians of CAS & CAE, 325 full professors and 483 associate professors, 21 IEEE Fellows, 121 "Thousand Talents Program" recipients and 15 Elsevier highly cited scholars. It has an enrollment of 33,000 students, including 12,000 graduate students.

Academic schools

Built on the Stanford model and as a member of both "Project 985" and "Project 211", UESTC is an electronics-centered multidisciplinary leading research university, covering all of the 6 National Key Disciplines categorized for higher education in electronic and information science and technology in China and a broad range of subjects:

National Key Disciplines

15 First Level Disciplines Authorized to Offer Doctorate Degree.
An official assessment conducted among over 2000 universities and colleges in China, by China Academic Degrees, Graduate Education Development Center and Ministry of Education.
DisciplinesRankings
Electronic Science and TechnologyA+
Information and Communication EngineeringA+
Computer Science and TechnologyA
Optical EngineeringA-
Instrument Science and EngineeringB+
Biomedical EngineeringB+
Software EngineeringB+
Management Science and EngineeringB+
Business AdministrationB+
Mechanical EngineeringB
Material Science and EngineeringB
Control Science and EngineeringB
Public AdministrationB

Discipline201520162017
Engineering918194
Computer science956754

Research Strength

National Key Laboratories

National Electronic Designing Contest: Top scoring team since 2005

International Cooperation

UESTC has collaborative relationships with over 200 universities and research institutes in 67 countries, as reflected in visits for academic purposes, joint research and joint application of research projects, joint academic conferences and workshops, joint supervisions of Master and Ph.D. degrees and student exchange programs. There are over 1000 students from 67 countries study for bachelor, master and Ph.D degrees in UESTC as well as over 500 short term international students in UESTC per year.

Joint Education Projects authorized by the MOE

  1. International MBA Joint Program by UESTC and Webster University
  2. DBA Joint Program by UESTC and ISCTE
  3. AF-Chengdu: UESTC-Alliance Française Joint Center of French Training
  4. Glasgow College, UESTC
  5. UESTC - University of Montpellier Confucius Institute
  6. UESTC - KTH Joint Master's Programs on SoC

    Campus

UESTC now has three campuses—Qingshuihe, Shahe and Jiulidi, occupying a total of 16.6 km². Qingshuihe campus has 25,000 sets of equipments and a library of over 3 million volumes.

Notable alumni