Tianjin University of Science and Technology, located on the Bohai Sea and Haihe River, is a key university jointly established by the central and local governments and Tianjin. It is a multidisciplinary university with the coordinated development of engineering, science, literature, agriculture, medicine, economics, management, law and art. It is a "double-class" university in Tianjin. The first batch has the right to award master's degrees approved by the State Council, and the second batch has the right to award doctoral degrees approved by the State Council.
Since its establishment more than 60 years ago, the school has been based on light industry, serving the society, Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and facing the whole country, and has formed an excellent school-running tradition of "persisting in expanding the characteristics of light industry, carefully cultivating the backbone of the industry, and determined to serve the national economy and people's livelihood". The school actively responds to the national strategy of coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the development and opening up of Binhai New Area, strengthens strategic cooperation with regional and industrial enterprises, and strives to contribute to regional development and industrial progress.