Harbin Institute of Technology

HIT was founded in 1920 as a small technical school and now, 83 years later, has developed into a large multi-disciplinary nationally renowned university with science, engineering and research as its core. Since 1954, HIT has repeatedly been designated as one of China¡¯s leading institutions of higher education and as such has received significant financial support and investment from the Central Government. HIT is also one of the national ¡°211 Project¡° universities. This project targets 100 institutions of higher education to receive preferential support for development into world-class universities in the 21st century. HIT employs a great number of scholars well known domestically and internationally. Currently, there are 2,885 faculty members, including 18 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Science and/or the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 444 doctoral supervisors, 629 professors and 1, 112 associate professors.