Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) is a public university with a traditional focus on science and technology but developing into other areas such as management and humanities. The Institute emphasises ethics in scholarship, discovery of truth, and contribution to mankind through profound academic accomplishments.BIT was founded in 1940 in Yan’an, Shaanxi Province and was relocated to Beijing in 1949.
BIT has always formulated its strategies in light of national strategic needs and global developments in science and technology and education, and in accordance with its own strengths and missions. These strategies include: consolidating its strengths in mechanical and vehicle engineering and automation; leveraging its advantages and distinctive programmes in IT-related disciplines; and developing new strengths in aerospace engineering. BIT will build its strengths in both science and engineering, and simultaneously develop disciplines in management and humanities. BIT comprises more than 3,500 faculty members and 25,000 full-time students. Over 14,000 are undergraduate students, nearly 8,000 are graduate students and over 3,000 are doctoral students.
The university comprises three main campuses: Zhongguancun – known as Beijing’s ‘Silicon Valley’ – spanning 178 acres; Liangxiang, the largest campus, home to BIT’s library and the physics department; and Xishan Experimental Area, with houses its school of Mechanical Engineering.
Additionally, BIT also boasts a number of educational institutes, including the Institute of Educational Research, School of Liberal Arts, School of Continuing Education, School of International Education, and the Higher Vocational and Technical College.
