University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

电子科技大学
Motto	求实求真 大气大为
Motto in English	To seek facts and truth, to be noble and ambitious
Type	Public university
Established	1956; 68 years ago (1956)
President	Jun Hu
Party Secretary	Ping Cao
Academic staff	3,800
Students	40,000[1]
Undergraduates	23,000
Postgraduates	15,000
Location	Chengdu , Sichuan , China 30°45′03″N 103°55′48″E / 30.750724556157014°N 103.93011689054471°E / 30.750724556157014; 103.93011689054471
Campus	Qingshuihe Shahe Jiulidi Yongning
Colors	Dark Blue   Yellow Ginkgo
Affiliations	Ministry of Education, Double First-Class Construction, 211 Project, 985 Project, AMBA
Website	uestc.edu.cn en.uestc.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	电子科技大学
Traditional Chinese	電子科技大學
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Diànzǐ Kējì Dàxué

The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) 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 (now Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Xi'an Jiaotong University), Nanjing Institute of Technology (now Southeast University), and South China Institute of Technology (now South China University 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.^[2]

UESTC is consisted of four campuses: Qingshuihe, Shahe, Jiulidi, and Yongning, with a gross built-up area of 1,490 km² (370,000 acres) . It has more than 40 schools and 65 undergraduate majors (13 of them are national-level featured majors). In 2022, UESTC has more than 42,000 students and 3,800 faculties.