Chengdu University of Technology (CDUT) was founded in 1956. The university was called Chengdu College of Geology before the year 1993. In May 2001, two other colleges amalgamated with the CDUT. CDUT was one of ministerial key universities under the leadership of the Ministry of Land and Resources before 2000. It is now one of Sichuan Province key universities.

CDUT is a diverse university with 15 teaching units including 14 colleges. The specialties of CDUT are mainly in science and engineering with additional programs offered in economics, liberal arts, management, law and philosophy. In recognition of our strength and consequence, 2 degree programs have been appraised as key specialties at the national level and other 11 at the provincial level. CDUT also has 2 key laboratories at the national level and other 6 key laboratories at the provincial level and another 35 research institutions. There are 53 degree programs for undergraduate students, 39 master programs and 16 doctoral programs. In addition, CDUT operates two post-doctoral research stations.

More than 25,000 students are enrolled full-time for the year 2004. The faculty numbers of the university are 2021，including 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Science, 62 doctorial tutors, 126 professors and 261 associate professors. Seventy-two of them have been awarded the State Council Special Allowance. CDUT has 2 positions for Changjiang Special Scholarships.

Since its foundation, CDUT has completed 2200 research projects, of which over 600 have been awarded prizes at the national, provincial and ministerial levels. Fifteen have received national patents. Since 1992, 26 teaching achievements and 26 textbooks compiled by CDUT staff have been awarded prizes at the national, provincial or ministerial levels. With faculty encouragement, Students individually and in teams participate in scientific research activities and various national and provincial competition activities such as “Challenge Cup” Scientific Production Competition, Enterprise Program Design Competition, Mathematic Model Creating Competition as well as Electronic Design Competition. These students and student teams have been awarded 132 national level and 48 provincial or ministerial level prizes.

CDUT has excellent international reputation for its international cooperative relationships and exchanges with more than 30 universities outside of China. More than 2,000 scholars and experts from 40 countries and regions have visited CDUT to conduct research or to lecture. Students from the United States, Australia, Germany, Austria, Korea, Japan and Russia have studied at CDUT in different fields. Over 200 international cooperative research projects have already been completed. In recent years, the university has successfully held several international academic conferences.

The CDUT museum, with more than 60,000 specimens, is one of the largest natural museums in Western China. On display are many world and national class treasures. Among these treasures is the 22-meter-long Mamenchisaurus Hochuanensis, the world’s longest-necked Jurassic dinosaur. Another is the Chungkingichthys Tachuenses, an infrequent complete fish fossil.

The CDUT library holds 1,350,000 volumes and 14,000 kinds of electronic-journals. The university archive is one of the first-grade archives in China’s research institutions and universities, and one of the largest archives in Sichuan Province.

CDUT takes great pride in its 65,000 graduates. Most of them have become experts, senior engineers, technicians and supervisors in various fields and departments around China.

The CDUT campus is located at the center of Chenghua District of Chengdu City near the Shanghai-Chengdu Freeway. Presently, in addition to the main campus, CDUT has two non-adjacent campuses. With a major campus expansion in progress, the new campus will occupy an area of 133 hectares around the present main and north campuses. The campus expansion will add a number of residence, teaching and research facilities.

In order to provide the highest quality education for its students, CDUT is positioned to make itself become one of the best universities in China and a famous university in the world.