China Geo University, developed from Beijing Institute of Geology, is a high-level, comprehensive and research-oriented university with a high reputation in the international geoscience community. The school features earth science and engineering technology and has made outstanding contributions to earth science in China. It is the first batch of "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project" key construction universities.

Beijing Institute of Geology, the predecessor of China University of Geology.

The original site of the College is located in China Geo University (Beijing) Campus, No.29 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing.

College was established in Beijing 1952, which was formed by the merger of Peking University, Tsinghua University, Beiyang University (now Tianjin University) and Geology Department (branch school) of Tangshan Railway Institute.

Academy was one of the eight famous academies on Xueyuan Road at that time.

President Mao Zedong appointed Comrade Liu Xing as the first president of Beijing Institute of Geology (attached with the letter of appointment of President Mao Zedong).

With the construction of eight colleges, a main road named Xueyuan Road has been built from south to north in the college area.

Eight colleges

The west side of the road (4 stops) is from south to north.

Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (now Beihang University);

Beijing Institute of Geology (now China Geo University);

Beijing Institute of Mining (now China University of Mining and Technology);

Beijing Forestry College (now Beijing Forestry University);

On the east side of the road (4 stops):

Beijing Medical College (now peking university health science center);

Beijing Institute of Iron and Steel (now University of Science and Technology Beijing);

Beijing Petroleum Institute (now China Petroleum University)

Beijing Agricultural Mechanization College (now China Agricultural University),

1987165438+1October 4th, Wuhan Institute of Geology, graduate department, Beijing (that is, the part that Beijing Institute of Geology stayed in Beijing) and Wuhan Institute of Geology (that is, the part that Beijing Institute of Geology moved south) were officially renamed as China Geo University.

China Geo University (Beijing) and China Geo University (Wuhan) were established in Beijing (namely, graduate department of Wuhan Geo University) and Wuhan (the main body of Wuhan Geo University) respectively.