重庆科技学院是一所具有60多年办学历史的全日制公办本科院校。学校以工为主，以石油与化工、冶金与材料、机械与电子、安全与环保为特色，涵盖理、工、经、管、法、文、艺，是一所多学科多层次协调发展，行业优势突出，办学特色鲜明，蕴藏着勃勃生机与较大发展潜力的高等学校。
学校占地2000余亩，建筑总面积53余万平方米，教学仪器设备总值2.14亿元。
学校现有教职工1512人，其中专任教师1000余人，专任教师中正副教授481人，全日制本科、研究生在校学生20000余人。近年来，毕业生初次就业率一直保持在90%以上。
学校与30余所国（境）内外高校建立了教学、科研、人才培养等合作关系；学校依托行业办学，与中石油、中石化、中海油、武钢、西南铝、重钢、美国卡万塔能源公司、美国国际钻井承包商协会等百余家国内外知名企业签订了产学研合作的战略协议。
学校承担了国家863重大专项、国家自然科学基金和国家社会科学基金项目研究，学校科研成果获得国家技术发明及省部级科技进步奖44项，授权专利116件，有660余篇论文被美国《科学引文索引》（SCI）和《工程索引》（EI）检索和收录。
学校坚持以人为本，致力于为学生的健康成长和全面发展营造良好的生活、学习和研究环境。文化艺术节、科技创新节、体育文化节和民族传统文化系列、现代大学文化系列，以及社会调查、志愿服务、英语演讲比赛、计算机技能大赛、大学生课外科技作品竞赛等丰富多彩。学生先后在全国的大学生数学建模、电子设计制作、机器人、体育竞技舞蹈等相关竞赛中获得了180余项国家、省市级奖励。
Chongqing University of Science and Technology is a full-time public university of general education with a history of over 60 years and good reputation. It is mainly focused on engineering fields featuring petroleum, chemistry, metallurgy, material science, mechanics, electronics, safety and environmental protection, the breath of its academic endeavor covers sciences, engineering, economics, management, laws, humanities and arts. The institution is characterized by coordinated development of multiple disciplines, prominent competitive advantages in industries and distinctive features in academics, and it holds tremendous potential for further progress.
The university covers a total area of approximately 140 hectares and a total construction area of 530, 000 square meters, with teaching facilities worth 214 million RMB Yuan. Its library with the construction area of over 42,000 square meters possesses a collection of nearly 1.45 million books and a wide range of digital resources.
The institution has a staff of 1512, with over 1000 full time academic faculty, including 481 professors and associate professors, an enrollment of 20, 000 students and the student employment rate upon graduation has remained above 90% in recent years
The university has established partnership in teaching, scientific research, talent development, etc. with over 30 colleges or universities both at home and abroad. Working closely with industries, the university has signed cooperation strategic agreements in manufacturing, studying and research with more than 100 well-known domestic and foreign enterprises or companies, such as CNPC, SINOPEC, CNOOC, Wuhan Iron & Steel Company, SWA, Chongqing Iron & Steel Company, Covanta Energy Company (USA), and International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) (USA)。
The university has undertaken plenty of research projects, including the National 863 major project, the National Natural Science projects, the National Social Science projects, and research projects cooperated with enterprises. It has won 44 awards in state’s technological inventions and the provincial level scientific and technological progress, 116 granted patents, and more than 660 research papers are retrieved and collected by the USA“Science Citation Index”and“Engineering Index”.
The university devotes to provide a good studying, living and researching environment for students, which is beneficial to their growth and all-round development. Besides, the great variety of rich and colorful activities are carried out on campus, such as Culture and Art Festival, Scientific and Technological Innovation Festival, Sports Festival, National Traditional Culture Series and Modern University Culture Series, as well as social survey, college students’ volunteering services, English speech contest, computer skills competition, college students' extracurricular scientific and technological competition, etc.. In particular, students have won over 180 national and the provincial prizes in competitions of College Students’ Mathematical Modeling, Electronic Design, Robot, Sports Dance, etc.
