At a medium level. There are 1 16 universities in China. East China University of Science and Technology ranks 49th among 2 1 1 universities in China. East China University of Science and Technology is in the middle level in 2 1 1 universities, which is not bad. East China University of Science and Technology, located in Shanghai, is a public university of science and engineering under the Ministry of Education. East China University of Science and Technology, formerly known as East China Institute of Chemical Technology, was formed by merging the chemistry departments of Jiaotong University (Shanghai), Aurora University (Shanghai), Datong University (Shanghai), Suzhou University (Suzhou) and Jiangnan University (Wuxi). 1952, it is the first university in new China that is famous for its chemical characteristics. 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". In 2000, the Graduate School was established with the approval of the Ministry of Education. In 2008, it was approved to build the "985 Engineering Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform". 20 17 was selected as a "double first-class" construction university in China. Chemistry, materials science and engineering, chemical engineering and technology were selected into the first-level discipline construction list.