The alumni association ranks tenth. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is directly affiliated to Harbin Institute of Technology, a national key university, and is one of the first batch of world-class universities in China, including Class A, Project 985, 21,Nine Alliances, Pacific Rim University Alliance, China University Presidents Association, University Alliance of Excellence, Global Energy Internet University Alliance, China-China-Spanish University Alliance and China Artificial University Alliance.

Selected into the Everest Plan, Strong Foundation Plan, 20 1 1 Plan,1Plan, Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan, National Undergraduate Innovation Experiment Plan, National High-level University Public Postgraduate Program, New Engineering Research and Practice Project, China Government Scholarship for Overseas Students, National Model University for Deepening Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Reform, etc.

The school was founded on 1920. 195 1 was identified as one of the two model universities in China to learn from foreign higher education. 1954 entered the first batch of six key universities in China. 1996 entered the first batch of key construction universities in the national "2 1 1 project". 1999 was identified as one of the first nine universities in the "985 Project". In 2000, it merged with Harbin Jianzhu University to form the new Harbin Institute of Technology. 20 17 was selected into the list of "double first-class" A-level universities.