Beijing Technical University

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Beijing Technical University
motto Unity Diligence Integrity Innovation (团结 勤奋 求实 创新)
founding 1940
Sponsorship Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
place Beijing , People's Republic of China
Students 43,990 (2010)
Employee 3,430 (2010)
including professors 1,930 (2010)
Website www.bit.edu.cn (Chinese)
Beijing Technical University Stadium

The Beijing Technical University (in short: TU Beijing, Chinese  北京 理工 大學  /  北京 理工 大学 , before 1988: Beijing Technical University Chinese  北京 工業 學院  /  北京 工业 学院 ) is a public, co-educational , national university in the Zizhuyuan street district ( Haidian district ) of the chinese capital Beijing . The Technical University , established in 1940 in Yan'an (延安), is now subordinate to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technologies .

The Technical University of Beijing has been one of the leading research universities in China for more than 50 years. It is one of the first universities in China to run a graduate school and has received privileged grants from the Chinese government in the “Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Five-Year Plan”. It is also part of Projects 211 and 985 , the development of which was given special priority by the Chinese government , COSTIND , the Ministry of Education and the Beijing municipal administration.

The strategic collaborators of the Technical University of Beijing include eleven Chinese provinces and government-subordinate cities as well as 40 city and district governments. The university also works with 90 educational institutions in 29 countries and more than a hundred large domestic and international companies.

history

Yan'an Academy of Sciences, 1940s

The predecessor of the Technical University of Beijing is the Yan'an Academy for Science, the first academy for science founded in January 1940 by the Chinese Communist Party . In 1943, the Yan'an Academy of Sciences was merged with Yan'an University to form the Yan'an Academy of Sciences (延安 大學 自然科學 院). In January 1946 and January 1947, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Industrial Vocational School (晉察冀 邊區 工業 專門 學校) and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border Industrial Traffic College (晉察冀 邊區 工業 交通 學院) were added. In 1948 the academy became a part of North China University as a technology school. In 1950, various science and technology departments of the Sino-French University Beijing (北平 中法 大學) were included in the school.

Beijing Technical University (北京 工業 學院) in 1950s, on the old Sino-French University campus

In 1951 the school separated from North China University. Some departments have been closed and transferred to other universities according to the Chinese government's disciplinary adjustment policy. For example, the biology department came to the Chinese Agricultural University and parts of the aviation department supported the new Beijing Aerospace University .

In 1952 the school got its current name. In 1959, the TH Beijing was named by the Chinese government as one of the 16 national key universities that were granted the right to issue graduate degrees. Although research was largely halted during the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976, the TH Beijing in 1978 was still one of 88 key universities. In 1984 the Technical University of Beijing was one of the 25 key universities that received special support from the Chinese government as part of the seventh five-year plan . In the same year, it was one of the first 22 Chinese universities to be authorized to run graduate schools on a trial basis.

In the early 1980s, the Faculty of Economics was founded. In 1988 the institution changed its Chinese name from "Beijing Technical University" to "Beijing Technical University" while the English name remained unchanged. In 1991 it was selected as one of 14 universities for the eighth five-year plan. In December 1995 she was among the first 15 participants in Project 211 . In 1996 the TU was allowed to officially operate graduate schools as one of the first 32 Chinese universities, and in the same year it was selected with 26 other key universities for the ninth five-year plan. In 1999, the Chinese Ministry of Education rated the education of the undergraduates as “excellent”. In 2000, the Technical University of Beijing was included in Project 985's list of the top ten Chinese universities to receive support in developing domestic universities with international fame. In the same year, as at 21 other universities, the “21st Century Education Promotion” program was started as part of the tenth five-year plan.

campus

Liangxiang Campus

The main campus of the TU Beijing is located near Zhongguancun , also known as China's Silicon Valley . It has an area of ​​920,700 square meters including a usable area of ​​724,000 square meters. The Liangxiang campus in a suburb of Beijing covers 2,000,000 square meters and the Zhuhai campus in Guangdong province covers 3,330,000 square meters. There are other campuses in Xishan and Qinhuangdao in Hebei Province . The university's residential areas extend over 900,000 square meters.

Education and Research

The TU traditionally focuses on polytechnical training and research. While maintaining her traditional strengths in technology, she also directs her attention to the balanced development of other disciplines. Today it is a multidisciplinary university with extensive academic disciplines in engineering, science, management, human sciences, economics, law and education.

The university is divided into 13 academic colleges with 47 departments and 43 research institutes and centers.

