北京理工大学 | |||||||
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| Motto | 德以明理 学以精工 | ||||||
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Motto in English | Seek Truth in Virtue; Pursue Study to Perfect Practice. | ||||||
| Type | Public | ||||||
| Established | 1940; 85 years ago (1940) | ||||||
Academic affiliations | Excellence League,SSU,AMBA,BHUA | ||||||
| President | Zhang Jun | ||||||
Academic staff | 1,953 (2010)[1] | ||||||
Administrative staff | 1,489 (2010) | ||||||
| Students | 26,358 (2010)[1] | ||||||
| Undergraduates | 14,010 (2010)[1] | ||||||
| Postgraduates | 8,205 (2010) | ||||||
| 2,701 (2010)[1] | |||||||
| Location | , China 39°57′28″N116°18′30″E / 39.95778°N 116.30833°E /39.95778; 116.30833 | ||||||
| Campus | Urban, 4,734ha | ||||||
| Colors | Green and white | ||||||
Sporting affiliations | Beijing Institute of Technology F.C. | ||||||
| Website | bit.edu.cn | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 北京理工大学 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 北京理工大學 | ||||||
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TheBeijing Institute of Technology (BIT) is apublic,comprehensive,researchuniversity located inHaidian District,Beijing City, China. The university is part ofProject 211,Project 985, and theDouble First-Class Construction.
BIT is one of the top universities in China. It was originally established as the Yan'an Natural Science Academy in 1940 inYan'an,Shaanxi.[2] Since 2008, it has been affiliated with theMIIT.
| BCUR National[3] | Domestic | 13 | |
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| Wu Shulian National[4] | Domestic | 32 | |
| CUAA National[5] | Alumni | 24 | |
| QS National[6] | General | 15 | |
| THE National[7] | General | 14–19 | |
| QS Asia (Asia version)[8] | General | 64 | |
| THE Asia (Asia version)[9] | General | 40 | |
| ARWU World[10] | Research | 101–150 | |
| QS World[11] | General | =259 | |
| THE World[12] | General | 201–250 | |
| USNWR World[13] | General | =156 | |
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BIT is ranked among the top 15 universities in China and the top 150 in the world byARWU.[14][15][16] In recent national level evaluations BIT was among the first 15 universities to be designated intoProject 211. It is also the 10th university to be designated intoProject 985.[17] Together withTsinghua University,Peking University,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences andBeihang University, BIT is widely considered to be one of the best engineering schools in Beijing.[16]
Subjectrankings
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:[18][19]
Note: According to the ranking's classification of academic disciplines, BIT was evaluated in about 20 disciplines.
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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 inYan'an,Shaanxi by theChinese Communist Party with the aim of training science and engineering professionals.[2] In January 1940 when China was undergoing the most difficult phase of theSecond Sino-Japanese War, theCentral 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 educationistXu Teli.[20]
During the founding period the Yan'an Academy of Natural Sciences received support from international organizations and individuals includingRewi 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.[21]
In January 1946 the School of Natural Sciences moved toZhangjiakou. 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 toHebei 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 toJingxing 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).[20][21]
The home campus ofSino-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.[20][21]
During theCultural Revolution most research at Beijing Institute of Technology came to a halt but quickly resumed after 1976.[20][22]
On April 2, 1988, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) was officially named and defined as a comprehensive university specializing inengineering while integratingscience,management, andliberal arts. At that time, it comprised 16 departments and 33 majors, includingvehicle engineering,applied physics,foreign languages, andindustrial design. The university also housed 22 research institutes and 62 laboratories. In 1994, BIT established an institute dedicated to evaluating degree and postgraduate education. It was selected for China "211 Project" in 1995 and later included in the "985 Project" in 2000. Since 2008, the university has been directly managed by theMinistry of Industry and Information Technology.[22]
As of 2015 BIT has established cooperation with more than 200 universities from 58 countries and implementedstudent exchange programs with more than 40 universities in the world including theTechnical University of Munich,Bauman Moscow State Technical University,Tokyo Institute of Technology,University of California andThe Australian National University.[23]
Zhongguangcun campus has an area of 920,700 square meters, including a floor space of 724,000 square meters.[24] 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.[25]
Since 2007 undergraduate students are located on the Liangxiang campus which is based inLiangxiang University Town,Fangshan District of Beijing.[26]
Xishan Laboratory Research Center is located in Beijing.[27]
The BIT Fangshan campus was co-founded by BIT and the Fangshan District government and is located in the Fangshan District of Beijing.[28]
Founded in 1984, theQinhuangdao campus offers one-year pre-university program forethnic minority students whose first language is notMandarin. 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 andNorthwestern Polytechnical University.[29]
The Zhuhai campus is based in theGuangdong province of China. The speciality of Zhuhai campus lies in providingcontinuing education,distance learning courses. The campus is managed by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education and focuses on serving the development of the Pearl River Delta region.[30]
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.[24]
BIT's research strength lies in electrical engineering,information engineering, automation, photonics,mechanical Engineering, vehicle engineering,aerospace engineering andchemical engineering. Emerging research areas developed in recent years includeComputer Science,Industrial Design and Higher education research.[citation needed]
BIT has five national key laboratories (research centers), six national defense key laboratories (research centers), twoMOST key laboratories (research centers) and four Beijing municipal key laboratories (research centers).[24] It also has a national key science park. The annual research expenditure in 2004 was more than 620 millionRMB.[citation needed]BIT has a think tank, the Center for Energy & Environmental Policy Research (Chinese:北京理工大学能源与环境政策研究中心) that conducts research onenergy economics andenvironmental management.[31]
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.[32]
The BIT Press was established in 1985 and has published more than 3,000 books.[33]
Among the 100,000 BIT alumni there are Fellows of theChinese Academy of Sciences andChinese Academy of Engineering, officials with rank higher than provincial governor and generals of the Chinese military.
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