1951 – After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the number of graduate students enrolled by the CAS made up 34.4 percent of the first group of graduate students admitted to universities in the country.

1955 – With the ratification of The Tentative Regulations on Graduate Students in the CAS, a Chinese graduate students' system was formed.

1955–1965 – The CAS graduated a total of 1,518 graduate students.

1977 – The CAS was the first institution to be approved by the State Council to resume the enrollment of graduate students.

1978 – Ratified by the State Council, the Graduate School (Beijing) of the University of Science and Technology of China was founded, as the first graduate school in China.

2000 – Ratified by the Degrees Committee of the State Council and the Ministry of Education, the Graduate School (Beijing) of Science and Technology (USTC) was renamed Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (GUCAS).