University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

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University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
电子科技大学
UESTC xiaohui.png
Motto求实求真 大气大为
Motto in English
To seek facts and truth, to be noble and ambitious
Type Public university
Established1956;68 years ago (1956)
President Jun Hu
Party Secretary Ping Cao
Academic staff
3,800
Students40,000 [1]
Undergraduates 23,000
Postgraduates 15,000
Location, ,
30°45′03″N103°55′48″E / 30.750724556157014°N 103.93011689054471°E / 30.750724556157014; 103.93011689054471
CampusQingshuihe
Shahe
Jiulidi
Yongning
Colors   Dark Blue
  Yellow Ginkgo
AffiliationsMinistry of Education, Double First-Class Construction, 211 Project, 985 Project, AMBA
Website uestc.edu.cn
en.uestc.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 电子科技大学
Traditional Chinese 電子科技大學

The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) is a public university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Founded in 1956 by the instruction of then Premier Zhou Enlai, the university is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. It is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Sichuan Provincial Government, and the Chengdu Municipal Government. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.

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UESTC was established on the basis of the incorporation of electronics divisions of then three universities including Jiaotong University (now Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Xi'an Jiaotong University), Nanjing Institute of Technology (now Southeast University), and South China Institute of Technology (now South China University of Technology). Now UESTC is a multidisciplinary research university with electronic science and technology as its nucleus, engineering as its major field, and featured with management, liberal art and medicine. [2]

UESTC is consisted of four campuses: Qingshuihe, Shahe, Jiulidi, and Yongning, with a gross built-up area of 1,490 km2 (370,000 acres) . It has more than 40 schools and 65 undergraduate majors (13 of them are national-level featured majors). In 2022, UESTC has more than 42,000 students and 3,800 faculties.

History

In 1956 summer, under the instruction of Premier Zhou Enlai, the inception of Chengdu Institute of Radio Engineering (CIRE) [3] 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 (then Nanjing Institute of Technology) and South China University of Technology. As early as the 1960s, it was ranked as one of the nation's key higher education institutions, which represents the importance of this university. In 1988, CIRE was renamed University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (USETC). In 1997, UESTC was selected as one of the top 100 key universities by the "State's Education Revival Project" (Project 211). In 2000, UESTC was transferred to the MoE-university system, hence a national key university directly affiliated to the State's Ministry of Education. In 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. In 2007, the new campus Qingshuihe was put into use. In 2017, UESTC has been included in the state Double First Class University Plan as a Class A Double First Class University.

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 3,800 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. [4]

Academic schools

Built on the Stanford Model and as a member of both the "Project 985" and the "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. [5] In 1984 and 2018, many of the schools are reorganized.

Academic Schools
SchoolFounded
School of Information and Communication Engineering1956
School of Electronic Science and Engineering2018
School of Materials and Energy2018
School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering1964
School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering1956
School of Automation Engineering1957
School of Resources and Environment2012
School of Computer Science and Engineering1979
School of Information and Software Engineering2011
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics2006
School of Mathematical Sciences1958
School of Physics1984
School of Medicine2013
School of Life Science and Technology1984
School of Management and Economics1982
School of Public Affairs and Administration1956
School of Foreign Languages1984
School of Marxism1956
Glasgow College Hainan2022
Glasgow College2013
Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science2014
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Communications1996
Yingcai Honors College2009
Shenzhen Institute for Advanced Study2019

In addition to academic schools, UESTC established seven academic institutes:

InstituteFoundedCity
Research Institute of Electronic Science and Technology2003 Chengdu, Sichuan
Guangdong Research Institute of Electronic Information Engineering of UESTC 2007 Dongguan, Guangdong
Chengdu Research Institute of UESTC 2012 Chengdu, Sichuan
Yibin Park of UESTC2017 Yibin, Sichuan
Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Quzhou)2020 Quzhou, Zhejiang
Chongqing Institute of Microelectronics Industry Technology2020 Chongqing
Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou)2020 Huzhou, Zhejiang

UESTC also has two independent colleges: Chengdu college and Zhongshan Institute. [6]

Academics and Rankings

China Discipline Evaluation by the Ministry of Education of China

The China Discipline Evaluation (CDE) is the official assessment of the quality of disciplines (grouped into 14 domains and 113 first-level disciplines) in China and is one of the most important rankings for Chinese universities. The CDE is conducted every ~5 years starting in 2002. Ranking rule of the fourth CDE: A+ is among the top 2%, A is 2%-5%, A− is 5%-10%, B+ is 10%-20%, B is 20%-30%, B− is 30%-40%, C+ is 40%-50%, C is 50%-60%, and C− is 60%-70%. [7] [8] Previous CDEs are evaluated by a score of 0-100.

