Chongqing University of Technology

The university was established on 18 September 1940, it now has around 26,000 students and 1,590 teachers. Chongqing University of Technology used to be named the Chongqing Technology Institute, one of four universities with a traditional ordnance department.[citation needed] It originated from the 11th Technical School of the Department of War Industry, which was founded on 18 September 1940. The 11th Technical School of the Department of War Industry was called 21-Factory Technical School in short, and its external anonym was "Shiji Public School". Although its public identity was technical school, it actually acted to train professionals in weapon production for the Nationalist government. Today the university is strong in the fields of engineering, economic management and basic engineering; and especially so in the disciplines of automobile manufacturing and researches in drive technology, thermal engine technology and transmission technology are on top in the state. It has become one of the benchmark schools in China for its research in automobile design, thermal engine and automobile suspension systems. It established Chongqing Automobile Institute and the first CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) Institute in China in a joint capital partnership with Changan Ford, Suzuki, Mazda, and Honda in.