Kunming University of Science and Technology is a provincial key university with the combination of science and engineering and multidisciplinary development. It was established by the Yunnan Provincial People's Government and the National Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. It is a national key discipline project, a key construction university in the "Basic Capacity Building Project of Central and Western Universities", and a scholarship institution for overseas students of China government.

Selected into the excellent engineer education and training program of the Ministry of Education, the national postgraduate program of building a high-level university, and the first batch of new engineering research and practice projects of the Ministry of Education; It is one of the first batch of six national demonstration bases for cultivating innovative talents, the first batch of national demonstration universities for deepening the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, and the first batch of bases for transforming scientific and technological achievements and transferring technology.

One of the two universities, relying on universities to establish a national international technology transfer center and a member unit of CDIO Engineering Education Alliance.

The school was founded in 1954, formerly known as Kunming University of Science and Technology. 1995 was renamed Kunming University of Science and Technology; 1999 The former Kunming University of Science and Technology merged with the former Yunnan University of Technology to form a new Kunming University of Science and Technology. On February 28th, 2004, 65438, Yunnan Analysis and Testing Center was registered and established.