University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC)
Feb 25, 2010
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China will participate in the Holland Day Event in March.
In 1956, the inception of Chengdu Institute of Radio Engineering (CIRE), now UESTC, ushered in the first higher education institute of electronic information of new China uner Premier Zhou Enlai’s personal disposal and care. CIRE was, and then created from combination of the electronic divisions of such well-established universities as Jiaotong University, Nanjing Institute of Technology and South China Institute of Technology. Today, UESTC has developed into a multidisciplinary university directly under the Ministry of Education, which has electronic information science and technology as its nucleus, engineering as its major field, and incorporates science, management, and liberal arts.
UESTC now consists of 13 schools and the Department of Physical Education, plus Chengdu College and Zhongshan Institute. It offers 41 undergraduate programmes, 62 master’s degree granting programmes, and the MBA and Engineering master programmes. UESTC has 36 specialties authorized to confer PhD and 9 for post doctorates.
UESTC is known as the only higher institute in China, which covers all the 6 state key disciplines in electronic and information science.