East China University of Science and Technology is in Shanghai.
East China University of Science and Technology, referred to as ECUST, is located in Shanghai. It is a university directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Education. It covers science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, economics, management, liberal arts, law, and art.
It is a national key university in 11 disciplines including philosophy, education, etc., and ranks among the "World-class Discipline Construction Universities", "211 Project", and "985 Project Advantageous Discipline Innovation Platform".
Selected into the National High-level University Publicly-sponsored Postgraduate Program, the Innovation Capacity Improvement Plan for Colleges and Universities, the Subject Innovation and Talent Introduction Plan for Colleges and Universities, the Top-notch Student Training Plan in Basic Subjects 2.0, the Double Ten Thousand Plan, the Outstanding Engineer Education and Training Plan, and the New Engineering Research and Practice Project.
National innovative experimental plan for college students, national innovation and entrepreneurship training plan for college students, national demonstration university for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, and institution receiving Chinese government scholarships for international students in China.
It is a member of the science and technology work seminar of 16 key engineering universities across the country and the high-quality resources sharing alliance of high-level industry-specific universities.
East China University of Science and Technology, formerly known as East China Institute of Chemical Technology, was established in 1952 by the chemical engineering departments of Jiaotong University, Aurora University, Datong University, Soochow University, and Jiangnan University. It was renamed in 1993.
In 1956, it was designated as one of the first schools in the country to recruit graduate students; in 1960, it was designated as a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education; in 1996, it became a key university under the national “211 Project”.
Faculty: As of May 2018, the school has 3,041 faculty and staff, including 6 academicians of the two academies, 4 dual-appointment academicians, 6 "Youth Thousand Talents", 1 National Thousand Foreign Experts long-term project, and 1 short-term project
There are 2 national famous teaching teachers, 21 distinguished professors, 2 chair professors, 21 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, 8 chief scientists of the national "973" program. 3 members of the expert group in the field of the national "863" program,
There are 14 national-level candidates for the Hundred Thousand Talents Project, 2 National Foundation Innovation Research Groups, 3 innovation teams from the Ministry of Education’s “Innovation Team Development Plan”, 2 innovation teams in key areas of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and 4 national-level teaching teams.
It has built a multi-channel, multi-level, and all-round international cooperation and exchange system, and established extensive long-term academic exchange relationships and an international education resource sharing platform with more than 200 universities and scientific research institutions in the United States, Germany, Britain, and France.
, in particular, it has established sister school relationships or signed cooperation agreements with a number of overseas high-level research universities and implemented cooperation mechanisms for teacher exchanges, student exchanges and joint training. The school undertakes national education system reform pilot projects and actively explores engineering science and technology.
The Sino-foreign cooperation training model for leading talents relies on the "University Subject Innovation and Talent Introduction Plan" to recruit outstanding overseas talents.