Founded in 1960, Beijing University of Technology (BJUT) is a key university under the administration of Beijing Municipal Government, with its main campus located at No.100 Ping Leyuan, Chaoyang District in Beijing.
In 1996, BJUT was included in National 211 Project, joining the rank of China’s 100 top universities in 21st century. It has 3 national key disciplines and 39 municipal key disciplines and 18 Post-doctoral research programs. It offers 34 Master’s Degree programs, 57 Bachelor’s Degree programs and 10 Professional Degree programs. BJUT has now over 29,670 students, including 13,435 undergraduates, 11,253 postgraduates, 3,968 undergraduates of continuing education and 1014 international students.
Currently, BJUT has 2967 faculty and staff members, among whom 1575 are full-time academic faculty members, including 8 Academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering and Chinese Academy of Sciences, 9 specially-appointed professors of ‘Yangtze River Scholars Program’, 10 winners of ‘National Fund for Distinguished Young Scientists’, 13 candidates of ‘Global Youth Experts Recruitment Program’ and 53 international teachers.