Hebei University of Technology

Hebei University of Technology traces its origins to Beiyang Technical School, founded in 1903, one of China’s earliest higher education institutions for industrial professionals. It established the country’s earliest university-run factory. It was renamed Hebei Provincial Institute of Technology in 1929 and Hebei University of Technology in 1995. In 1996, it joined the first group of key universities under the national Project 211 initiative. In 2014, it became jointly supported by Hebei Province, Tianjin Municipality and the Ministry of Education. It was selected for the national Double First-Class initiative in 2017 and again for the new round in 2022. For more than 120 years, it has upheld the tradition of “Serving the Nation through Industry” and the motto “Diligence, Prudence, Public Spirit and Loyalty,” developing a distinctive approach that combines engineering learning with practical work. It has trained more than 300000 outstanding graduates for the country. In recent years, its 7 ESI top 1% subject areas—Materials Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Environment and Ecology, Computer Science, Social Sciences, General, and Physics—have steadily improved their global rankings, with Engineering reaching the top 1‰. The university has received the National Civilized Campus honor.

The university has 21 teaching units and admits students to 60 undergraduate programs, including 37 national first-class undergraduate program development sites, across seven categories: engineering, science, economics, management, literature, law and art. 21 programs have passed engineering education accreditation or Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development program assessment. It has 1 national Double First-Class discipline, 2 national key disciplines, 7 Hebei Double First-Class disciplines, 20 Hebei key disciplines, 6 Tianjin top disciplines and distinctive discipline clusters serving industry, and 7 Tianjin key disciplines. It has 10 postdoctoral research stations, 11 first-level disciplines authorized to award doctoral degrees, 1 professional doctoral degree category, 27 first-level disciplines authorized to award master’s degrees, and 19 professional master’s degree categories. It has more than 24000 full-time undergraduates and over 11000 postgraduate students.

The university continues to strengthen its high-level faculty. To date, it has recruited full-time or developed 43 nationally recognized talents. More than 330 staff hold expert distinctions at provincial or ministerial level or above, including nationally distinguished teachers, national model teachers and provincially distinguished teachers. It has over 2700 faculty and staff, including more than 1800 full-time teachers.

The university has 72 national, provincial and ministerial research platforms, including the National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Power Distribution and Utilization Equipment and Systems and the National Key Laboratory of Roll Materials and Composite Forming. It actively serves the major national strategy for coordinated Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei development and regional industrial transformation and upgrading. It has received more than one hundred provincial, ministerial or higher awards, including second prizes in the National Natural Science Awards and National Science and Technology Progress Awards, the Hou Debang Chemical Science and Technology Achievement Award, the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Progress Award in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology, the Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award for Higher Education Institutions in the humanities and social sciences, and the Hebei Outstanding Contribution to Science and Technology Award. Since the start of the 14th Five-Year Plan, it has led 85 major and key national research projects, continuing to tackle critical technological bottlenecks and disruptive technological innovation. It has undertaken 755 national research projects, with annual approvals from the National Natural Science Foundation remaining at around one hundred for six consecutive years. It has signed more than 3500 commissioned research contracts, and its registered value of technology contracts has consistently ranked among the top three universities in Tianjin. It has signed 25 contracts valued at tens of millions of yuan, significantly strengthening its ability to serve national and regional economic development. It applies for more than 600 patents annually and was approved among the first national intellectual property pilot universities. Annual research funding received exceeds RMB 600 million. Faculty have repeatedly published in leading international journals such as Nature. The Yuanguang small satellite successfully launched aboard a Long March 8 rocket and is operating in orbit. Its high-performance robotic tactile sensing intelligent system was included in the 2020 Innovation China list of pioneering technologies. Its facade maintenance robot was included among China’s top ten scientific and technological advances in intelligent manufacturing in 2023 and in the 2023 Innovation China list of pioneering technologies. Its application scenario for a large vision model for photovoltaic module reliability testing was selected among the top ten jointly developed and shared Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei scenarios in 2024.

The university places strong emphasis on international exchange and cooperation and has developed a comprehensive, multilevel and wide-ranging approach to international cooperative education. It has signed joint education agreements with more than 60 overseas universities, covering undergraduate through doctoral education. In Finland, it has jointly established the Hebei University of Technology Finland Campus with LUT University in Lappeenranta and Lahti. It has jointly established the Liverpool Institute of Hebei University of Technology with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom, the Cape Breton Institute of Hebei University of Technology with Cape Breton University in Canada, and joint undergraduate and master’s programs with Massey University in New Zealand. It currently has over 700 students in Sino-foreign joint education programs and nearly 500 international students.

Joint support from the province, municipality and ministry has created a new platform for the university’s development, while the national Double First-Class initiative has brought it into a new era. The university, with over 120 years of history, has embarked on a new journey. It will continue to be guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, uphold the socialist direction of education, comprehensively implement the Party’s education policy, fulfill the contemporary mission of the Four Services, and carry out the fundamental task of fostering virtue and educating people. Rooted in China and pursuing high-quality development, it will strive to become a distinctive, high-level socialist university with significant influence at home and abroad, provide talent and intellectual support for national and regional economic and social development, and contribute to the progress of human civilization.

(Related data as of May 2026)