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Beijing Institute of Technology

Coordinates: 39°57′28″N 116°18′30″E / 39.95778°N 116.30833°E / 39.95778; 116.30833
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Beijing Institute of Technology
北京理工大学
Motto德以明理 学以精工
Motto in English
Seek Truth in Virtue; Pursue Study to Perfect Practice.
TypePublic
Established1940; 84 years ago (1940)
Academic affiliations
Excellence League, SSU, AMBA, BHUA
PresidentZhang Jun
Academic staff
1,953 (2010)[1]
Administrative staff
1,489 (2010)
Students26,358 (2010)[1]
Undergraduates14,010 (2010)[1]
Postgraduates8,205 (2010)
2,701 (2010)[1]
Location
Beijing
,
China

39°57′28″N 116°18′30″E / 39.95778°N 116.30833°E / 39.95778; 116.30833
CampusUrban, 4,734 ha
Colors    Green and white
Sporting affiliations
Beijing Institute of Technology F.C.
Websitebit.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese北京理工大学
Traditional Chinese北京理工大學
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBěijīng Lǐgōng Dàxué
Main campus entrance of BIT

The Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.

The university was originally established as the Yan'an Natural Science Academy in 1940 in Yan'an, Shaanxi.[2]

History

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Yan'an period (1940–1946)

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Yan'an Academy of Natural Sciences
Xu Teli, educationist and second president of BIT (1941-1943)

Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) has its origins in the Yan'an Research Academy of Natural Sciences (延安自然科学研究院). BIT was established May 1939 in Yan'an, Shaanxi by the Chinese Communist Party with the aim of training science and engineering professionals.[2] In January 1940 when China was undergoing the most difficult phase of the War of Resistance Against Japan the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party reformed the Yan'an Research Academy of Natural Sciences into the Yan'an Academy of Natural Sciences (延安自然科学院). The mission of the academy was to assist industrial development in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region. Opened on 1 September 1940 it was the first science and engineering university founded by the Chinese Communist Party. Li Fuchun, secretary of the CCP Committee for Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region, was appointed as the first president and was succeeded by educationist Xu Teli.[3]

During the founding period the Yan'an Academy of Natural Sciences received support from international organizations and individuals including Rewi Alley.[citation needed]

In March 1943 the Yan'an Academy of Natural Sciences merged with the newly founded University of Yan'an (延安大学) and was named the School of Natural Sciences University of Yan'an (延安大学自然科学院).[citation needed]

At the end of 1945 the University of Yan'an moved to the north of China.[4]

Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region period (1946–1949)

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In January 1946 the School of Natural Sciences moved to Zhangjiakou. The Central Bureau of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region decided to settle the School at Zhangjiakou and merged it with Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region College of Technology (晋察冀边区工科专门学校) to form the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region College (晋察冀边区工业专门学校).[citation needed]

At the end of the same year the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region Institute moved to Hebei and merged with the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region Academy of Railway (晋察冀边区铁路学院) to form the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region College of Industry and Transportation (晋察冀工业交通学院). One year later the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region Institute moved to Jingxing County and was renamed the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region Bureau of Industry College of Technology (晋察冀边区工业局工业学校). In August 1948 it merged with the Institute of Technology Northern University (北方大学工学院) to form the Institute of Technology North China University (华北大学工学院).[3][4]

Institute of Technology North China University period (1949–1952)

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BIT1
Gate of Sino-French University
BIT
Gate of Institute of Technology, North China University in the 1950s, on the original site of Sino-French University

The home campus of Sino-French University (中法大学) and its Departments of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry were merged into the Institute of Technology North China University in October 1950.[3][4]

During the Cultural Revolution most research at Beijing Institute of Technology came to a halt but quickly resumed after 1976.[3][5]

Post-economic reform period (1988–present)

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BIT is traditionally strong in national defense and military technologies research, especially radar, missiles and armored combat vehicles but also maintained outstanding research strength in electrical engineering, automation, photonics, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, computer science and industrial design.[5]

As of 2015 BIT has established cooperation with more than 200 universities from 58 countries and implemented student exchange programs with more than 40 universities in the world including the Technical University of Munich, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, University of California and The Australian National University.[6]

Campus

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Zhongguancun, Beijing

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Zhongguangcun campus has an area of 920,700 square meters, including a floor space of 724,000 square meters.[7] It is the oldest campus of BIT. Since the opening of Liangxiang campus in 2007 Zhongguancun campus is mainly used to host higher year undergraduate students and postgraduate students.[8]

Liangxiang, Beijing

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Gate of the Liangxiang northern campus.

