Kunming University of Science and Technology
Kunming University of Science and Technology (KUST) (昆明理工大学) is in Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan Province, Southwestern China.
| Motto | 明德任责、致知力行 | ||||||
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| Type | public university | ||||||
| Established | 1954 | ||||||
| President | Zhou Rong | ||||||
Academic staff | 3844 | ||||||
| Undergraduates | 31,447 (2019) | ||||||
| Postgraduates | 11,143 (2019) | ||||||
| Location | , , | ||||||
| Campus | Lianhua, Xinying and Chenggong | ||||||
| Affiliations | Greater Mekong Sub-region Academic and Research Network (GMSARN) | ||||||
| Website | www.kmust.edu.cn | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 昆明理工大学 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 昆明理工大學 | ||||||
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As the goal by 2010, KUST was to become a key university with a strong science and engineering background. The university is to be developed into an important provincial training base for advanced technical personnel, a research base for applied fundamental research and hi-tech research, an industrialization base for hi-tech, and a research and consulting center for the national social and economic development.
Yunnan University Science Park (YNUSP) was established as an experimental site of University Science Park in 1999 and was awarded the status of national university science park in May 2001. The park is supported by Yunnan University, Kunming University of Science & Technology, and Yunnan Normal University. As of 2022, the Best Chinese Universities Ranking ranked KUST 2nd best in Yunnan Province after Yunnan University and 139th nationwide