East China University of Science and Technology

Located in the southwest of Shanghai, a center of commerce, finance, culture and industrial production of China, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) is a dynamic and prominent research-intensive university with high teaching quality. ECUST ranks the 26th among universities in mainland China in the 2019 QS World University Rankings. With 16 schools, ECUST has 11 Fields of Disciplines of Conferring Academic Degrees , namely science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, economics, management, literature, law, art, philosophy, and education. Its Chemical Engineering and Technology Program is the first program accredited by Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) among colleges and universities in mainland China, and its Chemistry Program is the first accredited by the China-Russia Joint Program Accreditation for science programs among colleges and universities in mainland China. Five of its disciplines, namely Chemistry, Material Science, Engineering, Biology and Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology, rank among global top 1% by the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) discipline ranking, among which its Chemistry ranks among global top 1‰.

As an important part in the transformation plan of ECUST into a comprehensive university, the School of Business was established in 1990 on the basis of the Management Science and Engineering Department founded in 1983 and the Institute of Economic Development founded in 1987. 

The School has established educational exchanges and cooperation with over 60 renowned colleges and universities in Europe, America, Oceania and Asia.

The School was first accredited by AACSB in 2020. It was accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) in 2012 and re-accredited in 2018, both with a five-year validity period. The School was also accredited by the Chinese Advanced Management Education Accreditation (CAMEA)  in 2015. 

The School has 5 departments (the departments of Management Science and Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, Accounting and Finance), 16 research organizations, and a Professional Master Programs Center (PMPC) that provides professional degree programs.

In addition, the School has eight teaching labs, including Enterprise Business Decision Simulation Laboratory, Behavior Analysis Laboratory, Accounting Simulation Laboratory, Management Science and Engineering Comprehensive Laboratory, ERP Sand Table Simulation Laboratory, Financial Engineering Laboratory, Economic Behavior Laboratory, International Trade Simulation Laboratory.