The school, formerly known as Chengdu Institute of Telecommunications Engineering, was formed by the merger of Jiaotong University (now Shanghai Jiaotong University and Xi Jiaotong University), Nanjing Institute of Technology (now Southeast University) and South China University of Technology (now South China University of Technology). 1956. 1960 is listed as a national key institution of higher learning; 196 1 year was identified as one of the seven national defense industrial colleges; 1988 changed its name to University of Electronic Science and Technology of China; In 2000, the former Minister of Information Industry was transferred to the Minister of Education; 20 17 entered the ranks of "double first-class" A-level universities. 20 19 The Ministry of Education signed a contract with Sichuan Province to promote the construction of world-class universities.
The school has three campuses, namely Qingshuihe, Shahe and Jiulidi, covering an area of 4 100 mu and a total construction area of10.23 million square meters. 2 national key disciplines and 2 national key (cultivation) disciplines; At present, there are 5 postdoctoral mobile stations 15, 6 first-class doctoral programs 16, 4 professional doctoral programs, 28 first-class master programs, 0 two disciplines master programs 1 2 professional master programs.