Beijing Institute of Technology (abbreviated BIT; Simplified Chinese: 北京理工大学; Traditional Chinese: 北京理工大學; pinyin: Běijīng Lǐgōng Dàxué), is a national leading co-educational public university located in Beijing, China. It was established in 1940 in Yan’an, Shaanxi. It is a major research university under the supervision of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
BIT is a Chinese Ministry of Education Class A Double First Class University. As a member of Double First Class University Plan, Project 985 and Project 211 it is a leading multi discipline university given priority sponsorship from the Ministry of Education and the Beijing Municipal Government.
BIT is ranked 201-300th in the WURI Global Top 100 Innovative Universities Ranking of 2021.
Rankings
BIT was widely considered by Chinese education officials to be among the top 20 universities in China. In recent national level evaluations BIT was among the first 15 universities to be designated into the “Project 211“. It is also the tenth university to be designated into the prestigious “Project 985“. BIT ranks in the top 300 for the QS World University Rankings(2014), 29th in QS Asian University Rankings (2014), 39th in the BRICS University Rankings(2014) and 17th in Chinese University Rankings(2014). BIT’s Engineering and Technology ranks in the top 5 among Chinese universities. According to the China Discipline Ranking conducted by a research center affiliated with the China Ministry of Education, BIT ranks among top 10 nationally in the following ten disciplines:
- Information Engineering: ranked fifth.
- Optical Engineering: ranked fifth.
- Aerospace Science and Engineering: ranked fifth.
- Mechanical Engineering: ranked seventh.
- Metallurgical Engineering: ranked seventh.
- Transportation and Traffic Engineering: ranked ninth.
- Instrument Sciences and Technology: ranked tenth.
- Automation Science and Engineering: ranked tenth.
- Chemical Engineering: ranked tenth.