University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
| 中国科学院大学 | |
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| Motto | 博學篤志，格物明德 |
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| Type | Public university |
| Established | 1978 |
| President | Ding Zhongli |
| Location | Beijing, China |
| Campus | Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Lanzhou. |
| Website | www |
The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) (Chinese: 中国科学院大学), is a higher education institution focusing on graduate education, under the direct leadership of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The predecessor of UCAS was the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (GUCAS) and the Graduate School of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), which was founded in 1978 as the first graduate school in China by approval of the State Council. UCAS graduated the first doctoral student in science, first doctoral student in engineering, first female doctoral student and first student with double doctoral degrees in China. In 2014, UCAS began to recruit undergraduates.
In 1978, the Graduate School of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) was founded in Beijing, as the first graduate school in China.
In 1986, the Graduate School of USTC was renamed Graduate School (Beijing) of USTC, while USTC established a new Graduate School in Hefei, Anhui province.
In 2000, the Graduate School (Beijing) of USTC was renamed Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences (GSCAS).
In 2005, GSCAS was renamed Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (GUCAS).
In 2012, GUCAS was renamed University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS).
In 2014, UCAS began to recruit undergraduates.
Founded in 1978, UCAS is the first graduate school in China with the ratification of the State Council. Backed by more than 110 institutes of the CAS, which are located at more than 20 cities all over the country, UCAS is headquartered in Beijing with 4 campuses, and 5 branches in Shanghai, Chengdu, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Lanzhou. From UCAS, graduated China's first doctoral student in science, first doctoral student in engineering, first female doctoral student and first student with double doctoral degrees in China. On the 20th anniversary of UCAS in 1998, President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China wrote this inscription for the University: "Revitalizing China through science and education, and emphasizing the cultivation and nurturing of talented people." By 2004, 50,000 graduate students had graduated from UCAS, among whom there are nearly 20,000 PhD. students..
UCAS offers programs in nine major academic fields: science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, philosophy, economics, literature, linguistics, education and management science. The university is authorized to grant advanced degrees in 26 primary academic disciplines which include master's degree conferring rights in 130 secondary disciplines, and Doctoral degree rights in 114 secondary disciplines.
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