The University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) was established by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing in September 1958, with Guo Moruo as its first president, and moved to Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province, in early 1970. It was listed as a national key university in its second year and was among the first universities in China’s 985 and 211 programmes. It was selected for the Double First-Class initiative in September 2017 and February 2022, with 11 disciplines on the list.
Its Chinese-language introduction, with data as of September 2025, says USTC has 34 schools, eight of them combining science and education, and runs research institutes in Suzhou, Shanghai and Beijing, an Institute of Advanced Technology, an International Institute of Finance and the First Affiliated Hospital (Anhui Provincial Hospital). Chang Jin is President and Deputy Party Secretary, and Shu Gequn is Party Secretary.