Being one of the key universities featured in the field of posts and telecommunications in China, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications (CQUPT) was established and has been co-sponsored by the Ministry of Information Industry and Chongqing Municipal Government. It enjoys a good reputation in the areas of information, posts and telecommunications industries, in Chonqing as well as in China.

The university covers an area of 3,800 acres with a building area of 570,000 square meters. There are nearly 20,000 students, including more than 2,000 postgraduates. It has a faculty of over 1,600, among whom there are 140 professors, and more than 350 associate professors. What’s more, it has 10 emeritus professors and part-time professors from China’s Science Academy or china’s Engineering Academy. It has 11 Key Disciplines granted by Provincial Government or National Ministries and 14 key laboratories, engineering research centers, and Humanities and Social Science bases granted by Provincial Government or National Ministries. It has 40 Undergraduate Programs, 4 Master Programs at the national first level and 20 master programs at the national second level.In the university there are 10,000 computers in networking operation, and the library has a possession of more than 110 million books as well as more than 900,000 electronic books.

Taking the development of telecommunications industry and revitalization of Chinese information industry as a mission, the university has been in consistent innovation with pioneering spirit. It has been granted dozens of honorable national awards such as the National Conference Award on Science, the State Award of Scientific and Technological Progress, and Chinese Top 10 Universities in Science and Technology Innovations. It has been awarded the title of Advanced Unit for Innovation in Chinese Information Industry. It has been conducting research in national defense, with classified qualification of B in research and producing defense weaponry.

The university has continuously deepened education reform, and established a multi-level talents training system, improving the quality of the graduates with the employment rate on the top among all the universities in Chongqing. The past five years has witnessed more than 100 state-level awards, and more than 600 provincial prizes. Approved by the Ministry of Education, it has become one of the China’s Cultural Quality Education Bases for university students and one of the universities who are entitled to recommend graduates for Postgraduate Programs.

The university has been authorized to enroll overseas students from all over the world and has built well-established cooperative relations and links with many prestigious universities, famous enterprises and scientific institutes from over 30 countries such as USA, UK, South Korea, and Japan. It has also successfully hosted many international academic conferences, and received visits by foreign VIPs, organizations, business elites, and famous experts and professionals.

The university will make persistent efforts to deepen educational and pedagogical reform, and strengthen the idea of training for highly-qualified professionals. With the set strategic goal, it will build itself into an academic-research institution with distinct advantage in the field of information industry, and also into a multi-disciplinary higher educational institution with coordinated development in the field of science, management, and liberal arts.