Beijing Institute of Technology is a national key construction university of 2 1 1 and 985 Project. Its doctoral students in mechanical design have very good employment, generally working in large state-owned enterprises, foreign companies or scientific research institutes, and the treatment is very generous.

Beijing Institute of Technology is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, focusing on science and engineering, with the coordinated development of engineering, science, management and literature. It is the first batch of key universities in "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project" and a member of "Sino-Russian Union of Engineering Universities". It has been selected into "11plan", "20 1 1 plan", "excellent engineer education and training plan" and "national public postgraduate plan for building high-level universities". It is a medium-level university with a graduate school.

In 20 12, the school entered the QS World University Rankings "Top Asian Universities 100" and "Top 500 World Universities" for the first time, ranking 13 among the 19 universities selected in China (tied).