● Adult higher education in East China University of Science and Technology started at 1956 Night University, and it is one of the earliest institutions of higher learning to offer adult higher education in China.
● 1988 With the approval of the State Education Commission, the Adult Education College of East China University of Science and Technology was established.
● In the 1990s, relying on the advantages of East China University of Science and Technology, Adult Education College actively explored, and its school scale was greatly expanded, with more than 1 1000 registered students. It is one of the fastest growing and largest adult education schools in Shanghai.
● 1992 was awarded as the advanced collective of adult education in Shanghai;
● 1996 passed the evaluation of correspondence evening education by the State Education Commission and won the "Excellent School" in Shanghai Higher Education Evaluation;
● 1999 was rated as "Shanghai Education System Re-employment Training" advanced school by Shanghai Education Commission;
● In 2003, it was awarded by Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions as a demonstration unit of Shanghai workers' quality engineering education and training base.
● More than 50 majors in management, information, commerce, finance, law, science, commerce and literature.
● There are junior colleges, junior colleges and undergraduate courses at the school level;
● The forms of running schools are night university, full-time and correspondence; Various short training classes, advanced seminars, advanced adult classes, self-study exam classes and other forms.