It was founded in 1903, and was originally known as Beiyang Technical School. Since its establishment, HEBUT has always adhered to the motto “Diligence, Prudence, Devotion and Loyalty” to coach students and conduct research, and has gradually developed a distinctive school-running characteristic in which academic learning and engineering practice are equally stressed.

HEBUT has 69 undergraduate programs, embracing a wide range of disciplines including engineering, science, economics, management, art and law. It is composed of 17 schools/departments, 1 physical-training teaching department and 2 teaching administrative schools. It has 6 state-level disciplines with specific characteristics and 18 province-level representative programs, 2 national key disciplines, 4 province-level advantageous disciplines and 20 provincial key disciplines. There are 42 disciplines authorized to award doctor degrees, 131 disciplines authorized to offer master’s degrees or professional degree fields. HEBUT is the first engineering-based university to launch MBA program in China. Meanwhile, it is the only university in Hebei province that offers an EMBA education. It possesses 9 post doctoral work stations, among which “Material Science and Engineering” is special national program.

HEBUT own 2474 qualified faculty members. Among 1365 full-time teachers, 706 hold senior professional titles, and 682 have doctorate degrees. With a “Long River” scholar and a “1000 Plan” professor, HEBUT further ensures that HEBUT students receive optimal instruction in their chosen field. There is an outstanding team of national technology expertise, 3 state-level teaching teams, 2 innovative research teams with the Ministry of Education, a state-level top teacher as well as 5 provincial teaching teams. 187 staff members won provincial and ministerial level honors, including the “National Middle-aged and Young Experts with Outstanding Contributions”, and national candidates in the “New Century Talents Project”. Hundreds of staff members hold posts of chairman, vice-chairman and secretary-general in professional societies or associations at or above provincial level.

HEBUT is equipped with 1 national engineering research center and 17 provincial and ministerial level research institutes, including 1 state key laboratory base co-founded by Hebei province and the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education. With the establishment of the HEBUT National Defense Science and Technology Institute, the university obtained a national military-industrial confidentiality qualification. Since 2004, near 3000 research projects have been undertaken resulting in 1500 scientific achievements (160 of which are national key level projects) which have been applied in many enterprises and public institutions.

The National 02 Major Specialized Project, hosted by HEBUT, has excellently completed the national evalution.Hundreds of scientific achievements won national, provincial and ministerial awards. With over 480 patents authorized, HEBUT is rated as one of the 10 outstanding Invention and Innovation Institutions in China.

HEBUT is located in Tianjin. and also has campuses in Langfang city. HEBUT covers an area of more than 267 hectares with a construction group area of 870,000 square meters. In the 200-hectare Beichen campus, a 400,000-square-meter construction project has been completed and put into use where, at present, there are more than 21,000 full-time students, including 6,373 post-graduates. The City College which is sponsored by HEBUT has 16,000 students, with 16,000 more pursuing their vocational and bachelor’s degrees through adult education. The school teaching and research equipment is worth 372 million RMB, and there are 1.88 million books in the school library. Apart from that, well-equipped stadiums, dormitories and canteens facilitate student campus life.

With an open mind, HEBUT has been committed to international cooperation and attaches importance to the development, quality improvement and brand building of educational exchanges. It was qualified by a Chinese government project to award international student scholarships. At present, HEBUT has generated international exchange programs with universities in more than 60 countries and regions including France, the United States, Germany, Russia, Italy, Australia , Great Britain, Japan. Hongkong and Taiwan . Over 20 exchange programs are being carried out, which so far have received 500 international students for non-degree education and sent more than 800 students abroad.

Today, HEBUT is carrying forward the cause pioneered by the predecessors and forging ahead into the future. Standing at a new start point and taking all our glories and dreams, we shall have an open mind and a determined heart to strive and proceed together toward the great objective of a high-level university.

 

河北工业大学是一所以工为主、多学科协调发展的国家“211工程”重点建设大学。学校坐落在天津市，并在河北省廊坊市设有分校。学校的前身是创办于1903年的北洋工艺学堂，1904年改称直隶高等工业学堂，1929年改称河北省立工业学院，1950年改名为河北工学院，1995年更名为河北工业大学。1996年首批进入国家“211工程”建设序列，2001年、2006年、2012年分别通过国家“211工程”一期、二期、三期建设项目验收。

建校110年来，学校秉承“勤慎公忠”的校训精神，从严执教、从严治学，逐步形成了“工学并举”的鲜明办学特色与“勤奋、严谨、求实、进取”的优良校风，已培养近20万名毕业生。革命先驱黄爱、卢绍亭、洪麟阁、杨十三，学界专家魏元光、潘承孝、姜圣阶，中共中央政治局原常委、全国政协原主席贾庆林，中央委员、安徽省委副书记、省长王学军，中央候补委员、天津市副市长任学锋等一批国家及省市级领导人均为学校的杰出校友代表。

学校占地4000余亩，建筑面积87万余平方米。学校教学科研仪器设备总值3.72亿元，藏书188万册，实现了文献信息管理及服务的计算机网络化，各校区实现了网络互联。总面积3000余亩的北辰校区已有40万平米建筑竣工投入使用，2.1万余名学生在此学习、生活。学校建有69个本科专业，涵盖工、理、经、管、文、法、艺七大学科门类；设有17个学院、1个直属教学部和2个教学管理学院，拥有2个国家重点学科、4个省强势特色学科、20个省级重点学科；具有7个一级学科博士学位授权点、35个二级学科博士学位授权点，22个一级学科硕士学位授权点、131个硕士学位授权点和专业学位授权领域（种类），是全国地方工科院校中最早开展MBA教育的高校，同时也是河北省内唯一开展EMBA教育的高校；拥有9个博士后科研流动站，其中材料科学与工程博士后科研流动站为全国优秀博士后科研流动站。

