Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing Institute Of Technology

Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) (simplified Chinese: 北京理工大学; traditional Chinese: 北京理工大學, formerly known as 北京工业学院), is a leading public, co-educational, national key university, located in Beijing, China. Established in 1940 in Yan'an (延安), the university used to be administered by the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND). After COSTIND was merged into the newly established Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in 2008, the university is now under the direct administration of the MIIT.

BIT has been a tier-1 research university in China for more than 50 years. It is one of the first Chinese universities to run a graduate school and received privileged fund from the Chinese government in “the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Five Year Plan.” BIT is also one of the national “Project 211” and “Project 985” universities, which were given priority for development by the Chinese government, the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the Ministry of Education (MOST) and the Beijing Municipal Government.

BIT's strategic collaborators include eleven Chinese provinces and direct-controlled municipality, as well as forty city or county level governments. The university also has various cooperations with ninety higher education institutions in 29 countries, as well as over one hundred major domestic and international corporate enterprises.

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