University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

This article is about the public university in Beijing. For the university in Hefei, Anhui, see University of Science and Technology of China. For the technical colleges in Taipei, see China University of Science and Technology and China University of Technology.
University of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences
中国科学院大学
Former name
  • Graduate School of the University of Science and Technology of China (1978–1986)
  • University of Science and Technology of China Graduate School (Beijing) (1986–2000)
  • Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2000–2012)
Motto博學篤志，格物明德
TypePublic university
Established2012; 12 years ago (2012)
Parent institution
Chinese Academy of Sciences
PresidentLi Shushen
Academic staff
15,950 (2020)
Students57,651 (2020)
Undergraduates1,645 (2020)
Postgraduates54,255 (2020)
Location
Beijing
,
China
CampusMultiple sites
Colours 
Blue
AffiliationsBHUA, APRU
Websiteucas.ac.cn
english.ucas.ac.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese中国科学院大学
Traditional Chinese中國科學院大學
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn Dàxué
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingZung1 gwok3 fo1 hok6 jyun6-2 daai6 hok6
Guokeda
Simplified Chinese国科大
Traditional Chinese國科大
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuókēdà
UCAS Yuquanlu campus
UCAS Yanqihu (雁栖湖) Campus in Huairou District, Beijing

The University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS; 中国科学院大学) is a public university headquartered in Shijingshan, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1] The university is part of the Double First-Class Construction.[2] Officially established in 2012, the university derives from the Graduate School of the University of Science and Technology of China founded in 1978.

The University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences operates its undergraduate and graduate programs on the university's Beijing campus. Moreover, the Chinese Academy of Sciences assigns the authority of filing student status and issuing graduate degree for its affiliated institutes to the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and UCAS, and determines which university is responsible for which institute. Graduate students at most of CAS research institutes are assigned to have their student status registered at UCAS and are awarded UCAS degrees upon graduation. A small number of selected research institutes are assigned to have their graduate students register with USTC and awarded USTC degrees upon graduation. Students at CAS research institutes do not need to be physically present at the degree-issuing universities' campus to be awarded the degrees.[3][4][5][6] UCAS mandates that graduate students at CAS institutes for which UCAS is responsible for issuing degrees must list their affiliation as "University of Chinese Academy of Sciences" in all their published work; failure to comply will result in their graduate degree applications not being considered.[3]

UCAS also has colleges and schools nationwide co-existed and co-located with the CAS institutes, usually by adding extra nameplates to the institutes.[7]

Established in 1978 as the Graduate School of the University of Science and Technology of China, the institution is the first graduate school in China. It produced the first doctoral graduate in science, the first doctoral graduate in engineering, the first female doctoral graduate, and the first graduate with dual doctorate in China.[8] The USTC Graduate School (Beijing) was renamed as the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2000, and became an independent legal entity as the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2012.[9][10] In 2014, UCAS began to recruit undergraduate students.[11]

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  3. ^ a b "中国科学院大学学位授予工作细则 Detailed Rules for Degree Awarding of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences". 中国科学院数学与系统科学研究院 Institute of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
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