Changchun University of Science and Technology

Changchun University of Science and Technology, formerly known as Changchun Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, was founded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1958. It is the first higher education institution in New China to train optical professionals. After more than 60 years of construction and development, the school has now become a key provincial university in Jilin Province with distinctive optoelectronic and national defense characteristics. It is a university jointly built by Jilin Province, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, and Changchun City, and enjoys the reputation of "Cradle of Chinese Optical Talents".

Born out of light, it resonates with the development of national education. Wang Daheng, a hero of the "Two Bombs and One Satellite" and an academician of the two academies, is the founder and first dean of the school. 16 academicians, including Gong Zutong, the developer of China's first crucible optical glass, Wang Zhijiang, the developer of China's first laser, and Xue Mingqiu, the developer of China's first high-precision theodolite, have taught or studied at the school, which has accumulated a rigorous and realistic academic atmosphere for the school. The school has been successively affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Defense Science and Technology Commission, the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, the State Machinery Industry Commission, the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics Industry, and the China Ordnance Industry Corporation. In 1999, it was transferred to the management of Jilin Province and co-built with the National Defense Science and Technology Commission. In 2002, it was renamed Changchun University of Science and Technology; in 2004, it was identified as a provincial key university. In 2009, China's only national optical science and technology museum, Changchun China Optical Science and Technology Museum, was approved for construction and managed by the school. In 2010, it was approved by the Ministry of Education as a Shanghai Cooperation Organization University Project University. In 2012, it was selected as a university in the "Basic Capacity Building Project for Colleges and Universities in Central and Western China". In 2017, it was selected into the first batch of the "Innovation and Talent Introduction Plan for Higher Education Disciplines" of the Ministry of Education and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs. In 2020, it was selected into the A category of the "Jilin Province Characteristic High-level Applied Research University" construction project.

Chasing the light, promoting connotation development while strengthening characteristics. The school has formed a discipline layout with optoelectronic technology as its feature, the combination of optics, machinery, electricity, computing, and materials as its advantage, and the coordinated development of engineering, science, literature, economics, management, law, and art. It has built a large optoelectronic discipline system with integrated optomechanical and complete systems. The main disciplines of optics, machinery, electricity, computing, and materials have all obtained the right to confer first-level doctoral degrees. It has 1 national key discipline, 4 Jilin Province's top priority disciplines, 16 Jilin Province's characteristic high-level disciplines; 7 postdoctoral research stations, 9 first-level disciplines authorized to confer doctoral degrees, 37 doctoral degree-granting disciplines (including self-established second-level disciplines), 20 first-level disciplines authorized to confer master's degrees, 101 master's degree-granting disciplines (including self-established second-level disciplines), 1 doctoral professional degree authorization category, 11 master's professional degree authorization categories; 60 undergraduate majors; it has the right to take separate entrance examinations for master's degree students and the right to recommend outstanding undergraduate graduates to study for a master's degree without examination. The school covers an area of ​​718,000 square meters, a building area of ​​538,000 square meters, and a total value of fixed assets of 2.45 billion yuan; there are 34,018 students of all types, including 676 doctoral students, 5,128 master's students, 16,778 undergraduates, and 134 international students. The school currently has 2,115 faculty and staff, including 1 self-cultivated academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 7 dual-appointed academicians, 1 winner of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Progress Award, 3 members of the subject evaluation group of the State Council Academic Degree Committee, 1 national teaching master, and 46 winners of the State Council Special Government Allowance; it has 2 national high-end intelligence introduction platforms, 1 "Huang Danian-style" teacher team in national universities, 2 national excellent teaching teams, 14 excellent teaching teams in Jilin Province, 2 national defense science and technology innovation teams, and 28 innovation teams in Jilin Province universities.

Forge ahead and improve the quality of school operation in deepening reform. The school aims to cultivate high-quality professionals with innovative spirit and engineering application ability, and has formed a diversified talent training model of top innovative talents, innovative application talents, and application talents. It has Wang Daheng College of Science and Technology, Wang Daheng College of Future Technology, and International Elite Class of Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering. The school is an implementation school of the Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program approved by the Ministry of Education and a national college student innovation and entrepreneurship training program implementation school. It has 7 national specialty majors, 14 national first-class undergraduate majors, 4 national quality courses, 4 national quality resource sharing courses, 2 national bilingual teaching demonstration courses, 1 national quality video open course, 10 national planning textbooks and a large number of provincial high-quality teaching resources, and has won 3 national teaching achievement awards. It has 4 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 2 national virtual simulation experimental teaching centers, 2 national talent training model innovation experimental areas, 4 national off-campus practical education bases for college students, 1 national college student science and technology entrepreneurship internship base, and 1 national (joint) college student cultural quality education base. It ranks 43rd in the "National Ordinary College Student Competition Ranking". The school recruits students from 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country. All ordinary undergraduate majors are enrolled in the first batch, and the quality of students has steadily improved. Since its establishment, the school has trained more than 160,000 graduates for the country, and the quality of talent training has been highly praised and widely recognized by the society. The first-time employment rate of undergraduates and postgraduates has always been among the best in Jilin Province. The school has won honors such as "National Advanced Collective for Graduate Employment of General Colleges and Universities", "National Graduate Employment Typical Experience University", "Aerospace Talent Outstanding Contribution Award", and "Top 50 National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Typical Experience University". In the 2015 Ministry of Education's undergraduate teaching review and evaluation, the expert group evaluated the school: the school has distinct characteristics, and its status and reputation, discipline development and scientific research level, and talent training quality are among the best in similar universities in the country.

