Changchun University of Technology

Changchun University of Technology is a provincial key university with engineering as its main discipline, and multiple disciplines such as engineering, management, liberal arts, science, economics, law, and art supporting each other and developing in a coordinated manner. Founded in 1952, the school was originally the Changchun Automobile Industry School founded by the state to prepare for the construction of China's first automobile manufacturing plant. It has gone through the development stages of Changchun Industrial College, Jilin Institute of Technology, and Jilin Institute of Technology. In June 1970, Jilin Institute of Technology merged with Jilin University of Technology and resumed school in October 1978. In September 2000, Changchun Coal Industry School, Changchun Coal Management Cadre College, and Jilin Light Industry Design School were incorporated. In March 2002, it was renamed Changchun University of Technology. In 1992, it was identified by the Jilin Provincial Government as one of the first three provincial key universities. In 2004, it was again identified as a provincial key university. In 2016, it was selected as a college in the "Basic Capacity Building Project for Colleges and Universities in Central and Western China". In March 2020, it was selected as a college in the Jilin Province Characteristic High-level Applied Research University Construction Project.

The school has two campuses, Nanhu and Beihu, covering an area of ​​1.252 million square meters. The campus environment is elegant and it is an ideal place for studying and studying. The school has 15 colleges and 59 undergraduate majors. There are 1 postdoctoral mobile station, 5 first-level doctoral degree authorization points, 20 first-level master's degree authorization points, and 14 master's professional degree categories; 14 Jilin Province's characteristic high-level disciplines, including 3 first-class disciplines in Jilin Province and 11 advantageous and characteristic disciplines in Jilin Province; 10 national first-class undergraduate professional construction points, 19 provincial first-class undergraduate professional construction points, and 3 national "Excellence Plan" pilot majors; in 2022, two disciplines, Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, were successfully selected as the project construction disciplines of the "World-Class Discipline Cultivation Plan" of Jilin Province's colleges and universities. It has the qualification to recommend outstanding undergraduate graduates to study for a master's degree without examination.

The school currently has 22,966 students. Among them, there are 16,416 undergraduates, 2,999 junior college students, 3,356 master's students, 170 doctoral students, and 25 international students. There are 1,675 faculty members, including 1,200 full-time teachers, 227 teachers with senior professional titles, and 486 teachers with associate senior professional titles. There are 5 flexibly introduced academicians, 2 selected candidates for the "Million Talents Project" of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2 young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions at the national level, 37 people with special government allowances from the State Council, 2 national outstanding teachers, 1 national model teacher, 1 national outstanding teaching team, 6 outstanding experts in Jilin Province, 36 young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions in Jilin Province, 41 top innovative talents in Jilin Province, 16 famous teachers in Jilin Province, and 9 Changbai Mountain scholars.

The school currently has 1 national experimental teaching demonstration center, 5 national engineering practice education centers, and 1 national off-campus practice education base for college students. There are 42 national and provincial and ministerial scientific research platforms, 9 provincial and municipal key research bases for humanities and social sciences, and the school's technology transfer center has been approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology as a "national technology transfer demonstration institution." In 2019, our school's Nature Index entered the top 200 universities in China. In the past five years, the school has undertaken more than 1,900 scientific research projects of various types and obtained more than 360 million yuan in scientific and technological funds. Among them, there are 4 national key research and development plan projects, 82 National Natural Science Foundation projects, and 16 National (Ministry of Education) Social Science Fund and National Art Fund. The scientific research results have won 8 first prizes and 20 second prizes in Jilin Province Science and Technology Progress, 1 China Patent Excellence Award, 2 Jilin Province Patent Gold Awards, and 2 second prizes in Jilin Province Social Science Outstanding Achievements. The school has always insisted on closely combining scientific and technological research and development with major national needs and local economic and social development in Jilin Province. Focusing on key scientific and technological issues that restrict the development of traditional industries and the cultivation of emerging industries, the school has continuously innovated the industry-university-research cooperation model and mechanism, and has achieved a series of major results in the fields of carbon fiber, stir friction welding, ABS resin, micro-nano and ultra-precision machining, automobile airbag production line, metallurgical energy saving, metal material toughening, functional polymer materials, electromechanical equipment fault diagnosis and intelligent robots, and has achieved results transformation and industrialization in corresponding enterprises in the province, making important contributions to supporting and leading the technological upgrading and industrial structure adjustment of traditional industries in our province.

The school has accumulated the spirit of "self-improvement and striving for the first-class" and the school motto of "patriotism, dedication, truth-seeking and innovation" in its long-term school-running practice, and strives to cultivate senior engineering and compound professional talents with innovative consciousness, innovative spirit and innovative ability. In the 69 years since its establishment, the school has trained nearly 200,000 outstanding talents of various types for the country. In 2004, the school passed the undergraduate teaching work level assessment of the Ministry of Education with excellent results. In 2014, as the first batch of universities in Jilin Province in the country, it successfully passed the undergraduate teaching work review and assessment of the Ministry of Education. In 2021, the disciplines of chemistry and materials science entered the top 1% of the ESI global ranking, achieving a breakthrough in the top 1% of the ESI global ranking. In recent years, the quality of students has been continuously improved, and students' practical and innovative abilities have been continuously enhanced. In the 2021 list of college students in general universities across the country, our school ranked 75th, and in the 2017-2021 list of college students in local undergraduate colleges across the country, our school ranked 85th, and for the first time entered the top 100 list of discipline competitions in general universities and local undergraduate colleges across the country. Graduates are generally praised by employers for their high comprehensive quality, strong practical ability, good adaptability, peace of mind at the grassroots, down-to-earth and hard work, retention, use, and trustworthiness. The employment rate of graduates has always been at the forefront of universities in the province. It has won the "National Advanced Collective for Graduate Employment" and the first batch of "50 Typical Experience Universities for Graduate Employment" in the country.

The school is one of the first batch of universities approved by the Ministry of Education to conditionally accept foreign students. It has established friendly cooperative relations with universities and scientific research institutions in the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Russia and other countries, and has sent students, experts and scholars to each other for international academic exchanges and scientific research cooperation. It has cooperated with Oakland University and Portland State University in the United States to organize 4 undergraduate education projects, and has established inter-school friendly relations with 75 institutions in 21 countries and regions, including the University of Missouri.

The school has achieved remarkable results in all aspects of its work. The party building and ideological and political work have been rated as "National Advanced Higher Education Institutions for Party Building and Ideological and Political Work" by the Organization Department of the Central Committee, the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee and the Ministry of Education twice in a row. For many years, it has been named "Grassroots Party Organization Model", "Spiritual Civilization Construction Model Unit" and "General Higher Education Advanced School" by the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government. In 2009, it was awarded the title of "National Advanced Unit for Spiritual Civilization Construction" and in 2011, it was awarded the title of "National Civilized Unit". In 2012, the school party committee was awarded the title of "National Advanced Grassroots Party Organization for Pioneering and Excellence". In 2015, it was awarded the title of "Model Workers' Home" by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. In 2016, the school party committee was awarded the title of "Provincial Advanced Grassroots Party Organization" and "Provincial Advanced Grassroots Party Organization Model of Colleges and Universities". In 2017, it won the Changchun City May 1st Labor Award. In 2020, the school youth league committee was awarded the title of "National May 4th Red Flag Youth League Committee". In 2021, the school youth league committee was awarded the title of "National Outstanding Unit for 'Three Going to the Countryside' Social Practice Activities".