East China University of Technology (ECUT), previously known as East China Institute of Geoscience, is a technological university under the joint administration of the People’s Government of Jiangxi Province, SASTIND, China Ministry of Natural Resources, and China National Nuclear Corporation. As the first university founded by Ministry of Nuclear Industry of China in 1956, ECUT covers an area of more than 1.66 km2 with one campus in Nanchang City and the other in Fuzhou City, of Jiangxi Province. There are more than 2300 students and a staff of 2800 which include 1400 full-time teachers and 600 professors and associate professors.
Distinctive with the disciplines of Geology and Nuclear Science, ECUT involves not only Science and Engineering but also Arts, Management, Economics, Laws, Education etc.. It has 1 doctoral program of first-level discipline---Geological Resource and Engineering, 19 master programs of first-level discipline, and 6 types of bachelor programs. So far, a nuclear fuel recycle system with 9 distinctive discipline has been established. Particularly, 5 of them are National Defense disciplines with the 13th National Five-Year Plan, and 3 are the University top disciplines with the 13th provincial Five-Year Plan (i.e. Geological Resources and Engineering, Chemistry, Electronic Science and Technology).
ECUT has been attaching great importance to the building of teaching and research teams. It boasts a national model teaching team---The Teaching Team of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Monitoring Techniques and Instrument, a technology innovation team sponsored by Ministry of Education, a defense technology innovation team sponsored by Ministry of National Defense, an advanced innovational team sponsored by the Ministry of Natural Resource, a technology innovation team sponsored by the Government of Jiangxi Province, etc.. Moreover, there are academicians from Chinese Academy of Science as well as Chinese Academy of Engineering, winners of The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, national candidates of New Century Talents Project, new-century talents of Education Ministry of China, and winners of Special Allowance from the State Council.
The University has 19 teaching and research platforms at state and provincial levels, like the National Key Laboratory of “Nuclear Resources and Environment”, International Joint Research Center of “Mass Spectrometry Science and Instrument”, National Defense Key Discipline Laboratory of “Radioactive Geology and Exploration Technology”, International Atomic Energy Agency Reference Laboratory, State Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of “Radioactive Geology”, etc.. The University has won more than 20 science and technology achievement awards at state and provincial levels, like the Second Prize of National Scientific and Technological Progress Award, the First Prize in Natural Science of Jiangxi Province, the First Prize in Scientific and Technological Progress of Jiangxi Province, the First Prize in Social Science of Jiangxi Province etc.. The total of the research funds in 2017 ranks second among higher institutions in Jiangxi Province.
