The predecessor of the College of Science was the Basic Course Teaching and Research Department, or "Basic Course Department" for short, which was established in 1962 based on the former Department of Mathematics and Physics. After several adjustments, it was renamed the College of Science in March 2000.
The College encompasses three foundamental disciplines: Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics. It offers a doctoral program in the secondary-level discipline of Modern Structural Theory, three master's degree programs in the first-level disciplines of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics, and four undergraduate programs, including Engineering Mechanics (a national and provincial first-class program construction initiative), Mathematics and Applied Mathematics (a provincial first-class program construction initiative), Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering, and Data Science and Big Data Technology. Currently, it consists of four departments (Department of Mathematics, Department of Physics, Department of Mechanics and Department of Big Data Science), one teaching and research section (Engineering and Computer Graphics Teaching and Research Section), two laboratory centers (Provincial Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Physics and Provincial Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Mechanics), and three research institutes (Applied Technology Research Institute, Applied Physics Research Institute and Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Science Research Institute).
As of December 2025, the College has a full-time faculty and staff of 161 , including 14 professors and 59 associate professors. Among them, 89 faculty members hold doctoral degrees, with 3 doctoral supervisors and 46 master’s supervisors. The College has a total enrollment of 1,364 students, including 1,075 undergraduate students and 289 postgraduate students..
Adhering to the development philosophy of attaching equal importance to teaching and research, the College is an important force in the university's public basic course teaching, fundamental discipline construction and fundamental scientific research. In recent years, it has been approved for one national first-class undergraduate program and one provincial first-class undergraduate program, published one textbook under the 15th Five-Year Plan, established one provincial top-talents training base, and received one provincial teaching achievement award. It has also undertaken five provincial education reform projects, developed two national first-class courses and three provincial first-class courses, and been approved for three provincial demonstration courses and teaching teams for curriculum-based ideological and political education, as well as one provincial teaching case.
In terms of scientific research, the College has undertaken 42 national projects, 102 provincial and ministerial projects and 41 bureau-level projects, obtained more than 100 authorized patents, and published over 600 papers in high-level journals at home and abroad, among which more than 400 are indexed by SCI and EI. In addition, it has won two provincial postgraduate education reform projects, one provincial postgraduate teaching achievement award and one provincial exemplary graduate course for curriculum-based ideological and political education..
Over the past 60 years since its establishment, the College has cultivated batches of outstanding talents who uphold the University motto of "Self-improvement, Earnestness, Seeking Origin, Innovation" and the University spirit of "Honest in Conduct, Solid in Foundation, Plain in Style, Steady in Work". Students of the College have achieved remarkable results in competitions such as the "National College Students Mathematical Modeling Contest" and the "National Zhou Peiyuan College Students Mechanics Contest", winning more than 300 national awards and over 1,200 provincial and ministerial awards. In 2022, the college won the honor of "Tied for First Prize" among national universities in the "National College Students Mathematical Modeling Contest".
