UCAS and CAS

UCAS is administered and managed by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), which was established in 1949. Comprising more than 100 institutes, CAS is China's highest academic institution in natural sciences, highest-ranking consulting institution in science and technology, most preeminent research and development center for natural sciences and high technology, and most important base in the training of advanced scientific talents.

UCAS Education: "The Fusion of Scientific Research and Education"

UCAS espouses the philosophy of "The Fusion of Scientific Research and Teaching" as its basic system of education.  The fusion of UCAS and CAS institutes in terms of management, education, faculty, training, and scientific research is fully supported and facilitated by and under the auspices of CAS.  CAS institutes shoulder the main responsibilities of graduate education, and provide abundant resources including tutors and experimental facilities for UCAS undergraduates.  Typically, multiple high-level CAS institutes oversee one amalgamated school of science and engineering in UCAS. There is one leading institute that assumes the primary educational responsibility, with its juridical person serving as the school’s dean or executive vice dean who attend to education and management affairs. All colleges are organizationally identified as either “College-Teaching and Research Sector” or “College-Department” educational bodies.  As of Dec, 2021, UCAS had 72 teaching and research institutes and 16 affiliated hospitals.