East China University of Science & Technology

. With the effort of half a century, East China University of Science and Technology has developed itself into a national key university with technology as the major subject, distinct characteristics of each subject and a coordinated development of subjects including technology, science, economics, administration, humanities and law. It has set up a new running system managed jointly by the Ministry of Education, the City of Shanghai and the China Petrochemical Group. It has become one of the key universities in the national "211 project". East China University of Science and Technology consists of Post Graduate Institute, Adult Education Institute, Internet Education Institute and 16 special institutes including Chemical Engineering Institute, Petrochemical Institute, Bioengineering Institute, Chemistry and Pharmaceutics Institute, Material Science and Engineering Institute, Information Science and Engineering Institute, Mechanical Engineering Institute, Resources and Environment Engineering Institute, Science Institute, Business and Economic Institute, Sociology Institute, Foreign Languages Institute, Advanced Technology Institute, Development Institute (in preparation), Political Education Institute (in preparation), and Culture and Art Institute (in preparation). There are 34 departments and 40 graduate specialities in the university. It has doctor degree authorization for 12 subjects, master degree authorization for 42 subjects, engineering master degree authorization in 9 engineering fields, and MBA authorization. Currently there are more than 15200 full-time students of various categories, among which more than 2000 are post graduates and more than 13000 graduates. There are about 4200 teaching and administrative staff, among which 1266 are professional teachers and more than 1000 staff with principal/deputy senior professional titles of various kinds. The university advocates the spirit of "diligence and honesty". It works hard with a united and pioneering spirit and has trained more than 60000 graduates for the country since its establishment.