Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai) is one of the campuses of Harbin Institute of Technology, a famous national key university with a history of 87 years. It is an educational innovation that Harbin Institute of Technology expands the space for running a school and cooperates with local governments. The school was founded in 1985, formerly known as Weihai Branch of Harbin Institute of Technology. 1996, approved by the former State Education Commission, the School of Automotive Engineering of Harbin Institute of Technology moved from Harbin to Weihai and merged with Weihai Branch. In 2002, the school was officially renamed as Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai).
Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai) is located in Weihai, a beautiful coastal city in Jiaodong Peninsula. With beautiful scenery, distinct seasons, convenient transportation and prosperous economy, it is one of the key coastal port cities in China and won the UN Habitat Award, which is the most suitable place for human habitation and entrepreneurship. The campus of Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai) is surrounded by mountains and seas, with elegant environment, integrated ecology and art, complete modern facilities, covering an area of 155.5 hectares and an existing construction area of 383,000 square meters. It is a vibrant garden-style university and an ideal place to study. Since the beginning of the new century, Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai) has started its own leap-forward development and achieved gratifying results in all aspects. As an important part of Harbin Institute of Technology, the school inherits the fine tradition and spirit of Harbin Institute of Technology, and embodies the characteristics of Harbin Institute of Technology in terms of school-running concept, discipline construction and personnel training. The school adheres to the multidisciplinary characteristics of science and engineering, and combines science and engineering management with literature. There are 5 disciplines and 36 majors in engineering, science, economics, management and literature. It has formed a multi-level and multi-form education system that combines graduate students with undergraduates, general education with adult education, and education for international students. At present, the average full-time student in the school is 1 10,000.
The discipline planning of the school insists on giving full play to the advantages of Harbin Institute of Technology, adapting to national defense and regional needs, forming a development idea of complementing disciplines and specialties and creating brand characteristics. At present, there are 10 colleges (departments) such as Automotive Engineering College, Information Science and Engineering College, Humanities and Management College, Computer Science and Technology College, Foreign Languages College, Ocean College, Materials Science and Engineering College, Software College, Mathematics Department, Optoelectronic Science Department and so on, as well as physical education specialty. More than 100 laboratories and engineering technology centers have been established, and 36 scientific research institutions such as international microelectronics research center, energy and environment research institute and robotics research institute have been established.
Adhering to the principle of high starting point and high level, and fully relying on the discipline advantages and human resources of Harbin Institute of Technology, a group of knowledgeable and experienced old experts and young and middle-aged teachers came to Weihai Campus from Harbin to start their own businesses. Together with other high-level scholars introduced from home and abroad, they are active in the front line of teaching and scientific research, forming a teaching team with enterprising spirit, excellent business and reasonable echelon. The school has more than 700 faculty members and more than 500 full-time teachers. Among the full-time teachers, 42% have full and deputy senior titles, and 80% of the teachers in some colleges have overseas study experience.
Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai) adheres to the style of study of Harbin Institute of Technology, which is "strict in specifications, hard at home", attaches importance to students' mastery of basic knowledge, cultivation of innovative ability and improvement of comprehensive quality, and has formed an excellent school spirit and style of study. The school follows the "people-oriented" management concept, actively explores the ways of "innovative education" and "self-education" for students, and has achieved excellent results in personnel training. Students have won prizes in the Challenge Cup National Extracurricular Academic and Scientific Works Competition for College Students, the China Automobile Knowledge Competition for College Students, the National Mechanical Design Competition for College Students, the CCTV Cup National English Speech Competition and many other activities, which shows the strength of students of Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai). Graduates are favored by employers, and more than 1 10,000 graduates work in all fronts of the country.
The scientific research work of the school adopts the principle of combining civilian scientific research with national defense scientific research, and encourages teachers to actively carry out scientific research work, so as to make a new generation of academic leaders and academic backbones stand out, improve the academic echelon day by day, greatly improve the scientific research level, and make major breakthroughs in the fields of automobile technology, electronic countermeasures, integrated circuits, peer-to-peer networks, new materials, and marine engineering. , filling the domestic gap. The number of high-level academic papers collected by SCI, EI and ISTP has increased rapidly. Schools make full use of the advantages of coastal open areas, strengthen cooperation in Industry-University-Research, actively carry out scientific and technological cooperation with enterprises, and make contributions to local economic and cultural construction.
Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai) insists on opening to the outside world and attaches importance to academic, cultural and technical exchanges. At present, it has established inter-school cooperation and exchange relations with universities in the United States, Germany, Canada, Japan, South Korea and other countries and regions.
In June, 2004, the fourth Party Congress of Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai) determined the long-term and short-term development goals of the school, which further pointed out the direction for the development of the school. At present, the school will adhere to the development policy of "strengthening construction, upgrading connotation, revitalizing resources and developing scientifically", adhering to the advantages of Harbin Institute of Technology and combining local needs, and strive to develop characteristic majors. While further improving the quality of undergraduate education, we will vigorously develop postgraduate education and strive to cultivate high-level and high-quality talents.
Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai) will keep up with the development pace of Harbin Institute of Technology, explore hard, forge ahead, work together with Qixin, and strive for the lofty goal of building a world-class university!