Harbin Institute of Technology (hereinafter referred to as Harbin Institute of Technology), founded in 1920, has three campuses in Harbin, Weihai and Shenzhen. The development of Harbin Institute of Technology has always been supported by the state. 1954 entered the ranks of the first batch of six key universities in China and was once known as the cradle of engineers. 1996, the school entered the first batch of key construction universities in the national "21project", and 1999 was identified as one of the first nine universities in the national "985 project". In 2000, it merged with Harbin Jianzhu University with the same roots to form a new Harbin Institute of Technology, and was selected as a national university in 20 17.