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As China’s first higher education institution specializing in chemical engineering, ECUST has achieved the following milestones:
  • East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) was formerly known as East China Institute of Chemical Technology. The university was established in 1952 by consolidating the departments of chemical engineering of five renowned institutions,including: Jiao Tong University,Aurora University,Datong University,Soochow University and Jiangnan University.

As China’s first higher education institution specializing in chemical engineering, ECUST has achieved the following milestones:

  •  1952
  •  1956
  •  1960
  •  1993
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2008
  • 2017
  • The university was established by consolidating the departments of chemical engineering of five renowned institutions‍
  • Designated as one of China’s first universities authorized to enroll postgraduate students
  • Recognized by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) as one of the national key universities directly under the Ministry of Education
  • Renamed “East China University of Science and Technology” with approval of the State Education Commission
  • Selected for the national “211 Project”
  • Established the Graduate School under the authorization of the Ministry of Education
  • Awarded the “Leading Platform for Discipline Innovation of 985 Project”
  • ​Included in the “Double First-Class” Initiative (First-Class University & First-Class Disciplines), with three First-Class disciplines: Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering, and Chemical Engineering & Technology
  • The university has two campuses - Xuhui Campus, Fengxian Campus - covering a total area of 2,336.9 mu (approximately 155.8 hectares). It comprises 18 schools and 4 directly affiliated schools across 12 disciplines in science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, economics, management, humanities, law, art, philosophy, education, and interdisciplinary studies.

ECUST operates

  • 32
    first-level discipline master’s degree authorization points
  • 68
    undergraduate programs
  • 18
    first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points
  • 6
    professional doctoral degree authorization points
  • 21
    professional master’s degree authorization points
  • 16
    postdoctoral mobile stations

The university boasts

  • 8
    national key disciplines
  • 10
    Shanghai key disciplines
  • 7
    Shanghai first-class university disciplines
  • East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) was formerly known as East China Institute of Chemical Technology. The university was established in 1952 by consolidating the departments of chemical engineering of five renowned institutions, including: Jiao Tong University,Aurora University,Datong University,Soochow University and Jiangnan University.

The university employs nearly 3,000 staff members, including:

  • 11 Academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
  • 2 Members of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 1 Academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering
  • 160+ National-level Experts

ECUST provides 11 national-level research platforms, including:

  • 6 National Key Laboratories
  • 1 National Technology Innovation Center
  • 3 National Engineering (Technology) Research Centers
  • 1 National University Science Park
  • ECUST is one of the first six Chinese universities to establish a National Technology Transfer Center. It is also selected for the National Intellectual Property Information Service Centers for Universities and National Intellectual Property Demonstration Universities. Due to its large-scale industrialization of technologies and innovations, ECUST has made enormous economic and social contributions. The university sustains long-term partnerships with 170+ globally renowned universities and research institutions worldwide, facilitating academic exchange and collaborative innovation.

International Initiatives of ECUST include:

  • The International Elite Engineering School (Sino-French collaborative education institute
  • The World’s first Confucius Institute of Science and Technology Innovation (UK)
  • The ECUST Sibiu Sino-European International Business School (Romania)
  • Two Nobel Prize-Level international research platforms
  • The Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center
  • The Oliver Hart Center of Contracts and Governance Research
  • ECUST has pioneered the multi-degree international collaborative programs for countries along the Belt and Road Initiative and tailored the “Future Stars” program for Middle Eastern countries, forming the “One Brand, Three Pillars” framework of international education. The motto of ECUST - Diligence, Factuality, Aspiration, and Virtue - illuminates its journey of entrepreneurship, exploration, development, and pursuit of excellence.

Guided by the “Double First-Class” Initiative of China, ECUST aims to:

  • Implement the MDGI Strategy (Modernization, Digital-Intelligentization, Greening, and Internationalization Strategy)
  • Advance the “Two New & Two Great” Initiative (New Energy, New Materials, Great Health, and Great Safety Initiative)
  • Focus on the cultivation of virtues and morality as its fundamental mission
  • Accelerate the establishment of an independent system for developing top-notch innovative talents
  • Support high-level self-reliance and strength in science and technology
  • Contribute to China’s high-quality development
  • ECUST is making steadfast progress toward a world-class university with distinctive characteristics and multidisciplinary collaboration and development.