University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC)
电子科技大学

Motto	求实求真大气大为
Type	Public
Established	1956
President	Li Yanrong (李言荣)
Academic staff	1,900, inc. 7 academicians
Students	24,628
Undergraduates	13,939
Postgraduates	10,689
Location	Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Campus	Urban, 2 campuses, 2.67 km² (660 Acres)
Affiliations	Ministry of Education
Website	www.uestc.edu.cn

The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) (Chinese: 电子科技大学) is a research-intensive university in Chengdu, China.

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 Jiaotong 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. In 1997, UESTC was included in the first group of universities in the “211 Project”, 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. It has an enrollment of 26,000 students, including 10,000 research students.

Academic schools

Built on the MIT model and as a member of "Project 985", 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:

Science:

School of Computer Science & Engineering
School of Energy Science and Engineering
School of Mathematical Sciences
School of Physical Electronics
School of Resources and the Environment
School of Information and Software

Engineering:

School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
School of Automation Engineering
School of Electronic Engineering
School of Mechatronics Engineering
School of Microelectronics and Solid-State Electronics
School of Optoelectronic Information
School of Telecommunication and Information Engineering

Medicine:

School of Life Science and Technology
School of Medicine (Est. jointly with Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital in 2013)

Business and Administration:

School of Economics and Management
School of Marxism Education
School of Political Science and Public Administration
UESTC-ISCTE Joint Program of Doctor of Management
UESTC-Webster University Joint International MBA Program

Humanities:

Alliance Française—Chengdu
School of Foreign Languages

Education (Exemplar, International and Trans-national):

Yingcai Experimental School
School for International Education
Glasgow-UESTC Joint School (Undergraduate BEng (Honours) Programme in Electronics and Electrical Engineering)

Academic standing

The most recent official ranking made by Ministry of Education (based on input-output performance), which was published in the People's Daily, ranked UESTC the 5th among the 39 "Project 985" universities, surpassing Fudan, Tianjin, Xi'an Jiaotong, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Sichuan, Shanghai Jiaotong, Sun Yat-sen and Nankai.^[1]

UESTC is the only higher-education institution in China that covers all 6 "National Key Disciplines" in electronic and information science and technology. It has 22 Ministerial or Provincial Key Disciplines, 4 National Key Labs and 39 Ministerial or Provincial Key Labs. UESTC offers 36 MoE-authorized subject areas for a Ph.D. It achieved 43 National Awards in science, over 600 ministerial or provincial awards, about 500 patents and 20,000 scientific papers and books during the past decade. Research funding reached RMB 510 million (2007).

International collaboration

UESTC has co-training agreements in place with over 40 overseas institutions, such as Purdue University, University of Glasgow and University of Minnesota in the World Top 100 University League.^[2] UESTC collaborates with more than 300 overseas institutions and multi-national companies.^[3] There are over 1,000 overseas companies collocated with UESTC in Chengdu, including over 100 Fortune 500's, such as 3M, Dell, HP, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, National Semi, Onsemi, ABB, Acatel, BAT, BHP, Ericsson, GSK, KLM, Nokia, Philips, Siemens, Shell, Canon, NEC, Samsung, Toyota, etc.

Campus

UESTC has two campuses, occupying 2.67 km2 (about 660 acres). The new campus has 25,000 sets of equipment with a library of over 3 million volumes, and the largest gymnasium in an Asian university.

Recruitments and graduates

UESTC's students come from all over China and internationally. Its graduates-to-jobs ratio is sustained at between 1:8 and 1:9 in the Chinese jobs market.

While a high proportion of UESTC graduates stay on to do research for a master's degree, about 30% of the graduates are recruited to Pearl River Delta, the fast-growing consumer electronics design and manufacturing centre of China. Similarly, a high proportion of UESTC Master's graduates stay on to do a PhD, about 12% of the Masters are recruited to Shenzhen alone, and 8.3% are recruited to Shanghai.^[4]

Alumni

(Those who lead wikipedia-listed Chinese companies.)

Ding Lei, Chairman, Netease (Nasdaq: NTES)
Li Shihe, China's father of 3G; Chief Scientist, China Datang Corporation
Li Zhengmao, CEO, China Unicom
Liang Rong, President, Konka Group
Lu Huanwen, CEO, Amoi
Sun Ya-fang, Chairwoman, Huawei
Wan Jianming, Founder of TCL Corporation
Wang Bai-Hua, CEO, Inspur
Wang Fengchao, CEO, Changhong Electric Appliance Corporation
Xi Zhen, Director, "Shenzhou V" Spacecraft Command Center

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Nanjing Central University-originated schools and universities (NCUOSU)

Nanjing	Nanjing University Southeast University Hohai University Nanjing Normal University Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing University of Technology Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

Jiangsu	Jiangsu University Jiangnan University

Shanghai	Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Fudan University Shanghai Medical College Shanghai Institute of Physical Education East China University of Political Science and Law

