The school, formerly known as Chengdu Institute of Telecommunications Engineering, was formed by the merger of Jiaotong University (now Shanghai Jiaotong University and Xi Jiaotong University), Nanjing Institute of Technology (now Southeast University) and South China University of Technology (now South China University of Technology). 1956. 1960 is listed as a national key institution of higher learning; 196 1 year was identified as one of the seven national defense industrial colleges; 1988 changed its name to University of Electronic Science and Technology of China; In 2000, the former Minister of Information Industry was transferred to the Minister of Education; 20 17 entered the ranks of national "double first-class" universities. 20 19 The Ministry of Education signed a contract with Sichuan Province to promote the construction of world-class universities. [6][7]
By March 2022, the school has four campuses, namely Qingshuihe, Shahe, Jiulidi and Yongning, with a total construction area of 1.39 million square meters. There are 23 colleges (departments) and 65 undergraduate majors; There are 15 postdoctoral mobile stations, 19 first-class discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 3 1 first-class discipline master degree authorization points, 4 doctoral degree authorization points and 12 master degree authorization points; There are more than 3,800 faculty members.