Be brave to innovate and take responsibility in serving national strategies. The school has always adhered to the major strategic needs of the country and built an innovation system consisting of knowledge innovation, technological innovation and national defense science and technology innovation. It has formed distinct characteristics and advantages in laser technology, optoelectronic instruments, optical communication technology, optoelectronic functional materials, modern optical design and advanced manufacturing technology, computer technology, nanotechnology and other fields. Scientific research results have been widely used in Beidou Project and National Manned Space Project, making important contributions to the implementation of major national strategies. The school currently has 1 national key laboratory, 1 national and local joint engineering laboratory, 2 national and local joint engineering research centers, 3 international science and technology cooperation bases, 25 provincial and ministerial key laboratories, 15 provincial and ministerial engineering research centers (including science and technology innovation centers), 2 provincial and ministerial international science and technology cooperation bases, 2 provincial and ministerial high-end science and technology innovation platforms for higher education institutions, 5 provincial and ministerial collaborative innovation centers, 1 provincial and ministerial public technology research and development center, and 10 provincial and ministerial humanities and social science bases. In the past three years, it has undertaken more than 1,500 scientific research projects, including a number of high-level projects such as the "National Natural Science Foundation" and the "Ye Qisun" Science Foundation key support projects. The school actively serves the national and local economic construction, has built a national university science and technology park, and gives full play to the advantages of good disciplinary foundation, strong scientific research capabilities, and strong technical strength. It focuses on promoting scientific research and development, achievement transformation, and industry-university-research cooperation. The high-tech products developed by the school, such as semiconductor lasers, solid lasers, optoelectronic detection equipment, biomedical instruments, special effects movies, etc., have achieved good economic benefits.

The sea embraces hundreds of rivers and goes to the world in the deep integration of the "Belt and Road". The school adheres to the international development strategy and has formed a broad and close international cooperation network. It has established friendly cooperative relations with universities and scientific research institutions in more than 20 countries, including the United States, Canada, Russia, South Korea, Norway, and Japan. It is the Chinese leading institution in the "Nanotechnology" direction of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization University and the Sino-Russian Engineering University Alliance Project. It has a training and research center for studying abroad under the Ministry of Education. With the approval of the Ministry of Education, it cooperates with the St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics in Russia to organize a master's degree education program in "Optical Engineering", cooperates with Delaware State University in the United States to organize an undergraduate education program in "Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering", and conducts a cooperative education program with the University of the West of Scotland in the United Kingdom. In recent years, more than 300 teachers have been sent abroad to study for degrees, further studies or participate in international academic conferences. Every year, nearly 100 students are sent abroad to exchange studies or study for degrees through the China Scholarship Council and inter-school exchange programs. The school is qualified to receive Chinese government scholarship students, and more than 1,000 international students from more than 70 countries come to the school for further study. There is a Confucius Institute in Buryatia, Russia.

Establish morality and cultivate people, and practice the original mission under the guidance of the party flag. The school has 22 grassroots party committees (general party branches and directly affiliated party branches). Through the in-depth implementation of the "Strengthening Cultural Construction, Improving Soft Power Project" and the "Party Flag Leading Project", it continues to carry out various forms of pioneering and excellence, thematic education and practice activities to create a positive campus cultural atmosphere. In serving the cause of national defense modernization, the school has accumulated a profound military cultural heritage, built and improved the military cultural education system, and the "old soldiers" spirit, "two bombs and one satellite" spirit, and "manned spaceflight" spirit have become the common spiritual character and value pursuit of teachers and students in the school. It was selected as the first batch of "three-dimensional education" comprehensive reform pilot universities in Jilin Province. The school has been rated as a civilized unit in Jilin Province for two consecutive terms, and won the honorary titles of Jilin Province's "May 1st Labor Award", Jilin Province's "Model School for Governing Schools by Law", Jilin Province's first batch of party building demonstration universities, and provincial advanced party committees.

The new era opens a new journey, and the new starting point bravely undertakes a new mission. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and guided by the school motto of "Virtue, Erudition, Truth-seeking, and Innovation" and the spirit of science and engineering of "Aiming High, Perseverance, Unity of Knowledge and Action, and Pursuit of Excellence", all teachers and students of the school fully implement the fundamental task of cultivating morality and educating people, continuously enhance the comprehensive school-running strength and core competitiveness, and work tirelessly to build a distinctive high-level university as soon as possible.

(Data as of September 30, 2021, of which student data is extracted from the "2021 Higher Education Grassroots Statistical Report")