Kunming University of Science and Technology (KUST), located in Kunming, Yunnan Province, southwest of China, was founded on the 1st of September, 1954. Over time, KUST has developed into a comprehensive, engineering-orientated university that combines theory with application and coordinates multiple disciplines. As one of the key universities in Yunnan province, KUST plays an important role in the field of the non-ferrous metals industry in China and makes major contributions to regional, economic, and social development.

·11 disciplines of KUST were listed in the top 1% in ESI, including Engineering, Material Science, Chemistry, Environment/Ecology, Botany and Zoology, Agricultural Science, Clinical Medicine, Computer Science, Earth Science, Biology and Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology. KUST has 1 academic division, 28 faculties, 7 research institutes, 16 clinical teaching bases (including 9 affiliated hospitals and 7 hospitals for internships), 3 bases for applied talent-training, and graduate schools. Furthermore, KUST has 4,173 staff members, including 2,707 full-time lecturers and 1,466 professors and associate professors. 112 faculty members have received national talent titles, such as “academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering,” “Changjiang scholar,” “Distinguished Young Scholar,” “Leading talent of science and technology in Yunnan Province,” and “Yunling Scholar.” In addition, 737 faculty members have received other provincial- and ministerial-level talent titles. Currently, KUST is home to 53,539 students (including 1304 overseas students), and among them are 33,291 undergraduate students, and 20,248 graduate students.

·Based on its distinctive disciplines and unique location, KUST keeps strengthening international cooperation and communication. As of today, KUST has signed cooperation agreements with 190 colleges, universities, and research institutions in 49 countries and regions. Furthermore, it has built a Confucius Institute with the Souphanouvong University in Laos and a Confucius Institute with National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (Managua). It is the leading university in the Yunnan Thailand University Alliance, and it has established 4 colleges in Thailand. It is listed as a new base for the Programme of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities. The foreign experts have won the International Science and Technology Cooperation Award and the Friendship Award issued by the Chinese government. Now it has played a unique and important role in cultivating engineers and talented managers, and offering international technical transfer for neighbouring countries, as well as establishing high-level cooperation on research and communication between teachers and students with developed countries.

Updated in: October, 2024