Chengdu University of Technology was founded in 1956, its predecessor is Chengdu geology institute. Renamed in 1993 for the Chengdu University of Technology in 2001 by the Ministry of Education approved the establishment of Chengdu University of Technology.
     The main body of Chengdu University of Technology Chengdu geology institute original and Chengdu University of Technology, was the original and the Ministry of Land and Resources Department of Geology and Mineral Resources of the major colleges and universities. School management system in 2000 into a central and local governments to build, to the Sichuan Provincial People's Government management. Sichuan Province is a key university. Campus area of 2888 hectares, more than 70 school buildings to 10,000 square meters area, teaching and scientific research instruments and equipment 243 million gross.
     Chengdu University of Technology is one of energy, resources, environment, infrastructure engineering, electronic information, such as the dominant characteristics of subjects, mainly in the Hong Kong Polytechnic, the coordinated development of multi-disciplinary teaching and research university multidisciplinary. Schools are 12 colleges, a Department of Physical Education, at the same time have a postgraduate department, Institute of Sedimentary Geology, School of Continuing Education and other teaching and research units. Professional disciplines in Science and Technology-based, covering economics, management science, literature, law, philosophy, agriculture, education and other disciplines nine categories, there are 65 undergraduate, 50 master's degree authorization, the 13 areas of Master of Engineering students, 20 PhD authorized points, level 2, Dr. disciplines authorized points, two post-doctoral research center, there are 3 national key disciplines, 1 national key (to cultivate) disciplines, 13 provincial and ministerial level key disciplines, a province class focusing on cultivating discipline, a national experimental teaching demonstration centers, eight provincial-level undergraduate training bases and three provincial-level experimental teaching demonstration center. At present, a total of 2.5 million students, of whom 2 million full-time undergraduate ordinary people, Master 3004, and 585 doctoral students. In the more than 2100 staff, of whom 75 doctoral tutors, 190 professors, 419 associate professor, of whom there are 3 people to become subjects of the State Council, 1 of those who received the "National Outstanding professional and technical personnel," the title of a person is "in Sichuan Award for outstanding contribution to the provincial science and technology ", 2 were" national outstanding young and middle-aged expert "title, 2 were" National Outstanding Young Science Foundation, "funded, 6 people appeared in the" Talent Project"national-level candidates, 8 Ministry of Education selected "cross-century Talents Scheme" and the "New Century Excellent Talents Support Program", a young college teachers were awarded, 4 were Li Siguang Geological Sciences Award, 2 Huang Jiqing were youth of Geological Sciences and Technology Award, 1 person by the Ho Leung Ho Lee Science and Technology Progress Award, 3 of those who received the China Youth Science and Technology Award, the 90 people to enjoy special government allowances of the State Council, 30 were "academic and technical leaders of Sichuan Province," the title, 23 were found "in Sichuan Province of China who have made outstanding contributions youth expert "title, 8 were in Sichuan Youth Science and Technology Award.
     School is an important high-level earth science personnel training and scientific research base, there are two national key laboratories (including one with the Southwest Petroleum University, to build) and the six provincial and ministerial key laboratories. School 53 years ago, the completion of the national and the provincial and ministerial level scientific and technological projects in recent 1000, received the first prize of national scientific and technological progress, a second-class National Natural Science Foundation State Technological Invention Award and the third, including the national and the provincial and ministerial level scientific and technological prize 750 (times), published works on more than Part 1 (the Department). Schools to encourage students to actively participate in cultural activities in science and technology in recent years are welcome to join the "Challenge Cup", mathematical modeling, electronic design, and other important events in English speech, 9 international awards, provincial and ministerial level and more than 400 national awards; access to the national college athletics, badminton, rock climbing, aerobics Championship eight times more than 20, provincial and municipal colleges and universities track and field, basketball volleyball, aerobics and other groups and individuals for nearly 40 more than eight times; access to national, provincial and municipal college students Art competition with various awards, including Gold Medal more than 50 times.
     Schools attach importance to international exchanges and cooperation, has with 20 countries and regions, more than 50 universities and research institutions to establish the relationship between the exchange and cooperation. Received from more than 40 countries and regions, more than 2,000 foreign experts and students to the school to teach, study, visit more than 500 people, carried out more than 300 items of scientific research. The school also hosted an international academic meeting many times; hosted six kinds of academic journals, including four kinds of core journals. There Chengdu Institute of Engineering Technology University of Science and Technology, Chengdu University of Technology Institute of Radio, Film and Television Institute and a number of independent points of joint schools, and resources, energy, environmental, construction, military and high-tech areas such as large national enterprises or research institutes to establish a long-term the research partnership.
     Museum is a school and even in the west of the country to enjoy a well-known to school-based Museum of Natural History category, more than 6 pieces of specimen collection, including countries, as well as world-class products and treasures, such as "All doors川马River Dragon" fossils "Chongqing Dazhu fish" fossil, "Longchang iron meteorite" and so on. Museum of the Ministry of Education has been identified as the first building of the National University the number of museums, and from central to local young people at all levels of popular science education base in the title and patriotism. School Library Printed Books Collection 1540000, Chinese electronic full text of about 700,000 kinds of books, foreign language electronic full text of more than 20,000 kinds of periodicals, and Favorites by, reading, counseling and printed literature integration and unity of digital information. PRO-rich schools, management norms, classification Science, Sichuan University is a small number of "science and technology archives and institutions at the national level," the title of one of the archives.
     Schools in the long-term practice of the school gradually formed a "work hard, work hard," the traditional style, "unwilling people, the pioneers," the enterprising spirit and the "reasonable, achievements in work," the idea of learning to the service sector service Sangzi responsibility for national transportation of more than 100,000 various types of graduates, most of them where the sector has become a technical or managerial backbone of the emergence of a group of a certain well-known at home and abroad, scholars and management experts, in order to China's economic construction and social development has made important contributions.
     Chengdu is located in the central CHen Hua schools, the starting point of Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway, a number of important traffic arteries Interchange, a strategic location.
     In schools under the leadership of party and government, school staff and students to seize the building an innovation-oriented country in China, developing the western region and a new round of the historic opportunity the development of higher education in order to bold enthusiasm and high morale, significant characteristics to build a high - level of teaching the University of multidisciplinary work hard!