University of Electronic Science and Technology (UESTC), originally known as Chengdu Institute of Radio Engineering, was founded in 1956 through combination of the radio engineering specialties of three universities, i.e. Shanghai Jiaotong University, Nanjing Polytech College and South China Institute of Technology.  It was one of the seven earliest major national defense universities and nominated as the key university as early as in 1960. Through unremitting efforts of 50 years, UESTC has expanded its only-one radio engineering specialty and developed into a comprehensive university, which covers the whole electronic science-related areas and, with electronic information science and technology at the core and engineering disciplines as the lead, incorporates both science and engineering and coordinates harmoniously various fields of natural science, engineering, administration, humanities and bioscience. It is acclaimed by former Chinese President Jiang Zemin as ¡°the avant-garde of the state¡¯s electronic universities¡±.

     The year 1958 celebrated the founding of computer specialty in UESTC, Computer Department in 1979, Research Institute of Microcomputer and Computing Center in 1984; and in 1995, the present School of Computer Science and Engineering came into being through combination of the above mentioned department, institute and center.

      The School consists of 3 departments (Department of Computer Science and Software, Department of Computer Engineering and Technology and Department of Information Security), 3 experiment centers: IBM Z-series System Education Center (Chengdu), Computer Center and Software Testing and Appraisal Centre, and 5 provincial and ministry key labs including Sichuan Provincial Key Lab of New Computer Application Technology.

      Through scores of years, the School has completed scientific research projects of about a thousand. It has not only participated in the development of China¡¯s first large-scale radio tube computer DJS-104 , but also developed south-western China¡¯s first transistor computer 441-B and the third-generation high-speed integrated circuit digital computer(Model 930 for secure communication). Besides, it is proud of its leading role in the development of ZJ II Microcomputer Series. Important is the School¡¯s contribution to the country¡¯s computer education and computer industry. In recent years, as the leading research unit, the School has made many major science and technology breakthroughs on state level and pocketed over 30 science and technology awards on state and province levels. Altogether more than 1000 academic papers have been published, among which 300-plus were recorded by the three major searches.