Beijing Institute of Technology

北京理工大学

General information

基本概况

Beijing Institute of Technology(BIT) is a state hey university，and an open，international and research-oriented university of science，engineering and humanities with science and engineering as the focus. It was founded in Yan'an in 1940 asYanan Academy of Natural Science, It is oneof the first universities to run a graduate school and receive privileged fund from the central government in"the 7th，8th and 9th Five Year Plan.8th is also one of the state Project 211" universities receiving preferential support from the state.

北京理工大学是“理工为主，工理文协调发展”的全国重点大学。其前身是1940年创办的延安自然科学院，是我国首批颁布的全国重点大学，是全国首批建立研究生院的高校是“一七五 八五”和“九五”期间国家重点投资建设的学校，也是国家首批“211工程”建设的高校。

In 2000，BIT was listed in"Plan 985"，which gives priority for developmenf by Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense(COSTI ND) Ministry of Education and BeijingMunicipal Government.

2000年以国防科工委、教育部、北京市人民政府重点共建的形式进入国家高水平大学建设的“985工程”行列;

In 1999，BIT passed evaluation for outstanding in undergraduate program sponsored by Ministry of education research quality BIT ranks among the first-class universities for its high education and research faculty teams，and academic programs with distinctive characteristics

1999年通过教育部“本科教学工作优秀学校评价。北京理工大学以其高质量的教学科研高水平的师资队伍和学术成果为特色，处于国家一流大学行列。

The main campus of BIT occupies floor space of 724000 square meters.an area of 1 369200 square meter The construction area fior Liangxiang Campus The construction area for Zhuhai is 3330000 collection ofi more than 2170000 items.

学校占地面积136.92万平方米，另有北京良乡校区建设用地152.83万平方米、珠海校区建设用地333万平方米。学校校舍建筑面积91. 24万平方米，校图书馆藏书217万册。

Alming the target of developing a first-class and world-renowned research oriented university，BIT has created favorable environment for teaching and research.

北京理工大学以建设一流的世界著名研究型大学为目标，创造了一个良好的教学科研环境。

There are over 3500 faculty and staff，including 4 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)and 10 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering(CAE)，1431 full and associate professors(including researchers and senior engineers)，257 supervisors of doctorate programs 17 experts with outstanding contributions at the national level，5 special professors of“Cheungkong Scholars Program”and 251 recipients of special subsidies from the central government.

学校现有教职工3500名，其中中国科学院院士4名、中国工程院院士10名，教授、副教授(含研究员、高级工程师)1431名，博士生导师257名，国家有突出贡献中青年专家11名，长江学者奖励计划”特聘教授6名，享受政府津贴专家251名。

Each year BIT undertakes over I 000 research projects，the funding for scientific research at BIT has been increasing annually at large scale. Now BIT has 3 State Key Labs，4 Labs for State Key Discipline，1 open Lab of State Education Ministry，5 Key Labs of Beijing city.At present.

学校每年承担科研项目超过1000项，科研经费每年都有大幅度增长，有3个国家级重点实验室、9个国家重点学科、专业实验室、一个教育部开放实验室、5个北京市重点实验室。

the university comprises 13 schools and 41 departments and 43 institutes(research centers).As one of the first universities authorized by the State Council to grant doctorate and master degrees，BIT has 11 state key disciplines and 25 key disciplines at the ministry level. The university now has 11 doctorate programs in first-level disciplines，23 master programs in first-level disciplines，14 post-doctor stations，61 doctorate program disciplines，144 master program disciplines and 60 undergraduate majors.

学校设有13个学院，41个系，43个研究所(中心)。作为国务院首批批准授予博士、硕士学位的单位，学校拥有11个国家重点学科、25个部级重点学科;11个博士学位一级学科授权点，23个博士学位授权学科专业。

In 2006，BIT has a total enrolment of over 36533，including 13627 in 4 year undergraduate programs，1 479 in 2 year undergraduate programs，5 088 postgraduate students for bachelor's degree，2104 postgraduate students for doctor's degree 364 overseas students and country.

全校各类在校学生36533个硕士学位一级学科授权点，14个博士后流动站，61个博士学位授权学科专业，144个硕士学位学科专业及60个本科专业。

BIT attaches great importance to the communication and cooperation domestitally and internationally and has established relationship with more than 90 universities in 29 countries and districts.

2006年全校各类在校学生36533人，其中本科生13627人，，专科生1479人，硕士生5088人人、博士生2104人、留学生364人、远程教育和继续教育学生近13 871人。60多年来为国家培养了125156名各类高层次人才。学校重视开展国内和国际交流与合作，与29个国家和地区的90余所高校建立了校际合作关系。

In order to improve the strength of the fiaculty BIT appointed 174 visiting professors，384advisory professors and 6 honorary professors in China，plus 45 overseas visiting professors and 12 honorary professors With the principle of“facing modernization，facing the world，facing the future"，BIT is sparing no effort to broaden its opening and deepen its reform to turn itself into a first-class world renowned research university.

为了加强师资力量，学校在国内聘请了174名特聘教授、38名客座教授、6名荣誉教授，在国外聘请了45名特聘教授和12名荣誉教授。学校按照建设高水平研究型大学的目标，面向现代化，面向世界，面向未来”，坚持对外开放，深化改革，与时俱进。

Glorious History

历史变迁

In 1939，Yan'an Academy of Natural Science，the predecessor of BIT was founded.

1939年北京理工大学的前身—延安自然科学院成立。

In January 1946，Yan'an Academy of Natural Science was renamed Jin-Cha-Ji Remote Area Industrial College.

1945年1月延安自然科学院改名为晋察冀边区工业专门学校。

In October 1948，the Engineering College of North-China University was founded on the basis of the merging of Jin-Cha-Ji Remote Area Industrial College and the Engineering College of Northern University.

1948年10月晋察冀边区工业专门学校与北方大学工学院合并，成立华北大学工学院。

In August 1949，the Engineering College of North-China University moved to Beijing.

1949年8月华北大学工学院迁人北京。

On November 18，1951，Engineering College of North-China University was renamed Beijing Institute ofTechnology(BIT).

1951年11月18日华北大学工学院改名为北京工业学院。

In 1959，BiT was designated as one of the sixteen key universities in China bythe central government.

1959年中央政府批准北京工业学院为全国首批16所重点院校之一。

In 1988，the institution changed its Chinese name from"Institute" to"University" with the English name remaining unchanged.

1988年4月2日北京工业学院更名为北京理工大学。

In December 1995，BIT was ratified by the central government as one of the "Project 211" universities.

1995年12月北京理工大学被批准为“211工程”大学之一。