Harbin Institute of Technology, founded in 1920, is located in Harbin, a famous northern city known as "Oriental Moscow". It belongs to the National Defense Science, Technology and Industry Committee. After more than 80 years of construction, it has developed into an open, research-oriented and interdisciplinary key university, enjoying a high reputation at home and abroad.
Harbin Institute of Technology has been an open school since its establishment. After liberation, it was one of the two institutions designated by our government to study the advanced education system of the Soviet Union. In various historical periods, the development of Harbin Institute of Technology has been supported by the state. 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 construction 15 university, and 1996 became the first batch of universities to enter the national "2 1 1 project".
In June, 2000, Harbin Institute of Technology merged with Harbin Jianzhu University to form a new Harbin Institute of Technology. The merger of the two universities further enhanced the comprehensive strength of Harbin Institute of Technology. The school is divided into aerospace college, mechanical and electrical engineering college, materials science and engineering college, energy science and engineering college, electrical engineering and automation college, science college, management college, humanities and social sciences college, computer science and technology college, software college, civil engineering college, municipal environmental engineering college, architecture college, transportation science and technology college, automobile engineering college (Shandong Weihai campus), food research college, international economic and trade relations college, and foreign languages department. The school has 68 undergraduate majors, 100 master's degree programs, 68 doctoral degree programs, 18 postdoctoral mobile stations, 14 first-class disciplines with the right to award doctoral and master's degrees, 18 national key disciplines and 22 national and provincial (ministerial) key laboratories.
Harbin Institute of Technology is one of the earliest universities in China to train graduate students. The Graduate School of Harbin Institute of Technology is one of the ten graduate schools appraised and commended by 1995 for the first time in China, and 1999 was awarded the title of "National Advanced Collective of Degree and Postgraduate Education Management". So far, there are more than 10,000 master's and doctoral students in our school.
The school is located in the center of Harbin, covering an area of 343 hectares, with a building area of10.5 million square meters. Teaching, scientific research and living facilities are perfect. Modern facilities such as modern library, first-class teaching building, international competition indoor gymnasium, international standard stadium, domestic first-class student canteen and well-equipped student activity center all provide superior conditions for students' all-round development.
The school has a team of teachers with enterprising spirit, excellent business and excellent work style. There are 2,957 full-time teachers, including 737 professors, associate professors 115, including 19 academicians of the Academy of Engineering and Academy of Sciences (including academicians1person) and 594 doctoral supervisors. Many of them are well-known experts and scholars at home and abroad, and dozens of them are the chief experts or expert leaders in the national high-tech field. Some of them are members of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee and Discipline Appraisal Group, or hold leadership positions in domestic societies at all levels.
Harbin Institute of Technology has a strong and solid scientific research team, and its scientific research work has achieved fruitful results. In 2004, the total amount of scientific research funds exceeded 900 million yuan, and the scale, level and funds of scientific research ranked among the top universities in China. A number of domestic leading, close to or reaching the world advanced level of scientific research achievements have been achieved. In the summary evaluation of the "863" high-tech work 10 anniversary of the State Science and Technology Commission, Harbin Institute of Technology ranked second in the national universities in comprehensive evaluation. At present, the school is giving full play to the comprehensive advantages of disciplines and striving to obtain a number of high-level scientific and technological achievements with international influence and great contribution to the country in many fields.
Harbin Institute of Technology High-tech Park was established in 1992, covering an area of nearly 100 hectares. In the past ten years, the construction of industrial base, science and technology market and other projects has been completed successively, with good development momentum and outstanding contributions, which has been highly praised and fully supported by the state, provinces and municipal governments.
One of the first batch of 15 university science parks in China, the Harbin Institute of Technology Science Park, known as the "Silicon Valley in the North", was officially listed in June 2000. During the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, a large-scale park of/kloc-0.00 million square meters will be built on 58.6 hectares of land, which will become an important base for the incubation and transformation of high-tech achievements.
At present, there are 55,550 students in Harbin Institute of Technology, including 38,840 full-time students. In the twenty-nine 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. In the 50 years since the founding of New China, * * * has trained more than 65,438 students for the country. It is the tradition of the school that "the specifications are strict, and the kung fu is home". The graduates trained have solid basic theory, strong practical ability and high comprehensive quality, which are welcomed by employers. The fragrance of peaches and plums of Harbin Institute of Technology has now become the backbone of all fronts of the motherland, including state leaders, generals of the Republic of China and a group of scientists, educators and entrepreneurs. Harbin Institute of Technology has become an important base for training advanced technical and management talents at home and abroad.
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, and jointly trained graduate students, hosted academic conferences and carried out scientific research cooperation. The school was selected as the only permanent branch of the International Astronautical University (ISU) in Asia, which marked a new stage of the school's international cooperation and exchange.
Facing the 2 1 century, the goal of Harbin Institute of Technology is to approach and reach the world advanced level in discipline construction, personnel training, scientific research and management through deepening the reform of system and mechanism and key construction in 10 or longer.
Harbin Institute of Technology is making unremitting efforts, forging ahead, and moving towards the goal of a world-renowned high-level university!