Kunming University of Science and Technology, located in Kunming, Yunnan Province, is a key university jointly established by the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and Yunnan Province. It has been selected into the national "11plan", the Ministry of Education's "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan" and the "Basic Capacity Building Project of Central and Western Universities".
Key discipline projects with national characteristics build universities, national new engineering research and practice projects, national high-level university graduate programs, national innovation and entrepreneurship education practice base, university scientific and technological achievements transformation and technology transfer base, Data China "Hundred Schools Project", national innovative talents training demonstration base, and member units of CDIO Engineering Education Alliance.
The school was formed by the merger of Kunming University of Science and Technology and Yunnan University of Technology on 1999. Kunming University of Science and Technology was founded in 1954 and renamed Kunming University of Science and Technology in 1995. Yunnan University of Technology was founded in 1974 as Yunnan Institute of Technology, and 1994 was renamed Yunnan University of Technology. The historical starting point can be traced back to the second year of Xuantong in Qing Dynasty (19 10).
School construction
As of May 2023, the school has four campuses, namely Chenggong, Lianhua, Xinying and Songming, covering an area of 39 15 mu (excluding Songming campus); There are 1 department, 27 colleges and 7 research institutes, offering 107 undergraduate majors; There are postdoctoral research mobile stations 1 1, first-class doctoral programs 17, and professional degree doctoral programs 3.
There are 44 master's programs in first-class disciplines and 22 master's programs in professional degrees; There are 4,089 faculty members, including 2,876 full-time teachers and 5 19 18 students (including 67/kloc-0 international students), including 33,886 undergraduates (including 254 international students) and graduate students18,032 international students (including 4/8 international students)