Introduction

Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) was founded in Yanan in 1940. BIT is a national key university, an open, international and research-oriented university of science, engineering and humanities with science and engineering as the focus. It is one of the first universities to run a graduate school and receive privileged fund from the central government in “the 7th, 8th and 9th Five Year Plan.”

BIT is also one of the national “Project 211” universities receiving preferential support from the state. In 2000, BIT was listed in “Plan 985,” which gives priority for development by Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND), Ministry of Education (MOST) and Beijing Municipal Government. In 1999, BIT passed the evaluation for “Outstanding in Undergraduate Program” sponsored by MOST. BIT ranks among the first-class universities for its high educational and research quality, strong faculty teams, and academic programs with distinctive characteristics.

Aiming the target of developing a first-class and world-renowned research oriented university, BIT has created favorable environment for teaching and research. There are over 3500 faculty and staff, including 9 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering Sciences (CAES), 1200 full and associate professors (including researchers and senior engineers), 220 supervisors of doctorate programs, 18 experts with outstanding contributions at the national level, and 251 recipients of special subsidies from the central government. Now BIT has 3 State Key Labs, 4 Labs for State Key Discipline, 1 open Lab of State Education Ministry, 4 Key Labs of Beijing city. Each year BIT undertakes over 700 research projects, the funding for scientific research at BIT has been increasing annually at large scale.

BIT attaches great importance to developing international and domestic exchange and cooperation, paying great effort in all kinds of joint programs. It has established collaborative ties with over 40 local government and industries in more than 10 provinces and cities. It also built cooperative relations with 82 universities from 21 countries and conduct joint programs with more than 100 enterprises and institutions worldwide.

(Source: Beijing Institute of Technology)