The National 985 Engineering University is as follows:
The difference between 985 University and 2 1 1 University;
Project 985 is a higher education construction project implemented by China government to build a number of world-class universities and a number of internationally renowned high-level research universities.
"2 1 1 project" is to face the 2 1 century and meet the challenge of the world's new technological revolution. The China Municipal Government has concentrated the strength of the central and local governments, focusing on the construction of about 100 institutions of higher learning and a number of key disciplines, so as to make them reach the level of world-class universities.
East China University of Science and Technology, formerly known as East China Institute of Chemical Technology, can be traced back to Nanyang College and Aurora College more than 100 years ago. It's the first chemical feature of New China, which was formed in 1952 by the combination of the chemistry departments of Jiaotong University (Shanghai), Aurora University (Shanghai), Datong University (Shanghai), Soochow University (Suzhou) and Jiangnan University (Wuxi).
1956 was designated as one of the first graduate schools in China; 1960 was identified by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China as a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education; 1993 was renamed East China University of Science and Technology with the approval of the State Education Commission; At 1 1, it entered the national "2 165438". 65438-0997, Shanghai participated in the preparation of the School of Management. In 2000, the Graduate School was established with the approval of the Ministry of Education. In 2008, it was approved to build the "985 Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform", which was one of the first 22 universities in China to implement independent enrollment reform. It is one of the universities selected by "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan" and "11plan"; It is one of the first six innovative comprehensive research universities with national technology transfer centers; It is one of the "double first-class" universities in China.