Ningbo College of Materials Technology & Engineering (NCMTE), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) was approved in 2015. With an investment of about 700 million yuan, the college will be built on 6.5 hectares of land with a gross floor area of around 96,000 square meters. In 2022, NCMTE will be unveiled and put into use as a campus with an open-style design. The college will adhere to the philosophy of "being a small but unique international college" to support local industries, and it is expected to have 2,000 postgraduates and a staff of 400 in 2025.