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Why is Harbin Institute of Technology called University of Space Technology?
Harbin Institute of Technology was founded in 1920, when the school was named "Harbin Sino-Russian Industrial School". The establishment of Harbin Institute of Technology is directly related to the construction of China Middle East Railway (renamed as "Medium-long Railway" after War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory). The purpose of the school is to train engineering and technical personnel for the Middle East Railway, and the school runs according to the Russian education model. Now, more than 80 years have passed, and Harbin Institute of Technology has become a key university with a high reputation in the world.

A prestigious school with peaches and plums all over the world

Harbin Institute of Technology has been an open school since its establishment. Since 1954 became the first batch of six key universities in China, it has been a national key university. 1984 was listed as a national key university, and 1999 was identified as one of the nine universities under the goal of world-renowned high-level universities.

In June, 2000, Harbin Institute of Technology merged with its kindred Harbin Institute of Technology to form a new Harbin Institute of Technology. The reporter learned that Harbin Institute of Technology is one of the earliest universities in China to carry out postgraduate training. Up to now, the number of master's and doctoral students in the school has reached more than 10 thousand.

In the 29 years before the founding of the People's Republic of China, * * * has trained more than 3,500 students, with graduates all over the world, such as Asia, Europe, America and Oceania. Since the founding of New China 50 years ago, * * * has trained more than 654.38 million students for the country. Harbin Institute of Technology has established inter-school cooperative relations with 350 institutions of higher learning and enterprises in 36 countries and regions including the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Japan and Russia.

Historically, it was an international university.

Harbin Sino-Russian Industrial School opened to train engineering and technical personnel for the Middle East Railway. /kloc-0 started construction in may, 920, and the opening ceremony was held in 17 10. At that time, there were two departments: railway construction and electromechanical engineering. The first three classes * * * recruit students 103, and implement the credit system. The school system lasts for four years, all of which are taught in Russian, and the school building is temporarily used as the superstructure of the former Russian consulate. Graduates who passed the examination Committee's defense were awarded the title of engineer. 1922, Harbin Sino-Russian Technical School was renamed Harbin Institute of Technology.

1928 10 10 On October 20th, the Faculty of Law and Politics merged with the Business School, and the school was officially named Harbin Institute of Technology, with General Zhang Xueliang as the chairman of the board of directors.

From 1 93865438+1October1,the school was renamed Harbin Institute of Technology. Since then, the name of Harbin Institute of Technology has been used to this day.

From the founding of 1920 to liberation, Harbin Institute of Technology has been running schools in Russian or Japanese, and teaching in Russian or Japanese, which makes Harbin Institute of Technology have distinctive international characteristics from the very beginning. From 1920 to 1938, the last batch of students in Russian class graduated, and Harbin Institute of Technology * * * trained 1267 graduates, including 382 students from China and 885 students from the former Soviet Union and Poland. These graduates are located in Chinese mainland, Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong, the former Soviet Union, Australia, Poland, the United States and Canada.

Hire 70 foreign experts to teach.

In order to run Harbin Institute of Technology well, after liberation, 67 Soviet experts and 3 Czech experts were hired to help the school build much-needed majors and train teachers and students. A batch of advanced instruments and equipment were shipped back from the Soviet Union, which made Harbin Institute of Technology's laboratories and practice factories leap to the forefront of the country ... With the key support of the state, Harbin Institute of Technology carried out transformation and expansion.

1954 In March, the Ministry of Higher Education held a symposium of Harbin Institute of Technology, which produced a draft decision on some issues of Harbin Institute of Technology. Comrade Yang Xiufeng, Vice Minister of Higher Education Department, said: "Harbin Institute of Technology has basically been transformed into a new university adopting the advanced teaching system of the Soviet Union, which should be affirmed. Harbin Institute of Technology played a banner role, and universities across the country also recognized it. " 1954 10 The Ministry of Higher Education first identified six universities as national key universities, and Harbin Institute of Technology became the only key university outside Beijing.