Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

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The Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (simplified Chinese: 中国科学院研究生院; pinyin: Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn Yánjiūshēngyuàn) or GUCAS.Founded in 1978, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (GSCAS) was the first graduate school in China with the approval of the State Council. Backed by more than one hundred institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), which are located at more than 20 cities all over the country, GSCAS is headquartered in Beijing, with graduate education bases in Shanghai, Chengdu, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Lanzhou. From GSCAS, graduated China's first doctoral student in science, first doctoral student in engineering, first female doctoral student and first student with double doctoral degrees in China. On the 20th anniversary of GSCAS in 1998, President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China wrote this inscription for the School: "Revitalizing China through science and education, and emphasizing the cultivation and nurturing of talented people." By 2002, more than 20,000 Ph.D. students and 40,000 Master students had graduated from GSCAS.