Beijing University of Technology

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The Beijing University of Technology (; 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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