University of Science and Technology Beijing, located in Beijing, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) and a "double-class" construction university. 1952, Beijing Iron and Steel Institute was established by some departments of Beiyang University (now Tianjin University), Tsinghua University, Tangshan Railway Institute, Shanxi University, Beijing Institute of Technology and Northwestern Polytechnical University. 1960, renamed Beijing institute of iron and steel; 1988, renamed University of Science and Technology Beijing.