Harbin Institute of Technology
International Office 2014
Overview
Founded in 1920, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), with
science, engineering and research as its core, encompassing
management and liberal arts, economy and law, is now
developing into an open, multi-disciplinary and world-class
university.
Faculty Member (full-time):
Professors:
Academicians of CAS and CAE:
Student enrolled:
6,981
1,040
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50,174 (Harbin)
Location
Harbin Campus
Full-time undergraduate
students: 30,287
Master’s students: 7,733
Doctoral students: 4,686
Campus area: 3,474,876m2
Branch Campus (Weihai)
Full-time undergraduate
students: 10,620
Master’s students: 412
Campus area: 1,228,956m2
Branch Campus
(Shenzhen Graduate School)
Master’s students: 2,203
Doctoral students: 312
Campus area: 141,800m2
Harbin Campus
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A
C
B: Harbin Second Campus
A: Harbin Main Campus
C: Harbin Scientific Park
School of Architecture, close to A
1920
1949
1950’s
1960’s
Founding of Harbin Sino-Russian School for Industry
Postgraduate program
1 of 2 university models studying from USSR
1 of 6 national key universities, the only one outside of Beijing
23 Majors in 7 Departments
800 academic staff, 800 students, 67 Russian and Czechoslovakia experts
1984
1 of 15 universities to receive preferential support from government
1996
The first batch of universities in Project 211
1999
One of the top universities in Project 985
2009
A member of Top Nine University Consortium (C9) in China
2013 The First batch of universities in 2011 Scheme by Ministry of Education in China
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Undergraduate programs:
Master programs:
Doctoral programs:
Academic schools:
National Key Primary Disciplines:
National Key Laboratory:
Ministry Level Key Laboratory:
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9 National Key Primary Disciplines
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Mechanics
Mechatronics Engineering
Instrumental Science and Technology
Materials Science and Engineering
Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics
Control Science and Engineering
Computer Science and Technology
Civil Engineering
Management Science and Technology
In 2013, the Discipline Evaluation by Ministry of Education in China had been
announced and HIT had 10 primary disciplines ranking forefront among all the 95
primary disciplines from 391 universities.
Ranking No.1: Mechanics
Ranking No.2: Environmental Science & Engineering
Civil Engineering
Ranking No.3: Materials Science & Engineering
Control Science & Engineering
Ranking No.4: Computer Science & Technology
Instrumental Science & Technology
Aeronautical and Astronautical Science &Technology
Ranking No.5: Mechatronics Engineering
Optical Engineering
8 National Key Laboratories
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State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining
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National Key Laboratory for Precision Hot Forming of Metals
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State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment
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State Key Laboratory of Tunable Lasers Technology
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State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System
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National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environment
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National Key Laboratory for Space Materials Behavior and Evaluation
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National Engineering Laboratory for Coal-Burning Pollutants Emission Reduction
4 National Engineering Research Centers
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National Engineer Research Center of Urban Water Resources
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Ultra-Precision Machining Research and Application Center for National Defense Science & Technology Industry
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State and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Cold Region Low Carbon Architecture Technology
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Welding Automation Research and Application Center for National Defense Science & Technology Industry
Schools and Departments
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School of Astronautics
School of Electronics and Information Engineering
School of Mechatronics Engineering
School of Materials Science and Engineering
School of Energy Science and Engineering
School of Electrical Engineering and Automation
School of Science
School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
School of Economy and Management
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School of Civil Engineering
School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering
School of Architecture
School of Transportation Science and Technology
School of Computer Science and Technology
School of Software
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
School of Food Science
School of Law
School of Foreign Languages
School of Life Science and Engineering
Scientific Research Funding in the latest five years (In Billion RMB)
2.40
2.257
2.00
1.60
1.892
1.928
2010
2011
2.31
1.595
1.20
0.80
2009
2012
2013
The Research Funding of HIT has been increasing since the last decade
and the total amount of funding is over 100 billion RMB which is among
the top in China.
Scientific Papers
Type of Paper
Total amount
Ranking in Chinese
universities
CPCI-S Paper
825
No. 1
EI Paper
3,069
No. 2
SCI Paper
2,345
No. 10
ESI Highly Cited Papers (last 10 years)
174
No. 9
ESI Hot Papers (last 2 years)
24
No. 3
The number of ESI Papers of 7 disciplines
ranks 1% globally
Same as previous
Increasing 6 positions
Increasing 21 positions
Increasing 8 positions
Increasing 51 positions
Increasing 37 positions
Newly entered in 2013
Materials Science Ranking No.6
Engineering Ranking No. 20
Physics Sciences Ranking No. 87
Computer Science Ranking No.95
Chemistry Ranking No.164
Environmental Science and Ecology
Ranking No.228
Mathematics Ranking No.105
Patent of Invention
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HIT applied 1,257 patents of invention (authorized 871) in 2012, and the number is
continually over 1,000 in the previous past three years.