Academic Colleges:

  • College of Information Sciences and Technology
    • Department of Electrical Engineering
    • Department of Automation
    • Department of Photonics and Electronics (photonics and electronics)
    • Center for Electronic and Electrical Education and Experiments
  • College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering (mechanical and vehicle engineering)
  • College of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Science
  • College of Natural Science
  • College of Humanities and Social Science
  • College of Software
  • College of Computer Science and Technology (informatics and computer technology)
  • College of Foreign Studies
  • College of Aerospace Science and Technology
  • College of Material Science and Engineering
  • College of Life Science and Technology
  • College of Management and Economics (Management and Economics)
  • College of Design Arts (Design Arts)

Other schools and colleges:

  • Graduate School (graduate school)
  • School of Physical Education
  • School of Continuing Education and Distance Learning
  • School of Higher Vocational Studies
  • Zhuhai College
  • Qinhuangdao College
  • Xishan branch

The TU Beijing has 16 national key disciplines and 25 key disciplines at ministry level. It awards bachelor's degrees in 60 major subjects and master’s degrees in 144 major subjects, as well as doctoral degrees in 62 major subjects. It also has 17 post-doctoral stations.

The Technical University of Beijing is an important research institution for military technology and is famous for its contributions to the research and development of radar , guided missiles , firearms and armed combat vehicles. However, some of the research is secret and much of the work cannot be published. The traditional strengths of the TU Beijing are electrical engineering, automation, photonics, mechanical technology, vehicle technology, aerospace technology and chemistry. Other research areas such as computer science, industrial design and higher education have developed particularly rapidly in recent years. It has five national key laboratories (research centers), six key laboratories (research centers) for national defense, two key laboratories (research centers) of the Ministry of Education and four key laboratories (research centers) of the Beijing municipal government. There is also a national science park. Research expenditure in 2004 was more than 620 million yuan .

Data

  • Students (as of 2010/2016)
    • 43,991 in total
    • 14,006 / 14,774 full-time undergraduates
    • 5,617 / 7,959 Master’s students
    • 2,544 / 3,250 doctoral students
    • 242 / 1,580 international students
    • 20,077 other students (vocational school, distance learning, etc.)
  • staff
    • more than 3,400 in total
    • 1,900 teachers
    • 8 colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Technology
    • 19 scholars from Chang Jiang
    • 1,300 professors (including researchers and professional senior technicians)
    • 12 national experts with exceptional contributions
    • 251 recipients of special central government subsidies

Leaderboards and controversy

In the past, most of the Chinese education officials ranked the Technical University of Beijing among the top 20 universities in the People's Republic. More recent evaluations ranked it among the first 15 universities of Project 211 and the tenth university in the prestigious Project 985. According to the Chinese discipline ranking of the Ministry of Education, the university was rated in 30 disciplines and ranks among the top 10 in the following disciplines:

  • 1st place in Weaponry Science and Technology
  • 5th place in Information Engineering (information technology)
  • 5th place in Optical Engineering (optical technology)
  • 5th place in Aerospace Science and Engineering (aeronautical science and technology)
  • 7th place in Mechanical Engineering (mechanical engineering)
  • 7th place Metallurgical Engineering (metallurgical technology)
  • 9th place in Transportation and Traffic Engineering (transport and traffic engineering)
  • 10th place in Instrument Sciences and Technology
  • 10th place in Automation Science and Engineering (automation science and technology)
  • 10th place in Chemical Engineering (chemical engineering)

University library

The university library of the TU was established in 1940 and today consists of a main library and four branches. Nine further branches are under construction or in the planning stage. In 2006 the renovation of the main library was completed. The state-of-the-art building has an area of ​​25,509 square meters and has a wireless network. The library comprises three million media (including 1.13 million electronic media).

Press

The TU's press department was set up in 1985 and has published more than 3,000 books. Most of the books are about science and technology. The current press officer is Yang Zhijian.

Alumni and personalities

Sports

The sports hall of the Technical University of Beijing was used as a volleyball hall during the 2008 Summer Olympics .

The Technical University of Beijing has several college sports teams. The soccer team is considered to be one of the best in Chinese college soccer. Between 2001 and 2006, she won the title of the Chinese University League four times. In 2003 and 2005, the BIT team represented Chinese football at the Universiade . Between 2006 and 2015, it is the only student team to play in the Chinese Football Association Jia League. Since 2015 there has also been a soccer team for international students called the Beijing Institute of Technology International FC.

In the sports hall of the TU, the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium , preliminary round games of indoor volleyball took place at the 2008 Summer Olympics . At the Paralympics 2008 , the goalball competitions were held here. The venue was selected for this purpose in 2005. The hall offers 5,000 seats on an area of ​​21,900 square meters. The roof with its net-like structure has an area of ​​22,632 square meters and was built using a technology that is otherwise used in bridge construction . After the Olympic Games, the hall will serve as an event space for academic and cultural events.

Web links

See also

List of secondary education institutions in Beijing

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Beijing Institute of Technology: Facts And Figures ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) Status March 18, 2010. Accessed February 5, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / english.bit.edu.cn
  2. ↑ BIT Admission Book 2016 in 9 languages. In: english.bit.edu.cn. Retrieved September 29, 2016 .
  3. ↑ China University Disciplines Ranking 2002-2004
  4. ↑ China University Disciplines Ranking 2006
  5. ↑ Website of the library ( Memento of the original from June 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / lib.bit.edu.cn
  6. ↑ Website of the BIT Press ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bitpress.com.cn
  7. ^ Website of the BIT soccer team

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