华东理工大学原名华东化工学院，其办学历史可以追溯到100多年前的南洋公学和震旦学院，是1952年由交通大学（上海）、震旦大学（上海）、大同大学（上海）、东吴大学（苏州）、江南大学（无锡）等校化工系合并组建而成的新中国第一所以化工特色闻名的高等学府。1953年山东工学院化工系和华南工学院无机物工学专业也相继调入。1956年被定为全国首批招收研究生的学校之一。1960年起被中共中央确定为教育部直属的全国重点大学。1973年上海科学技术大学生物系调入。1981年，学校被国务院批准为首批具有博士、硕士学位授予权的单位。1985年被批准为首批具有研究生同等学力申请硕士学位的试点单位之一。1993年经国家教委批准，更名为华东理工大学。1996年6月学校进入国家“211工程”重点建设行列。1997年10月上海市参与共建共管。2000年经教育部批准建立研究生院。2008年获准建设“985工程优势学科创新平台”；是国家首批实施自主招生改革的22所高校之一；是“卓越工程师教育培养计划”、“2011计划”、“111计划”入选高校之一；是首批六所设有国家技术转移中心的创新性、综合类研究型大学之一；是国家“双一流”建设高校之一。经过半个多世纪的改革与建设，现已发展成为特色鲜明、多学科协调发展的研究型全国重点大学。
Graduate School of East China University of Science and Technology
East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), formerly known as East China Institute of Chemical Technology, can trace its history back more than 100 years to the founding of Nanyang Public School and Aurora College. It was founded in 1952 by the merger of chemical engineering departments of Jiao Tong University (Shanghai), Orion University (Shanghai), Datong University (Shanghai), Soochow University (Suzhou), Jiangnan University (Wuxi) and other universities. In 1953, the Department of Chemical Engineering of Shandong Institute of Technology and the Department of Inorganic Engineering of South China Institute of Technology were successively transferred into the department. In 1956, it was designated as one of the first national universities to enroll graduate students. Since 1960, it has been designated as a national key university under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. 1973 Department of Biology of Shanghai University of Science and Technology was transferred to Shanghai. In 1981, the university was approved by the State Council as the first batch of units with the right to confer doctor's and master's degrees. In 1985, it was approved as one of the first batch of pilot units to apply for master's degree with postgraduate equivalent education. 1993 East China University of Science and Technology was renamed East China University of Science and Technology with the approval of the State Education Commission. In June 1996, the university was listed in the national "211 Project". In October 1997, Shanghai Municipality participated in the joint construction and management. In 2000, the Ministry of Education approved the establishment of the Graduate School. In 2008, it was approved to build "985 Project Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform". It is one of the first 22 universities to implement the reform of independent enrollment. It is one of the universities selected by "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan", "2011 Plan" and "111 Plan". It is one of the first six innovative and comprehensive research-oriented universities with a national technology transfer center. It is one of the national "double first-class" universities. After more than half a century of reform and construction, it has developed into a national key research-oriented university with distinctive characteristics and coordinated development of multiple disciplines.