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HIT is authorized with 871 patents of invention, ranking No.3 among all Chinese
universities
Threr are 2,533 effective patents of invention, ranking No.4 among all Chinese
universities.
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The patent applications and authorization in the recent five years
Space Environment Simulation and Research Infrastructure (SESRI)
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Fills in the blank in national simulation facilities, comprehensive space
environment interacting with the material science research platform in the
integrated environment of large space
Granted the national funds of 1.5 billion RMB to construct 9 sub-system and
its supporting infrastructure.
Integrates and develops multi-disciplines and promotes HIT towards developing
into a world famous university
Aarhus University
HIT has signed academic cooperation agreements of friendship with
297 institutions of higher education in 41 countries.
Russia
1. Pacific National University
2. Moscow State Technical University Named
After N.E Bauman
3. Samara State Aerospace University
4. Moscow Power Engineering Institute
5. Lomonosov Moscow State University
6. St. Petersburg State University
7. St. Petersburg State Technical University
8. Novosibirsk State Technical University
9. Amur State University
10. Russian State University of Management
11. Siberian Federal University
12. National Maritime University
13. Ural State Technical University
14. Irkutsk State Linguistic University
15. Russian Far East Federal University
U.K.
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University of Manchester
University of Birmingham
University of Bath
Queens University Belfast
University of Sheffield
Ireland
1. University College Dublin
2. Dublin Institute of Technology
Sweden
1.Royal Institute of Technology
2. University of Gothenburg
Denmark
1. TU Denmark
2. Aarhus University
The Netherlands
1. TU Delft
Germany
1. TU Munich
France
1. Sorbonne Universities
2. UT Group
3. Agrocampus Rennes
4. University of Bordeaux 1
5. Mines-Telecom
6. Arts et Metiers Paris-Tech
7. INSA Group
8. Lille University of Science
and Technology
Austria
1. University of Applied Sciences Wiener
Neustadt
Italy
1. Politecnico di Torino
2. Politecnico di Milano
3. University of Sassari
Spain
1. Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
2. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Canada
1. York University
2. University of Waterloo
3. University of Calgary
4. Trinity Western University
United States
1. University of Maryland
2. Purdue University
3. Missouri University of Science and
Technology
4. Washington State University
5. University of Texas--Dallas
6. Florida Institute of Technology
7. The University of Arizona
8. State University of New York at Stony
Brook
Australia
1.The University of Adelaide
2.The University of Newcastle
3.The University of Sydney
4.The University of Western Australia
5.Monash University
6.The University of Queensland
7.The University of New South Wales
New Zealand
1. Auckland University of Technology
2. The University of Auckland
South Korea
1.Seoul National University
2.KAIST
3.Korea University
4.Kyungpook National University
5.Hanyang University
6.Incheon University
Japan
7.Sogang University
1. Tokyo Institute of Technology
8.Sungkyunkwan University
2. Waseda University
9.Pohang University of Science
and Technology
3. Sophia University
10.Yonsei University
5. Tohoku University
11.Pusan National University
6. Kumamoto University
12.Inha University
7. Nagoya University
13.Ewha Womans University
8. Hokkaido University
14.GIST
9. Chiba Institute of Technology
4. The University of Tokushima
10.Niigata University
11.Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific
University
12.Kyoto University
13.Yamagata University
Singapore
1. National University of Singapore
Taiwan
1.National Taiwan University
2.National Tsing Hua University
3.National Chiao Tung University
4.National Cheng Kung University
5.National Taiwan University of Science
and Technology
6.National Sun Yat-sen University
7.National Central University
8.Feng Chia University
9.Soochow University
10.I-Shou University
11.Chinese Culture University
12.National Yunlin University of Science
and Technology
13.Fu Jen Catholic University
14. Yuan Ze University
Hong Kong
1.The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2.University of Hong Kong
3. The Chinese University of Hong Kong
4. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
HIT has sent 1,652 students to study abroad, and received 1,881 international
students from 106 countries and regions in 2013.
HIT received 2,720 specialists and scholars from abroad for academic in 2013.