As one of the earliest institutions of higher learning, tianjin polytechnic university's school-running history can be traced back to 1949, and its predecessor was Tianjin Institute of Machinery. After years of development, the school has made good achievements in the field of engineering, but there is still a certain gap compared with some well-known comprehensive universities in China. Therefore, when the Ministry of Education classifies higher education, it classifies tianjin polytechnic university as "two universities".