Since 2007 undergraduate students are located on the Liangxiang campus which is based in Liangxiang University Town, Fangshan District of Beijing.[9]

Xishan, Beijing

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Xishan Laboratory Research Center is located in Beijing.[10]

Fangshan, Beijing

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The BIT Fangshan campus was co-founded by BIT and the Fangshan District government and is located in the Fangshan District of Beijing.[11]

Qinhuangdao, Hebei

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Founded in 1984, the Qinhuangdao campus offers one-year pre-university program for ethnic minority students whose first language is not Mandarin. Qinhuangdao campus also accepts pre-university ethnic minority students who will apply to Beihang University, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin Engineering University and Northwestern Polytechnical University.[12]

Zhuhai, Guangdong

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The Zhuhai campus is based in the Guangdong province of China. The speciality of Zhuhai campus lies in providing continuing education, distance learning courses and special courses related to the local economy and industry. It is home to many research institutions including a graduate school and a science park. BITZH- CUHK Optomechatronic Engineering Joint Research Center and BITZH- HKPU City and Public Security Joint Research Center are also located in Zhuhai campus.[13]

Academics

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Education

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BIT has 16 national key disciplines and 25 ministry-level key disciplines. BIT offers bachelor's degrees in 60 majors, Master's degrees in 144 majors and Doctorate degrees in 62 majors. It also has 17 post-doctorate stations.[7]

Research

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BIT's research strength lies in electrical engineering, information engineering, automation, photonics, mechanical Engineering, vehicle engineering, aerospace engineering and chemical engineering. Emerging research areas developed in recent years include Computer Science, Industrial Design and Higher education research.[citation needed]

BIT has five national key laboratories (research centers), six national defense key laboratories (research centers), two MOST key laboratories (research centers) and four Beijing municipal key laboratories (research centers).[7] It also has a national key science park. The annual research expenditure in 2004 was more than 620 million RMB.[citation needed]

BIT is one of the Seven Sons of National Defence.[14]

Rankings

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University rankings
BCUR National[15] Domestic 16
Wu Shulian National[16] Domestic 30
CUAA National[17] Alumni =24
QS National[18] General 15
THE National[19] General 14–19
QS Asia
(Asia version)[20]		 General 93
THE Asia
(Asia version)[21]		 General 47
ARWU World[22] Research 101–150
QS World[23] General =302
THE World[24] General 201–250
USNWR World[25] General 179

BIT is ranked among the top 20 universities in China and top 300 in the world.[26][27][28] In recent national level evaluations BIT was among the first 15 universities to be designated into the "Project 211". It is also the tenth university to be designated into the prestigious "Project 985".[29] Together with Tsinghua University, Peking University, Beihang University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, it is widely considered to be one of the top engineering universities in Beijing.[28]

BIT is ranked 201-300th in the WURI Global Top 100 Innovative Universities Ranking of 2021.[30]

According to the China Discipline Ranking conducted by a research center affiliated with the China Ministry of Education, BIT ranks among top 10 nationally in the following ten disciplines:[31][32]

  • Information Engineering: ranked fifth.
  • Optical Engineering: ranked fifth.
  • Aerospace Science and Engineering: ranked fifth.
  • Mechanical Engineering: ranked seventh.
  • Metallurgical Engineering: ranked seventh.
  • Transportation and Traffic Engineering: ranked ninth.
  • Instrument Sciences and Technology: ranked tenth.
  • Automation Science and Engineering: ranked tenth.
  • Chemical Engineering: ranked tenth.

Note: According to the ranking's classification of academic disciplines, BIT was evaluated in about 20 disciplines.

Library

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Renovation of the main library was completed in 2006. The state-of-the-art building has an area of 25,509 square meters and is covered by a wireless network. It has a collection of more than 3 million items, including 1.13 million electronic items.[33]

Press

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The BIT Press was established in 1985 and has published more than 3,000 books.[34]

Notable alumni

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Among the 100,000 BIT alumni there are Fellows of the Chinese Academy of Science and Chinese Academy of Engineering, officials with rank higher than provincial governor and generals of the Chinese military.

Politicians

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Scientists

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See also

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References

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  11. ^ 《北京理工大学志》编纂委员会 (1995). 北京理工大学志. 北京高等学校校志丛书 (in Chinese). 北京理工大学出版社. p. 115. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
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