At a medium level. There are 1 16 universities in China. East China University of Science and Technology ranks 49th among 2 1 1 universities in China, and is in the middle of 2 1 1 universities, which is a good 2 18. East China University of Science and Technology, located in Shanghai, is a public university of science and engineering under the Ministry of Education. East China University of Science and Technology, formerly known as East China Institute of Chemical Technology, was formed by merging the chemistry departments of Jiaotong University (Shanghai), Aurora University (Shanghai), Datong University (Shanghai), Suzhou University (Suzhou) and Jiangnan University (Wuxi). 1952, it is the first university in new China that is famous for its chemical characteristics. 1956 was designated as one of the first batch of graduate schools in China. Since 1960, it has been identified by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China as a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education. 1993 was renamed East China University of Science and Technology with the approval of the State Education Commission. 1 1 year entered the ranks of national key construction. In 2008, it was approved to build the "985 Innovation Platform of Engineering Superiority Discipline", and in 20 17, it was selected as a national "double first-class" construction university. Chemistry, materials science and engineering, chemical engineering and technology were selected into the first-level discipline construction list.