Harbin Institute of Technology is known as the Whampoa Military Academy in China's space field.

Harbin Institute of Technology (hereinafter referred to as Harbin Institute of Technology) under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has three campuses in Harbin, Weihai and Shenzhen. Founded in 1920, the school is known as the cradle of engineers. 20 17 was selected into the list of "double first-class" universities. The orientation of the school is based on aerospace, serving national defense and facing the main battlefield of the national economy.

Harbin Institute of Technology founded the first aerospace institute in China, and a large number of achievements contributed to the first flight of Long March 7 and Long March 5 rockets, the manned flight of Tiangong 2 and Shenzhou 11, and won many awards such as China Manned Space Engineering Cooperation Contribution Award, China Manned Space Engineering Outstanding Contribution Award and China Manned Space Engineering Outstanding Contribution Award.

Harbin Institute of Technology (Harbin Institute of Technology) is becoming a prestigious university of technology and aerospace at home and abroad. Academician Liu Yongtan, who won the highest national science and technology award in 20 18, is a professor at Harbin Institute of Technology.

During the development of Shenzhou series spacecraft, Harbin Institute of Technology overcame many technical difficulties. During the rendezvous and docking mission between Tiangong-1 and shenzhou spaceship, the school provided more than 20 technical supports. It is the only university unit that has won the honorary title of "Outstanding Contribution Collective of China's Manned Space Project".

Academy of Aerospace Sciences, also known as Whampoa Military Academy in China's aerospace field, has exported a large number of outstanding talents for China's aerospace field. In the last 30 years, a considerable number of talents in the aerospace field have come from Harbin Institute of Technology.