# Beijing University of Technology

The Beijing University of Technology (北京工业大学; lit. 'Beijing Industrial University') is a municipal public university in Chaoyang, Beijing, China, with more than 20,000 students. It is affiliated with the City of Beijing and funded by the Beijing Municipal People's Government. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction.

## History

Beijing University of Technology was founded in 1960 with five engineering departments. The first group of students was transferred from the Beijing Institute of Technology and Beijing Normal University.
In 1981, the Beijing University of Technology formed the graduate school; in 1985, the school started granting the Doctoral degrees with international standard (the first batch of university in China to award doctoral degrees).
In 1990, Beijing Tech acquired the College of Economics and Management from Beijing Union University, and later, in 1993, the Beijing Computer Institute became part of the university as the College of Computer Science. In 1993, Beijing Tech formed the Experimental College by cooperating with local business, which later became an independent college. Over the decades, the social sciences also grew to play a significant role in the university. The achievements of faculties in facets of Economics, Law and other social sciences further indicate that this university has been changed into a de facto comprehensive university with wide variety of schools and colleges. As of today, its primary achievements are mainly focused on engineering research and education.

## Organization

Beijing Tech is a key university under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Municipal Government. It has the following colleges (faculties):
* College of Applied Mathematical and Physical Science
* College of Architecture and Urban Planning
* College of Architecture Engineering
* College of Arts
* College of Economics and Management (including: Faculty of Law)
* College of Computer Science
* College of Continuing Education
* College of Electronic Information and Control Engineering
* College of Energy and Environmental Engineering
* College of Foreign Languages
* College of Humanities and Social Science
* College of Life Science and Bioengineering
* College of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Electronics Technology
* College of Materials Science and Engineering
* College of Metropolitan Transportation
* College of Microelectronics
* College of Software Engineering
* Institute of Laser Engineering (National Center of Laser Technology)
* Gengdan College (Independent College)
* Experimental College (Independent College)
* Division of Physical Education
* Fan Gongxiu Honors College of Beijing University of Technology
* Beijing Dublin International College

## Campus

Beijing University of Technology is located in southeastern Beijing. The campus covers an area of about 800,000 square metres, with 4,940,000 square meters of floor space.
Beijing Tech's main library is a modern complex occupying a floor area of more than 20,000 square meters. The library houses about 700,000 printed materials, 60,000 e-books, and more than 40 kinds of database resources, forming a documentation resource system which meets the demands of teaching and research. The library also cooperates with the Capital Library of Beijing and the Information Centre of the Chinese Academy of Science, providing professional services to the student and faculty.
Beijing Tech was selected to host the Badminton competitions of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. A new athletic gymnasium was formed as a response to this, with it completed in September 2007 after meeting the requirements of the International Olympic Committee.

## Academics
### Undergraduate programs

The university upholds the principle that its purpose is to provide a stable and smooth process of undergraduate education. The premise for such education is that the supply of educated and trained personnel is fundamental to the success of China's future development and growth. As a result, it has developed an undergraduate education system with three main categories: science, engineering and management. At present, there are 6,811 undergraduate students studying 26 disciplines in 16 departments of the university.

### Graduate and Professional Programs

The graduate education or studies programs of the university are matched to the needs of the economic construction and social development programs of Beijing and China as a whole. It aims to improve educational quality, and consistently optimize and develop the scale, quality, efficiency and structure of graduate education. The graduate studies school is the department in which both the graduate studies and scientific research programs are undertaken.
The School of Higher Professional Education, founded in July 1996, has a staff of more than 120 persons. Of the staff, five are professors and 29 are associate professors. The four departments are: Basic Course, Information Technology, Engineering Technology, Economics and Management. The disciplines include: e-business, computer science and application, internet and office automation, information and telecommunication engineering, telecom and network engineering, information and applied software, financial accounting, environmental engineering, architectural technology, and concise chemistry. The school has established laboratories and an intern training base for higher professional education, and built cooperative education programs with Japan, Russia, etc. There are presently more than 1300 students enrolled in the School.

## Rankings

As of 2023, Beijing University of Technology has been ranked among top 301-400 global universities by the Academic Ranking of World Universities and 643rd globally and 145th in Asia as of 2022 by the US News & World Report Best Global University Ranking. It was ranked 608th by the Center for World University Rankings and 519th in the world by the CWTS Leiden Ranking.

## Student life

There are more than 21,000 students enrolled in Beijing Tech, of whom around 13,000 are undergraduate students, more than 8,000 are master's degree students, around 1,000 are doctoral degree students, and 500 are international students. In addition to these students, there are over 10,000 continuing education students.

## Notable alumni

* Zhang Rongming - vice chairwoman, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference