Harbin Institute of Technology

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OverviewFounded 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): 6,981 Professors: 1,040 Academicians of CAS and CAE: 33 Student enrolled: 50,174 (Harbin)

Harbin Campus

Full-time undergraduate students: 30,287Master’s students: 7,733Doctoral students: 4,686Campus area: 3,474,876m2

Branch Campus (Weihai)

Full-time undergraduate students: 10,620Master’s students: 412Campus area: 1,228,956m2

Branch Campus (Shenzhen Graduate School)

Master’s students: 2,203Doctoral students: 312Campus area: 141,800m2

Location

Harbin Campus

A: Harbin Main Campus

B: Harbin Second Campus

C: Harbin Scientific Park

School of Architecture, close to A

C

AB

1920 Founding of Harbin Sino-Russian School for Industry1949 Postgraduate program1950’s 1 of 2 university models studying from USSR 1 of 6 national key universities, the only one outside of Beijing1960’s 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: 87 Master programs: 41 Doctoral programs: 27

Academic schools: 20 National Key Primary Disciplines: 9 National Key Laboratory: 8 Ministry Level Key Laboratory: 42

9 National Key Primary Disciplines• 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: MechanicsRanking No.2: Environmental Science & Engineering Civil EngineeringRanking No.3: Materials Science & Engineering Control Science & EngineeringRanking No.4: Computer Science & Technology Instrumental Science & Technology Aeronautical and Astronautical Science &TechnologyRanking No.5: Mechatronics Engineering Optical Engineering

8 National Key Laboratories• State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining

• National Key Laboratory for Precision Hot Forming of Metals

• State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment

• State Key Laboratory of Tunable Lasers Technology

• State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System

• National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environment

• National Key Laboratory for Space Materials Behavior and Evaluation

• National Engineering Laboratory for Coal-Burning Pollutants Emission Reduction

4 National Engineering Research Centers

• National Engineer Research Center of Urban Water Resources

• Ultra-Precision Machining Research and Application Center for National Defense Science & Technology Industry

• State and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Cold Region Low Carbon Architecture Technology

• Welding Automation Research and Application Center for National Defense Science & Technology Industry

Schools and Departments

• 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

• 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)

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.

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1.892 1.928

2.257 2.31

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1.60

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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Scientific Papers

The number of ESI Papers of 7 disciplines ranks 1% globally

Same as previousSame as previous

Increasing Increasing 66 positionspositions

Increasing Increasing 2121 positions positions

Increasing Increasing 88 positions positions

Increasing Increasing 5511 positions positions

Newly entered Newly entered in in 20132013

Increasing Increasing 37 37 positionspositions

Materials Science Ranking No.6Materials Science Ranking No.6Materials Science Ranking No.6Materials Science Ranking No.6

The patent applications and authorization in the recent The patent applications and authorization in the recent five yearsfive years

• HIT applied 1,257 patents of invention (authorized 871) in 2012, and the 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.number is continually over 1,000 in the previous past three years.

Patent of Invention

• 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.

Space Environment Simulation and Research Infrastructure (SESRI)Space Environment Simulation and Research Infrastructure (SESRI)

• Granted the national funds of 1.5 billion RMB to construct 9 sub-system and its supporting infrastructure.

• 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

• Integrates and develops multi-disciplines and promotes HIT towards developing into a world famous university

HIT has signed academic cooperation agreements of friendship with 297 institutions of higher education in 41 countries.

Aarhus UniversityAarhus University

Russia1. 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.1. University of Manchester2. University of Birmingham3. University of Bath4. Queens University Belfast5. University of Sheffield

Ireland1. University College Dublin2. Dublin Institute of Technology

Sweden1.Royal Institute of Technology 2. University of Gothenburg

Denmark1. TU Denmark2. Aarhus University

Germany1. TU Munich

The Netherlands1. TU Delft

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

Austria1. University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt

Italy1. Politecnico di Torino2. Politecnico di Milano3. University of Sassari

Spain1. Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya2. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

Canada1. York University2. University of Waterloo3. University of Calgary4. Trinity Western University

United States1. University of Maryland2. Purdue University3. Missouri University of Science and Technology4. Washington State University5. University of Texas--Dallas6. Florida Institute of Technology 7. The University of Arizona8. State University of New York at Stony Brook

Australia1.The University of Adelaide2.The University of Newcastle3.The University of Sydney4.The University of Western Australia5.Monash University6.The University of Queensland 7.The University of New South Wales

New Zealand1. Auckland University of Technology2. The University of Auckland

South Korea1.Seoul National University

2.KAIST

3.Korea University

4.Kyungpook National University

5.Hanyang University

6.Incheon University

7.Sogang University

8.Sungkyunkwan University

9.Pohang University of Science and Technology

10.Yonsei University

11.Pusan National University

12.Inha University

13.Ewha Womans University

14.GIST

Japan1. Tokyo Institute of Technology

2. Waseda University

3. Sophia University

4. The University of Tokushima

5. Tohoku University

6. Kumamoto University

7. Nagoya University

8. Hokkaido University

9. Chiba Institute of Technology

10.Niigata University

11.Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

12.Kyoto University

13.Yamagata University

Singapore1. National University of Singapore

Hong Kong1.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

Taiwan1.National Taiwan University2.National Tsing Hua University3.National Chiao Tung University4.National Cheng Kung University5.National Taiwan University of Science

and Technology 6.National Sun Yat-sen University7.National Central University8.Feng Chia University9.Soochow University10.I-Shou University11.Chinese Culture University12.National Yunlin University of Science

and Technology13.Fu Jen Catholic University14. Yuan Ze 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.