Changchun University of Science and Technology

About Changchun University of Science and Technology

Changchun University of Science and Technology was founded in 1958 by Chinese Academy of Sciences is a university which has been developed into a provincial key university Jilin province with Optoelectronic technology as its outstanding feature and with the integration of optics, mechanics, electronics, computer and material science as its superiority, and it is now coordinately developing in the fields of Arts, Economics, Management and Law. It widely acknowledged as “the Cradle for Chinese Optical Talents”. Currently, there are 18 schools and teaching institutions, 57 undergraduate programs, 83 graduate programs, and 25 doctoral programs. Holding a leading position in China, the potential research fields cover the aspects of laser technology, optoelectronic instruments, measurement techniques, advanced manufacturing technology, optoelectronic medical instruments and nanometer manufacturing. In March 2014, there were 15,863 undergraduates, 4,304 postgraduates and 367 doctoral candidates. Changchun University of Science and Technology attached great importance to international exchange and cooperation by successively creating international links with universities and research institutes from more than 20 countries. It has a Confucius Institute in Russia as one of 20 lists of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Chinese-Project Universities. CUST sincerely welcomes students from all over the world and provides Chinese Government Scholarship, Jilin Province Government Scholarship, Confucius Institute Scholarship, etc. Now there are more than 300 foreign students from about 50 countries studying in CUST every year.