First of all, historically:
In the early days of liberation, that is, in the early 1950s, there were no so-called universities of science and technology, only universities of science and technology, such as Harbin Institute of Technology.
At that time, universities in China, learning from the Soviet model, separated science and engineering, and split and reorganized universities. Science college is a science college and engineering college is an engineering college. Science and technology are two different things.
However, in the late 1950s, China began to engage in two bombs and one satellite, which required a large number of cutting-edge scientific and technological talents, but found that the mode of separating science from engineering was not conducive to personnel training.
So the Chinese Academy of Sciences set up its own university, combining science and engineering. This university is the University of Science and Technology of China. The University of Science and Technology of China, founded in 1958, is the first university named after "science and technology" in China.
Later, the success of China University of Science and Technology proved that the idea of combining theory with practice was correct. As a result, the Chinese Academy of Sciences later merged the former Sichuan Institute of Technology and renamed it Chengdu University of Science and Technology.
In 1980s, with the reform and opening up, China began to learn the university model of Europe and America. Coupled with the success of the Chinese University of Science and Technology, most engineering schools began to attach importance to science education and the combination of science and engineering, so many engineering schools were renamed "University of Science and Technology". For example 1988, Beijing Institute of Technology changed its name to Beijing Institute of Technology, and Dalian University of Technology changed its name to Dalian University of Technology …
However, after the 1990s, it became a trend to change the name of the school. Take Tianjin as an example, there are Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology and tianjin polytechnic university.
Tianjin University of Technology is a branch of Tianjin University, a branch of Tianjin University Electromechanical, and a branch of Tianjin University Metallurgy. It was merged on 1996 and renamed in 2004. Tianjin University of Science and Technology is the former Hebei Institute of Light Industry, which was renamed in 2002. Tianjin polytechnic university is the former Tianjin Textile Institute, which was renamed in 2000.
Especially the provincial university of science and technology, regardless of the directly affiliated department. As long as the word is to the taste of the market, whoever grabs it can change its name to this. This is a "first come, first served" preemptive renaming.
Therefore, to say the difference between these three gold-lettered signboards can be understood as the difference in the previous universities, and there is basically no difference now.
In other words, the names of the universities are different, which reflect the different school-running ideas of China University.
The experience of running a school in the University of Science and Technology of China is very important in the transformation from a university of science and technology to a university of science and technology, which has also established its rock-solid dominance in China University of Science and Technology.
Second, from the perspective of translation:
Because some "science", "industry" and even "science and technology" colleges translate their names into English, which are actually "technology"
For example, Harbin Institute of Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology and National University of Defense Technology.
In this way, universities of science and engineering can choose this name, and everyone's translation is the same anyway. From the name, "science and engineering" is higher than "industry" and "science and technology" is higher than "science and engineering".
In fact, mainly depends on their own strength. Although Harbin Institute of Technology is called "industry", it is recognized as a leader in science and technology. To some extent, "science and technology" can be equated. For example, PLA University of Science and Technology ...
Extended data
Now China University has changed its name rashly, and the homogenization is very serious. In fact, there is no difference between HKUST, Polytechnic and Polytechnic in essence. In particular, Science and Technology are the same meaning, which can be seen from its English science and technology.
For example, when Huazhong University of Science and Technology merged with Tongji Medical Reform and was named Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the English name remained unchanged. science and technology