Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) was founded in Yan¡¯an in 1940. BIT is a national key university, an open, international and research-oriented university of science, engineering and humanities with science and engineering as the focus. It is one of the first universities to run a graduate school and receive privileged fund from the central government in ¡°the 7th, 8th and 9th Five Year Plan.¡± BIT is also one of the national ¡°Project 211¡± universities receiving preferential support from the state. In 2000, BIT was listed in ¡°Plan 985,¡± which gives priority for development by Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND), Ministry of Education (MOST) and Beijing Municipal Government. In 1999, BIT passed the evaluation for ¡°Outstanding in Undergraduate Program¡± sponsored by MOST. BIT ranks among the first-class universities for its high educational and research quality, strong faculty teams, and academic programs with distinctive characteristics.