University of Electronic Science and Technology of China


The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 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.
UESTC was established on the basis of the incorporation of electronics divisions of then three universities including Jiaotong University, Nanjing Institute of Technology, and South China Institute 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.
UESTC is consisted of four campuses: Qingshuihe, Shahe, Jiulidi, and Yongning, with a gross built-up area of. It has more than 40 schools and 65 undergraduate 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 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 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. In 1997, UESTC was selected as one of the top 100 key universities by the "State's Education Revival Project". 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.

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. In 1984 and 2018, many of the schools are reorganized.
  • Academic Schools
  • * School of Information and Communication Engineering
  • * School of Electronic Science and Engineering
  • * School of Materials and Energy
  • * School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
  • * School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering
  • * School of Automation Engineering
  • * School of Resources and Environment
  • * School of Computer Science and Engineering
  • * School of Information and Software Engineering
  • * School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • * School of Mathematical Sciences
  • * School of Physics
  • * School of Medicine
  • * School of Life Science and Technology
  • * School of Management and Economics
  • * School of Public Affairs and Administration
  • * School of Foreign Languages
  • * School of Marxism
  • * Glasgow College
  • * Glasgow College Hainan
  • * Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science
  • * National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Communications
  • * Yingcai Honors College
  • * Shenzhen Institute for Advanced Study
  • Academic Institutes
  • * Research Institute of Electronic Science and Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan
  • * , Dongguan, Guangdong
  • * , Chengdu, Sichuan
  • * Yibin Park of UESTC, Yibin, Sichuan
  • * Yangtze Delta Region Institute, Quzhou, Zhejiang
  • * Chongqing Institute of Microelectronics Industry Technology, Chongqing
  • * Yangtze Delta Region Institute, Huzhou, Zhejiang
  • Independent Colleges
  • * Chengdu College
  • * Zhongshan Institute

    Academics and Rankings

China Discipline Evaluation by the Ministry of Education of China

The China Discipline Evaluation is the official assessment of the quality of 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%. Previous CDEs are evaluated by a score of 0-100.
DisciplineRank Rank Rank Rank
Electronic Science and Technology1st 1st 2nd 3rd
Information and Communication Engineering1st 2nd 5th 8th
Computer Science and Engineering5th 12th 19th 20th
Optical Engineering5th 5th 10th 18th
Instrumentation Science and Technology8th 7th -18th
Biomedical Engineering8th 10th 12th 14th
Software Engineering17th 34th --
Management Science and Engineering19th -24th 30th
Business Administration25th 17th --
Mechanical Engineering38th --35th
Material Science and Engineering35th --37th
Control Science and Engineering33rd --24th
Public Administration29th ---
Electrical Engineering44th ---
Chemical Engineering and Technology87th ---
Applied Economics---30th
Politics---23rd
Foreign Language and Literature---25th
Physics---26th

General Rankings

According to College and university rankings, ARWU, QS, and THE are three most established and influential global rankings.
Board202620252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009
ARWU151-200151-200101-150151-200151-200151-200151-200201-300201-300301-400
QS519451486561-570591-600701-750751-800
US News137153231272342507555597584572
THE301-350351-400401-500501-600501-600601-800n/a801-1000801+601-800
233276319346381438484710783783790
NTUR133180236184200280372440
RUR247220250414476567611631523
URAP85103129153166191264

National Rankings

National Key Disciplines

  • Communication and Information System
  • Signal and Information Processing
  • Circuit and System
  • Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology
  • Microelectronics and Solid-State Electronics Physical Electronics
  • Optical Engineering
  • Applied Computer Technology

    Research Strength

[State Key Laboratories]

  • SKL of Communication Technology
  • SKL of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices
  • SKL of Microwave Devices
  • SKL of High Power Radiation
  • SKL of Ultra-High Frequency Complicated System