Chongqing University of Technology

Chongqing University of Technology (CQUT; Chinese: 重庆理工大学) is a public university in Chongqing, China. It is administered by the Chongqing Municipal People's Government through the Chongqing Municipal Education Commission, and is designated by the municipality as a key university for development and as a university for high-level "emerging engineering" education. The university traces its origins to the 11th Technical School of the Ordnance Department of the Nationalist government, founded on 18 September 1940 during the Second Sino-Japanese War and known publicly as the Shiji Public School (士继公学). The school was attached to the 21st Arsenal, the predecessor of Changan Automobile, and its first president was the ordnance engineer Li Chenggan (李承干).

Type

University of technology

Founded

1940

Also known as

CQUT, Chongqing Institute of Technology