Introduction of Hebei University of Science and Technology
Located in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, with an area of 2,427 mu, Hebei University of Science and Technology (HEBUST) is formed from the merger of the former Hebei Institute of Light and Chemical Industry, Hebei Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Hebei Textile Workers College, and Hebei Textile Industry School. In 1956, higher education commenced in the university. Based on its operation in the years since its establishment, HEBUST has been upholding the operation purpose of “commitment to the all-round development of human, and contribution to regional economic construction and social progress”, adhering to the motto of “entrepreneurship and accountability” and the HEBUST spirit of “progress, collaboration, and dedication”. Having cultivated over 300,000 outstanding graduates for the country, it is one of the first batch of key interdisciplinary backbone universities in Hebei Province, a university jointly built by the People’s Government of Hebei Province and the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, PRC, a higher education institution for developing into a national first-class university with key support from Hebei Province, and a higher education institution under the “Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program” of the Ministry of Education, PRC.
HEBUST has 21 teaching schools (and departments) and 81 majors at the undergraduate level, covering engineering, science, literature, economics, management, law, medicine, education and art. At present, it features 9 provincial key disciplines and 1 provincial key development discipline, with 1 discipline included in the World-class Discipline Construction Project in Hebei Province and 2 disciplines included in the National-class Discipline Construction Project in Hebei Province. HEBUST is in ESI Top 1% in three disciplines, namely Engineering, Chemistry and Materials Science. HEBUST now has 1 first-level discipline authorized to award the doctoral degree, 28 first-level disciplines authorized to award the master’s degree, and 18 categories authorized to award professional master’s degree. At present, it has more than 27,000 full-time undergraduates, postgraduates and international students, and more than 2,200 faculty members, including three specially engaged Chinese and foreign academicians, and seven national candidates for the National Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Talents Project, the National Distinguished Youth Science Foundation and the Leading Innovation Talents of the National Special Support Program for High-level Talents, as well as more than 170 winners of high-level talent title of various types including experts entitled to special allowance of the State Council, provincial high-end talents, excellent experts under the provincial-level management, and 21 master teachers at the provincial level.
HEBUST has successively won 1 second prize of national teaching achievements and 66 provincial teaching achievement awards, with 29 projects approved to be included in the national “Undergraduate Teaching Quality and Teaching Reform Project”, and 2 projects selected for the first batch of modern industrial institute construction projects. It has seen 5 of its majors included in the pilot majors of “Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program” and 9 of its majors passing the professional certification of engineering education in China, in addition to 13 included in the national first-class major development site list for undergraduates, 25 included in the provincial first-class major development site list for undergraduates, 14 selected for the provincial key development majors, and 2 majors included in the list of Hebei provincial application-based transformation demonstration majors. At the same time, HEBUST has 9 curricula recognized as national first-class curricula for undergraduates, and 54 curricula recognized as provincial first-class curricula for undergraduates. In the National Discipline Competition Rankings for Colleges and Universities in 2020, it ranked 77th in the country and 2nd in Hebei Province. HEBUST has been rated as a national typical experience university in innovation and entrepreneurship and a national demonstration university in deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform. HEBUST ranks top among the universities under jurisdiction of Hebei province in terms of the accomplishment of graduate employment. HEBUST has cultivated outstanding alumni such as Han Buxing and Chen Guang, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ren Hongqiang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and has been selected as one of the top 100 universities in the list of rich alumni of Chinese universities for many years.
HEBUST has won 1 second prize of the national science and technology progress award, 1 first prize of the PLA’s science and technology progress award, and 1 second prize for technological invention of national higher education institutions. As to prizes at the provincial level, it has won over 210 provincial and ministerial science and technology awards, including 15 first prizes and 67 second prizes. It has registered more than 2,600 patents of various types, published more than 1,200 monographs, dispatched more than 1,000 persons as special scientific commissioners at provincial and municipal levels, and established and maintained cooperation with more than 800 local governments and industry organizations, enterprises and institutions in the field of science and technology and education, and as a construction unit, owns 1 national scientific research platform, and 38 scientific research platforms at provincial and ministerial levels. HEBUST has joined 3 national industrial technology innovation alliances, 5 provincial industrial technology innovation strategic alliances. Moreover, it has led the establishment of the Intellectual Property Application Alliance of Hebei Universities. Approved as a “National Technology Transfer Demonstration Institution”, the university is among the first batch of “Scientific and Technological Achievements Output Base” in Hebei Province. The Journal of Hebei University of Science and Technology is listed as a core journal of China by Peking University.
HEBUST has carried out exchanges and cooperation with 110 universities and research institutions in 24 countries and territories, and currently has 1 Sino-foreign cooperative educational institution and 5 similar projects. It has nearly 30 projects approved for projects and platforms at national and provincial levels, including the science and technology cooperation projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, an international science and technology cooperation base, the workstation of foreign academicians, and a 100-foreign-experts project, offering 15 English-taught majors and recruiting international students for the degrees of bachelor, master and doctor from more than 40 countries and territories. It has been approved as a recipient institution of the International Chinese Language Teacher Scholarship and named a “Gold Medal Partner for Chinese Language Alliance Digitalized Education”.
Focusing on their mission while striving for the future, all HEBUST members will stay closely rallied around the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, deeply study and implement the guiding principle of the 20th CPC National Congress, earnestly answer the new question of “what shall HEBUST do to promote Chinese path to modernization”, race against time, advance with the times, emancipate the mind, upholding the relevant fundamental principles and breaking new ground, be down-to-earth, overcome difficulties, and make new and greater contributions to accelerating the construction of a strong economic province, a beautiful Hebei, and a powerful country in education, science and technology, and talent!
(Cut-off date of the data: March 1, 2024)