Harbin Institute of Technology

Since its foundation, HIT has had a strong international flavor. In its first decades, courses at HIT were conducted exclusively in Russian and Japanese. After the reforming and opening to the outside, HIT has a more international influence on the world. Today, HIT has signed academic Copperation agreements of friendship with 151 institutions of higher education in more than 27 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan and Russia. HIT`s Copperation with these universities takes the form of student and faculty exchange programs, joint academic conferences and Copperation in scientific research. In addition, HIT is the exclusive executive branch of International Space University (ISU) in Asia. In 1954, HIT was designated as one of the China’s first six leading universities; in 1984, as one of the China’s fifteen leading institutions; in 1996, as one of the first universities to be included in the Project 211 list; and then in 1999, as one of the top nine key universities to be preferentially built according to the standards of internationally-renowned universities. At present, HIT has been a member of top nine University Union (C9) in China.

HIT is now well on its way towards achieving the goal of being a world-class university. HIT is famous for its original style of schooling: Being strict in qualifications for graduates; making every endeavor in educating students. With the Cradle of Engineers to International First-rate Innovative Talents as their goal, HIT`s graduates have been warmly welcomed by employers throughout China. More than 100,000 graduates have stepped into society and many have moved up to high-ranking managerial positions and worked as specialists in the fields of science and technology, education, and economics. A number of graduates have become leaders of the CPC and assumed government positions at different levels. HIT alumni can be found among the generals of the PLA, as well as academicians of the Chinese Academy of Science and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. The graduates have been making great achievements and creating wonders in all areas of society, enhancing the prosperity of China and the world.

Foundation year: 1920
Short name: HIT
Type: Public
Students: 29600
Faculty: 3050
Faculty/Students Ratio: 10:1
Region: Asia
Location: Harbin, Heilongjiang