East China University of Science and Technology was identified as one of the first batch graduate schools in China on 1956, and has been identified as a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education by the central government since 1960. 1993 was renamed East China University of Science and Technology with the approval of the State Education Commission, and China Petrochemical participated in the construction. 1996 entered the national "2 1 1 project" key construction ranks. 1997 Shanghai participated in the * * * project. In 2000, it was approved by the Ministry of Education to establish a graduate school. In 2008, it was approved to build the "985 Engineering Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform", which was the first batch of independent enrollment reform in China. After more than half a century of reform and construction, it has developed into a research-oriented national key university with distinctive characteristics and coordinated development of multiple disciplines.
Faculty setup: the school has 15 professional colleges, including chemical engineering college, bioengineering college, chemical and molecular engineering college, pharmacy college, material science and engineering college, information science and engineering college, mechanical and power engineering college, resource and environmental engineering college, science college, business college, social and public administration college, art design and media college, foreign languages college, law school, sports science and engineering college.