Changchun university of science and technology belongs to a college. Changchun university of science and technology is a multi-disciplinary teaching and research university, which is jointly built by Jilin Province, the National Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and Changchun City, and features photoelectric technology, combining optics, machinery, electricity, calculation and materials, and developing in harmony with engineering, science, literature, economics, management, law and art.

Changchun university of science and technology was selected as a member of the Central and Western Universities' Basic Capacity Building Project, Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan, Academic Innovation and Intelligence Introduction Plan, National College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Plan, Key Discipline Project with Characteristics, National High-level University Public Postgraduate Project, New Engineering Research and Practice Project, National College Students' Cultural Quality Education Base, National International Science and Technology Cooperation Base, and China Government Scholarship Receiving Institution for Foreign Students in China, and enjoys the following rights.

The school, formerly known as Changchun Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, was founded by China Academy of Sciences in 1958, with Wang Daheng, the founder of China Optics, as the founder and the first dean. It is the first university in New China to train optical professionals. It successively belongs to China Academy of Sciences, National Defense Science and Technology Commission, Fifth Machinery Department, Weapons Department, Machinery Committee, Mechanical and Electrical Department and Weapons Industry Corporation. 1999 was transferred to Jilin province and established with the commission of science, technology and industry for national defense. It was renamed in 2002.