Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

The university integrates interdisciplinary thinking throughout talent cultivation and vigorously develops two discipline clusters: “Information Network Science and Technology” and “Computer Science and Cybersecurity.” Three first-level disciplines—information and communication engineering, computer science and technology, and electronic science and technology—were rated in Category A in the Ministry of Education’s discipline evaluation, with information and communication engineering rated A+. Focusing on “Double First-Class” development, the university continually strengthens and further optimizes its disciplinary structure. It currently has 11 first-level doctoral degree authorizations and 24 first-level master’s degree authorizations, including the 11 doctoral disciplines; 1 professional doctoral degree authorization; 12 professional master’s degree categories; 53 undergraduate programs; and 7 postdoctoral research stations. Its disciplines cover 8 categories: science, engineering, literature, law, economics, management, education and arts. It has initially formed a multidisciplinary structure with prominent strengths in information disciplines and mutual support among engineering, management, humanities and science.

The university has deep cooperation and exchange relationships with over 200 renowned overseas universities, research institutions and companies. It maintains close cooperation with sector-specific international organizations such as the International Telecommunication Union and actively expands substantive cooperation with world-class universities and academic institutions. It is committed to training more versatile, innovative and internationally minded people with patriotism, a global outlook and a sense of responsibility for their times, and to comprehensively developing a world-class university distinguished by information science and technology. It actively hosts high-level international conferences, creates platforms for academic exchanges with leading international universities, and promotes academic exchanges and dialogue, further increasing its international influence. In 2004, with Ministry of Education approval, it began a joint bachelor’s degree training program with Queen Mary, University of London, and established its International School. In 2011, it established a Confucius Institute with the University of the South Pacific in Fiji. The institute now operates across “three countries and four locations” and has been named a Global Model Confucius Institute. In 2020, it established a Confucius Institute at Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. In 2022, approval was granted for Queen Mary School Hainan, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, a Sino-foreign cooperative institution without independent legal-person status jointly established in Hainan with Queen Mary University of London.