Taiwan	National Central University

Other	Fourth Military Medical University Northwestern Polytechnical University University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Chongqing Medical University

Related	Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University Nanjing College for Population Programme Management Nanjing Institute of Physical Education Nanjing University of Arts China Central Academy of Fine Arts High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University

Project 985

Higher education and universities in China

Beijing (8)	Peking University Tsinghua University Renmin University of China Beijing Normal University Beihang University Beijing Institute of Technology China Agricultural University Minzu University of China

Shanghai (4)	Fudan University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Tongji University East China Normal University

Zhejiang (1)	Zhejiang University

Jiangsu (2)	Nanjing University Southeast University

Anhui (1)	University of Science and Technology of China

Shaanxi (3)	Xi'an Jiaotong University Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwest A&F University

Heilongjiang (1)	Harbin Institute of Technology

Jilin (1)	Jilin University

Liaoning (2)	Dalian University of Technology Northeastern University

Tianjin (2)	Nankai University Tianjin University

Shandong (2)	Shandong University Ocean University of China

Gansu (1)	Lanzhou University

Hubei (2)	Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan University

Hunan (3)	Central South University Hunan University National University of Defense Technology

Fujian (1)	Xiamen University

Chongqing (1)	Chongqing University

Sichuan (2)	Sichuan University University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Guangdong (2)	Sun Yat-sen University South China University of Technology

Project 211

Project 211

Higher education and universities in China

Beijing	Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Forestry University Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Normal University Beihang University Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Beijing University of Technology Central Conservatory of Music Central University of Finance and Economics China Agricultural University China University of Geosciences China University of Mining and Technology China University of Political Science and Law Communication University of China Minzu University of China North China Electric Power University Peking Union Medical College Peking University Renmin University of China Tsinghua University University of International Business and Economics University of Science and Technology Beijing

Shanghai	Donghua University East China Normal University East China University of Science and Technology Fudan University Second Military Medical University Shanghai International Studies University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai University Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Tongji University

Tianjin	Nankai University Tianjin Medical University Tianjin University

Chongqing	Chongqing University

Anhui	Anhui University Hefei University of Technology University of Science and Technology of China

Fujian	Xiamen University Fuzhou University

Guangdong	Jinan University South China Normal University South China University of Technology Sun Yat-sen University

Guizhou	Guizhou University

Gansu	Lanzhou University

Hainan	Hainan University

Hebei	Hebei University of Technology

Heilongjiang	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Institute of Technology Northeast Agricultural University Northeast Forestry University

Henan	Zhengzhou University

Hubei	China University of Geosciences Wuhan University Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan University of Technology Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Normal University Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Hunan	Central South University Hunan Normal University Hunan University National University of Defense Technology

Jiangsu	China Pharmaceutical University Hohai University Jiangnan University Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Normal University Nanjing University Nanjing University of Science and Technology Soochow University Southeast University

Jiangxi	Nanchang University

Jilin	Jilin University Northeast Normal University Yanbian University

Liaoning	Dalian Maritime University Dalian University of Technology Liaoning University Northeastern University

Qinghai	Qinghai University

Shaanxi	Chang'an University Fourth Military Medical University Northwest A&F University Northwest University Northwestern Polytechnical University Shaanxi Normal University Xi'an Jiaotong University Xidian University

Shandong	China University of Petroleum (Huadong) Shandong University Ocean University of China

Shanxi	Taiyuan University of Technology

Sichuan	Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan University Southwest Jiaotong University Southwestern University of Finance and Economics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Yunnan	Yunnan University

Zhejiang	Zhejiang University

Guangxi	Guangxi University

Inner Mongolia	Inner Mongolia University

Ningxia	Ningxia University

Tibet	Tibet University

Xinjiang	Shihezi University Xinjiang University

See also: Project 985

Universities and colleges in Sichuan

National	Sichuan University Ω University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Ω Southwest Jiaotong University Ω Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Ω Sichuan Agricultural University Ω Southwest University for Nationalities Civil Aviation Flight University of China

Provincial	Chengdu University of Technology Southwest Petroleum University Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Sichuan Normal University Chengdu Sport University Chengdu University of Information Technology Xihua University Chengdu University Sichuan Conservatory Of Music Chengdu Medical College Southwest University of Science and Technology China West Normal University Sichuan University of Science and Engineering Sichuan University of Arts and Science Sichuan University for Nationalities Yibin University Panzhihua University Mianyang Normal University Leshan Normal University Neijiang Normal University Xichang College Luzhou Medical College North Sichuan Medical University Sichuan Police College Chengdu Technological University Chengdu Normal University Sichuan Tourism University

Private	Chengdu Neusoft University Sichuan University of Media and Communications Chengdu College of Arts and Sciences Sichuan College of Culture and Arts Sichuan Institute of Industrial Science and Technology Sichuan Film and Television College

See also: List of universities in China

References

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