China University of Mining and Technology is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education. It has successively entered the national "2 1 1 Project", "985 Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform Project" and the national "double-class" construction universities. The school is one of the first universities in China with the right to award doctoral and master's degrees, and has a graduate school approved by the state.

The school has 23 colleges and 72 undergraduate majors, with more than 23,500 full-time undergraduates, 65,438 doctoral and master students, 740 international students and 22,000 continuing education students. More than 3,400 faculty members; There are 5 national scientific research platforms, 33 provincial and ministerial scientific research platforms, and National University Science Park 1; There are also 1 independent colleges, Xu Hai College.

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Eight disciplines, including engineering, earth science, materials science, chemistry, mathematics, environment and ecology, computer science and social science, entered the ESI world before 1‰, of which 1‰ was before engineering, and mineral resources and mining engineering entered the top 50 in the world for five consecutive years.

In May, 2023, the official website of the school showed that there were 1062 faculty members in the school. Academician of China Academy of Sciences 1 person, 4 academicians of China Academy of Engineering, and "Huang Danian-style teachers in national universities" 1 person. Five people served as members of the academic evaluation team of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee, seven people were rated as young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions to the country, three people were selected as leading talents in scientific and technological innovation of the national special support program for high-level talents, and four people were hired as young scholars of the Yangtze River Scholar Award Program.