Hebei University of Technology
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| Motto | Yong Yi Zhuan Jing Qin Shen Gong Zhong 勇毅专精 勤慎恭忠 |
| Established | 1903 |
| Type | Public |
| President | Fu Guangsheng(傅广生) |
| Faculty | 2,100 |
| Undergraduates | 17,300 |
| Postgraduates | 3,200 |
| Location | Tianjin, PRC |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://www.hebut.edu.cn/ (中文) http://eweb.hebut.edu.cn/ (English) |
Hebei University of Technology ( for short: HEBUT ) (Chinese: 河北工业大学; pinyin: Hebei Gongye Daxue) is a public university whose main campus lies in the Guangrong Dao neighborhood of the Hongqiao District in Tianjin, China. It is the first institute of technology in modern Chinese education history. It is among the first group of institutions of higher learning in the national “211-Project” to which priority is given in construction. In order to carry out the “21st Century Education Revitalizing Action Plan”
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[edit] History
The institution was established by Yuan Shikai, receiving a royal charter in 1903 as Peiyang Technological School, from Guangxu Emperor.The university modeled itself on the famous European and American institutions of higher learning and aimed to rejuvenate China by training qualified ersonnel with new scientific and technological knowledge. In 1958, after restructuring, institution was renamed Hebei institution of Technology. In 1995, institution was renamed Hebei University of Technology.
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- 1903 Peiyang Technological School
- 1907 The first Diploma of the School granted
- 1951 Merged with Peiyang University, renamed as Tianjin University
- 1958 Rename as Hebei institution of Technology
- 1994 Became one of the 211 project Universities
- 1995 Rename as Hebei University of Technology
- 2004 100th Anniversary
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[edit] Alumni
- revolutionary forerunner, Huang Ai
- chairman of the People's Political Consultative Conference of China , Jia Qinglin
- core staff the Boeing, Yang Minghui
[edit] Faculty
- nuclear scientist, Jiang Shengjie
- mechanic expert, Pan Chengxiao
- artist and art teacher, Li Shutong
[edit] General information
The university occupies an area of 3,400 Ares, and has a built-up area of 800,000 m², including the two modern libraries, collection of 1.6 million volumes.
Hebei University of Technology currently has working staff of over 2,100, including about professors & associate professors, 16 academicians and more than 2 special engaged professors of “Yangtze Scholar Award Project” of the Ministry of Education. The total student population is 20,500 with 3200 doctoral students and students for Master’s degree. Over 80,000 students have graduated from Hebei University of Technology.
For the time being, the university has 17 disciplines that confer Doctoral degree, 79 disciplines conferring Master’s degree. The university also confers Master’s degrees in business administration (MBA). At present there are 15 postdoctoral research programs.
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See also: List of universities in Mainland China
