It confers both Bachelor s and Master s degrees. The Institute occupies a total area of 600 mu and has twelve departments and the enrollment of full-time students is over 7000 at present. The library stocks about 450,000 books within its floor area of 15,000 square meters. The Faculty includes 3 post-doctors, 3o doctors and 143 postgraduates. It has 38 professors and research fellows and 277 associate professors and research fellows.
Great importance is attached to research work.
The institute has 19 research organizations and economic entities, such as the Research Institution of Engineering Construction. The Institute budgeted 31 billion yuan of expenditures for 1998. With an active approach to international exchange and cooperation, the Institute sends selected staff abroad each year to further their studies or undertake research. It conducts research projects with foreign universities and research institutions, valuing such co-operation highly. Sixteen foreign experts teach in the institute.