Changchun University of Technology (CCUT), founded in 1952, is a key university of Jilin Province. It is a multi-disciplinary university with engineering as its key discipline, engineering, management, arts, science, economics, law, education and other disciplines supporting and coordinating each other. It has gained “Excellence” in the National Undergraduate Teaching Assessment in 2004.
CCUT is located in the heart of the city of Changchun, with three separated campuses, Nanhu Campus and Linyuan Campus and Beihu Campus. Nanhu Campus, which boasts a peaceful and quite environment replete with beautiful trees, locates opposite the picturesque South Lake Park of Changchun.
CCUT consists of 20 schools with a total enrollment of more than 19,000 full-time students, 1,940 faculty and staff. At present, CCUT offers 52 undergraduate programs, 68 master’s programs, 11 PhD. programs, 13 authorized fields for engineering master’s degree, and 8 provincial key disciplines. There are 17 key laboratories of Jilin province and ministries, and 6 provincial demonstration centers of experimental teaching.
CCUT has persistently adhered to the principles of its institutional operation: serve the need of the economic construction of Jilin province and the development of the society. To meet the requirements of the economic and social development of Jilin province in different historic periods, especially the requirements of industrial construction and the adjustment of industrial structure, CCUT has actively carried out personnel training and scientific research so as to serve the society. It has formed an outstanding feature for its institutional operations: the training of the personnel should be realistic, the scientific research should be practical and the service to the society should be efficient, with “working hard and perseveringly, being rigorous and practical” as the spirit of its institutional operation. For more than 60 years since its establishment, CCUT has educated thousands of qualified personnel to serve the country and has achieved many scientific successes. It has made great contribution to the economic development of the country and Jilin province as well as the progress of the society.
Currently, CCUT is working hard to carry out “The Twelfth Five-year Plan for the Development Project” and actively promotes the transition of CCUT from a teaching-oriented university to a teaching-and-research-oriented university. It will make its effort to achieve the status of a first-class provincial polytechnic university in China.
