Recently, Oliver Hart, a 2016 Nobel laureate in economics, met with faculty members and students at Tonghai Hall on ECUST’s Fengxian Campus. The event, themed “Meet a Nobel Laureate in Person”, was the first in the School of Business’s “Zhixing-Xianju Dongfang” lecture series.Hart is a professor at Harvard University and an honorary professor at ECUST. He also serves as director of the Oliver Hart Research Center of Contracts and Governance at ECUST and chair of the School of Business’s Strategi

Climate change poses aserious global challenge, making large-scale reduction of carbon dioxide emissions an urgent priority. Steel, chemical and other key industries in China generate flue gas with complex and variable compositions. Conventional carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies struggle to separate CO₂ from such mixed flue gas, suffering from low efficiency and high energy consumption.Led by Professor Chengcheng Tian, a research team from ECUST has developed an integra

Recently, the Clean Energy Materials and Devices Group from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at ECUST reported new progress in dopant regulation of single-particle photocatalysts for overall photocatalytic water splitting. The findings, titled “Anisotropic Facet Doping Amplifies Built-In Electric Field in Single-Particle Photocatalysts,” were published in Advanced Materials.Using Al-doped strontium titanate (SrTiO₃:Al), a representative model photocatalyst, the researchers reveale

As the lithium battery industry expands rapidly, large amounts of smelting residue containing toxic heavy metals like beryllium and thallium are accumulating, posing severe environmental risks.At the 26th China International Industry Fair (CIIF), a team led by Professor Xu Zhang from the School of Biotechnology at ECUST presented a bioreactor systemfor resource recovery and harmless treatment of metal-containing solid waste. This integrated system has completed pilot-scale validation, offering a

Recently, the team led by Professor Xiang Ma at the School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, ECUST, made a major breakthrough in heating-activated high-temperature phosphorescent gel materials. The findings, titled “Gel Displays Heating-Activated Wavelength-Tunable High-Temperature Phosphorescence,” were published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.Organic room-temperature phosphorescent materials have great potential for applications in information storage, encryption and anti-cou

On October 16th, ECUST launched its new English website, offering international audiences a refreshed way to explore the university. To strengthen ECUST’s communication with the world, the Publicity Department led efforts to revamp English websites at both the university and school levels. The department worked with the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, the Office of Strategic Development and Planning, and the College of International Education to gather feedback through surveys

Recently, the Forum on Innovative Design for Time-Honored Brands was held as part of the 2026 World Design Cities Conference. Hosted by ECUST and organized by its School of Art Design and Media, the event explored how design and digital technologies can revitalize traditional brands. It also marked the global launch of the “Time-Honored Brands and New Chinese Chic” special track of the 21st China Creative Challenges Contest.

Around the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival and China’s National Day, members of the ECUST University Student Art Troupe brought music and dance to Uzbekistan, a country along the ancient Silk Road.

Jingyi Zhu, an undergraduate student at ECUST, and her teammate Mengqi Li claimed gold in the recurve mixed team archery event at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026. The Chinese pair beat India 5-3 in the final, securing not only the gold medal but also a quota place for the LA 2028 Olympics.

Recently, the Student Affairs Office at ECUST organized student coordinators from the university’s work-study program to visit the 48th WorldSkills Competition at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). Through this on-site learning activity, students gained firsthand insight into the value of skilled craftsmanship, technological innovation, and professional excellence.