Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications is a 2 1 1 school. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education, which is the key construction of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the first batch of "2 1 1 project" was built. It is also a key university under the project of "985 Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform". It is a multi-disciplinary research university characterized by information technology, focusing on engineering, and coordinating the development of production, management, literature and science. It is an important information technology talent training base in China. In 20 17, two discipline groups, "information network science and technology discipline group" and "computer science and network security discipline group" entered the ranks of first-class discipline construction.

Located in Beijing, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (hereinafter referred to as Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications) is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. It ranks among the national "Double First-class" construction universities, "21Project" and "985 Engineering Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform", and is a founding member of Beijing Hi-Tech University Alliance, China Artificial Intelligence Education Association and CDIO Engineering Education Alliance. It has successively been selected into the national "11plan" and "20 1 1 plan", the institutions that have received scholarships from the China government for overseas students, the first batch of universities with excellent engineer education and training programs of the Ministry of Education, the first batch of "new engineering" research and practice projects of the Ministry of Education, and the first batch of demonstration projects of deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform in China.

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, founded in 1955, formerly known as Beijing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications, is the first post and telecommunications institution in People's Republic of China (PRC), under the former Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. 1960 was identified as a national key university by the State Council. 1993, renamed as "Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications". In 2000, it was listed in the ranks of universities directly under the Ministry of Education.

As of July, 2022, the school has a team of teachers with academicians of China Academy of Sciences, China Academy of Engineering, foreign academicians, winners of major national talent projects or talent projects, winners of national and provincial teacher awards, and experts enjoying special government allowances as the backbone. Teachers with doctoral and master's degrees account for 96% of the total number of full-time teachers, and there are nearly 100 foreign teachers. A group of teachers and teams have successively won the honorary titles of Huang Danian-style teachers' team in national universities, national outstanding teachers, Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China's "model of the times", Beijing's outstanding teachers, Beijing's pioneer in ethics, Capital Labor Medal, Beijing's advanced workers, Beijing's March 8th Red Flag Medal and Beijing's "model".