Tianjin University of Science and Technology is a public institution of science and engineering, located in Tianjin, which is a "double-class" construction university in Tianjin. The school was founded in 1958, formerly known as Hebei Institute of Light Industry, and was renamed Tianjin University of Science and Technology with the approval of the Ministry of Education in 2002. The school has Binhai New Area and Hexi Campus. The two campuses * * * cover an area of about 2,300 mu and have about 26,000 students.