BIT has several collegiate sports teams. Its football team is widely considered one of the best in Chinese collegiate football. The team won 4 out of 6 national champions from 2001 to 2006, when it participated in the Chinese University Football League. The BIT team also represented Chinese football team at the 2003 Summer Universiade Game and the 2005 Summer Universiade Game. After winning the promotion to the professional football league in 2006, the team has been participating in the professional Chinese Football Association Jia League. Since 2015 the international students at BIT have their own football team, BIT International FC.