Kunming University of Science and Technology

Kunming University of Science and Technology

昆明理工大学 (Chinese)
Motto	明德任责、致知力行
Type	public university
Established	1954; 70 years ago (1954)
President	Zhou Rong
Academic staff	3,844
Undergraduates	31,447 (2019)
Postgraduates	11,143 (2019)
Location	Kunming , Yunnan , China
Campus	Lianhua, Xinying and Chenggong
Affiliations	Greater Mekong Sub-region Academic and Research Network (GMSARN)
Website	www.kmust.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	昆明理工大学
Traditional Chinese	昆明理工大學
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Kūnmíng Lǐgōng Dàxué

Kunming University of Science and Technology (KUST) (昆明理工大学) is in Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan Province, Southwestern China.^[1]

As the goal by 2010, KUST was to become a key university with a strong science and engineering background. The university is to be developed into an important provincial training base for advanced technical personnel, a research base for applied fundamental research and a hi-tech research, an industrialization base for hi-tech, and a research consulting center for the national social and economic development.

Yunnan University Science Park (YNUSP) was established as an experimental site of University Science Park in 1999 and was awarded the status of national university science park in May 2001. The park is supported by Yunnan University, Kunming University of Science & Technology, and Yunnan Normal University.