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Chengdu University of Technology is located in Chengdu, a national historical and cultural city known as the "Jinguan City". It is jointly established by the People's Government of Sichuan Province, the Ministry of Land and Resources, and the People's Government of Chengdu City. It is selected as a "Double First-Class" world-class discipline construction university [1], the national "Basic Capacity Construction Project for Colleges and Universities in Central and Western China", the "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program", and the "National Construction of High-level University Publicly Sponsored Graduate Students Program". It is one of China's high-level talent training and scientific research bases for earth sciences. It is a key university with advantages in geology, energy, resource science, nuclear technology, and environmental science, and with chemical engineering, materials and other disciplines as its characteristics.
Attraction Location: 1 Tianfu Avenue North (天府大道北段1号), Shuangliu District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China (中国四川省成都市双流区)
History: Chengdu University of Technology (CDUT) was founded in 1956, originally as Chengdu Institute of Geology. It specializes in geology, petroleum, engineering, and environmental sciences, and has developed into a comprehensive university with strong research capabilities. The university played a significant role in China’s oil and gas exploration projects and geological research.
Architecture: The campus combines modern educational buildings with traditional Chinese landscape elements, including gardens, ponds, and classical courtyards. Key structures include the Main Library, Science and Engineering Complex, and Geology Museum.
Cultural Value: CDUT is known for its contributions to geoscience and petroleum engineering in China. It hosts national research centers and training programs, attracting students and scholars from across the country. The campus also offers cultural events, science exhibitions, and public lectures for visitors.
Other Information: The campus is open to visitors for educational tours, research exhibitions, and cultural experiences. Its green campus and modern facilities make it a pleasant place for walking and photography.
Opening Hours: 08:00–18:00, generally open all days except during major university holidays or examination periods.
Ticket Price: Free for campus walk and museum visits; special exhibitions may have a small fee (approx. ¥10–¥30)
Best Photo Spots: Main Library (图书馆), Science and Engineering Complex (理工楼), Geology Museum (地质博物馆), and the central campus pond and garden areas.
Time Reference: 1–2 hours for a campus walk; 2–3 hours if visiting the Geology Museum and special exhibitions.
It was already summer vacation when I arrived. There were only a few people in the quiet university campus. I rode a shared bicycle from the entrance and circled around. The campus is really big and the environment is also very good.
Walking around, I discovered many beautiful places. Many unknown flowers and plants were growing hard in this garden. Of course, the main force should be the handsome men and beautiful women who are struggling!
It's pretty good. It has the largest dinosaur museum in Sichuan, Yanhu Lake, and the newly opened new library is also very good.
There were a lot of mosquitoes and I got bitten several times. The most anticipated thing is the museum in the school, great!
Chengdu University of Technology is located in Chengdu, a famous historical and cultural city in China known as the "Jinguan City". It was jointly built by the People's Government of Sichuan Province and the Ministry of Land and Resources of the People's Republic of China. It was selected into China's "Basic Capacity Building Project for Colleges and Universities in Central and Western China", "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program", "National Construction of High-level Universities Publicly Sponsored Graduate Students Program", and "Sichuan 2011 Program". It is one of China's high-level talent training and scientific research bases for earth sciences. It is a provincial key university with geology, energy, resource science, nuclear technology, and environmental science as its advantages, and chemical engineering, materials, electronics, machinery, information science, management science and other disciplines as its characteristics.
The predecessor of Chengdu University of Technology was Chengdu Institute of Geological Exploration, which was established on March 15, 1956. In 1958, it was renamed Chengdu Institute of Geology. In 1960, the school began to recruit graduate students. In 1983, the school became the first university to recruit doctoral students after the country restored the degree system. In 1993, it was renamed Chengdu Institute of Technology. In 2001, approved by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Chengdu University of Technology was established (merging Sichuan Commercial College and Nonferrous Metals Geology Workers University).
As of April 2015, the university has a campus area of 2,890 mu, a building area of 880,000 square meters, and teaching and research equipment with a total value of 500 million yuan. It has 16 teaching colleges, 1 sedimentary geology institute and 1 geological survey institute. It has 80 undergraduate majors. There are 3,353 faculty members, 27,567 undergraduate students, 1,726 junior college students, and 5,621 doctoral and master's students in the main campus.
There is a lake at the University of Science and Technology. The scenery is quite nice. Some people are reading books by the lake. That’s how it is in a university. There are people reading books everywhere.
Ginkgo tree in autumn, blue sky, grass (gum tree 👀), white wall, sitting on the ground.