DisciplineRank (2017)Rank (2012)Rank (2007)Rank (2004)
Electronic Science and Technology1st (A+)1st (92)2nd (93)3rd (84.7)
Information and Communication Engineering1st (A+)2nd (87)5th (88)8th (80.0)
Computer Science and Engineering5th (A)12th (76)19th (74)20th (69.1)
Optical Engineering5th (A−)5th (81)10th (76)18th (66.8)
Instrumentation Science and Technology8th (A−)7th (78)-18th (71.0)
Biomedical Engineering8th (B+)10th (77)12th (71)14th (64.7)
Software Engineering17th (B+)34th (70)--
Management Science and Engineering19th (B+)-24th (72)30th (65.7)
Business Administration25th (B+)17th (78)--
Mechanical Engineering38th (B)--35th (63.2)
Material Science and Engineering35th (B)--37th (66.3)
Control Science and Engineering33rd (B)--24th (66.2)
Public Administration29th (B)---
Electrical Engineering44th (C)---
Chemical Engineering and Technology87th (C−)---
Applied Economics---30th (65.0)
Politics---23rd (64.4)
Foreign Language and Literature---25th (62.1)
Physics---26th (67.3)

General Rankings

University rankings
BCUR National [9] Domestic 31
Wu Shulian National [10] Domestic 33
CUAA National [11] Alumni =29
QS National [12] General 27
THE National [13] General 26–30
QS Asia
(Asia version) [14]
General 195
THE Asia
(Asia version) [15]
General 66
ARWU World [16] Research 101–150
QS World [17] General =486
THE World [18] General 351–400
USNWR World [19] General =231

According to College and university rankings, ARWU, QS, and THE are three most established and influential global rankings.

Global Rankings
Board2024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009
ARWU 101-150151-200151-200151-200151-200201-300201-300301-400
QS 486561-570591-600701-750751-800
US News 231272342507555597584572
THE 401-500501-600501-600601-800n/a801-1000801+601-800
CWUR 319346381438484710783783790
NTUR 236184200280372440
RUR 414476567611631523
SIR 123130181296288283287385388400454528596649698
URAP 129153166191264

National Rankings

National Rankings
Board202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009200820072006200520042003
ARWU 11-2314-2611-2414-229-1713-2310-1819-31
Best Chinese Universities Ranking by ARWU283031322733343635
Alumni Association China University

(校友会中国大学排名)

3033343734293737424547474949504939463746
Wushulian (武书连)343636393737394040383940374348
RUR 334048544232


National Key Disciplines

Research Strength

State Key Laboratories

University Research Centers

Students

National Electronic Designing Contest: Top scoring team since 2005

The Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon)

Mathematical Modeling Contest

International Genetic Engineering Machine Competition, iGEM

International collaboration

International Cooperation

UESTC has collaborative and solid 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 every year.

Joint Education Projects authorized by the MOE

  1. International MBA Joint Program by UESTC and Webster University (USA, 2003)
  2. DBA Joint Program by UESTC and ISCTE (Portugal, 2009)
  3. AF-Chengdu: UESTC-Alliance Française Joint Center of French Training (2003)
  4. Glasgow College, UESTC (with University of Glasgow, UK, 2013)
  5. UESTC - University of Montpellier Confucius Institute (France, 2013)
  6. UESTC - KTH Joint Master's Programs on SoC (Sweden, 2016)

Campus

UESTC now has three campuses—Qingshuihe, Shahe and Jiulidi, occupying a total of 16.6 km² (4100 acres). The three campuses are located in Chengdu.[ citation needed ]

Notable alumni

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