Kunming University of Science and Technology has a long history. It is a comprehensive university that combines work with study, economy, management, literature (including art), law, education, philosophy and medicine.

Kunming University of Science and Technology aims to run a university that people are satisfied with, adhering to the spirit of "rooting in red soil, adding color with deep feelings, and serving the country sincerely" and the school motto of "taking responsibility and integrating knowledge with practice", insisting on connotation development and open development, standing on a new stage of United and hard work, carrying out new development concepts, building a new development pattern and accelerating the creation of "two first-class".

Kunming University of Science and Technology, located in Kunming, Yunnan Province, was founded in 1954. It is a comprehensive university with a combination of work and study, distinctive industry and regional characteristics, and coordinated development of multiple disciplines. It is a key university with a large scale, complete educational levels and categories in Yunnan Province.