现有在职教职员工2474人，在1365名专任教师中706人具有高级职称，682人具有博士学位；拥有全国专业技术人才先进集体1个，国家级教学团队3个，教育部创新团队2个，国家级教学名师1名，省级教学团队5个；187人荣获国家有突出贡献中青年专家、“新世纪百千万人才工程”国家级人选等省部级以上专家称号；近百人担任省级以上专业学会或协会的正副理事长、秘书长。全日制在校生2.1万余人，其中研究生6373人。经河北省人民政府批准、教育部予以确认、依托河北工业大学创立的独立学院——河北工业大学城市学院，成立于2001年，现设有15个系和1个教学部，54个本科专业涵盖工、理、经、管、文、法、艺七大学科门类，在校生1.6万余人。

学校坚持本科教学中心地位，强化质量生命线意识，不断深化教育教学改革，加强本科教学建设，人才培养质量不断提高。学校已获国家级精品课程、国家级教学团队和国家级教学名师等“质量工程”和“本科教学工程”国家级建设项目36项，省级建设项目123项，在河北省高校中名列前茅。教育教学研究成效显著，先后获国家级教学成果二等奖4项、省级教学成果奖40余项。学校与空军联合培养国防生工作扎实有效。有一大批学生在各类竞赛中获国家、省（市）级奖励，本科毕业生考研率保持在30%左右，毕业生就业率保持在95%左右，在同类院校中处于较高水平，先后被评为“全国普通高等学校毕业生就业工作先进集体”和“2011-2012年度全国毕业生就业经验典型高校”50强之一。学校十分重视校园文化建设，形成了一套以提高学生综合素质为目标的育人计划。学校在2002年和2008年教育部本科教学工作水平评估中均被评为优秀，成为在同一评估体系下连续两次获得优秀的为数不多的高校之一。研究生教育教学质量不断提高，1名博士后被评为全国优秀博士后，3名博士后被评为河北省（天津市）优秀博士后，14篇博士论文被评为河北省优秀博士学位论文。2009年以来，学校已招收全日制专业学位研究生2000余人、EMBA学生200余人，招生数均位居省内高校首位。

学校始终坚持以服务冀津及环渤海区域经济建设为主，积极辐射全国，为河北省创新驱动、科学发展及区域经济与社会发展提供人才支持和智力支撑。学校建有1个国家级工程技术研究中心和省部共建国家重点实验室培育基地、教育部工程研究中心（重点实验室）等17个省部级科研机构,成立了“河北工业大学国防科技研究院”，具有了国家军工保密资质。2004年以来，学校新立课题近3000项，其中“973”计划、“863”计划、国家科技支撑计划、国家自然科学基金等国家级重大课题160余项。学校主持的国家02重大专项子项目实现了河北省高校承担国家重大专项的突破。学校年到校科技经费近3亿元，百余项科研成果获国家和省部级奖励，是河北省内获得省科学技术突出贡献奖最多的高校。学校取得授权专利480余项，被评为河北省十大优秀发明创造单位。

学校科技成果转化及为地方经济建设服务方面有了长足的进步，与省内所有设区市签署了全面合作协议，与唐山市联合成立了“河北工业大学曹妃甸工业区循环经济与新能源发展研究院”，与沧州渤海新区签署“区域-大学协同创新战略合作协议”共建“渤海产业技术研究院”，与唐钢、保定天威等80多个省内外大型企业集团建立了稳定的合作关系，近1500项科技成果在全国数百家企事业单位应用或产业化，创经济效益过百亿元。我校国家大学科技园作为863成果转化基地和全国首批高校学生科技创业实习基地，先后在石家庄、邯郸、邢台、沧州及唐山、衡水、迁安等地建立了科技园区或签订了共建协议，形成了“一园多区”的鲜明特色。2010年总投资8亿元、建设用地达600亩的邢台园区开工建设，2011年又与邢台“国家级光伏产业化基地”合作建立了邢台市新能源研究院，2012年总投资22亿元、建筑面积45万平方米的沧州园区开工建设；目前，我校与天津市北辰区政府正在合作共建北辰园区，该园区一期占地97亩，总规划建筑面积13万平米。

学校更加注重国际交流合作的内涵发展、质量提高和品牌建设，建有国际教育学院，取得了中国政府奖学金来华留学生接收资格。与法国、美国、德国、俄罗斯、意大利、澳大利亚、英国等国的60所高校签订了合作办学协议，正在实施的项目20余项，合作培养覆盖本科到博士各层次，学历教育合作项目已拓展到美国、法国、英国、德国、新西兰、瑞典等国家，目前在校生330余人。国际合作办学的规模、水平和层次居我省高校前列，其中与法国巴黎高等计算机学院开展的合作项目是我省高校首个教育部审核批准的中外合作办学项目，已招收10届415名学生，大部分毕业生已在欧洲相关IT公司就职。学校在招收本科学历和硕士学历留学生上取得了突破，已接收非学历教育留学生500余名，派出学生800余名。学校选派百余名教师到国内外知名高校和科研机构进行学习和工作，邀请数百名国内外知名专家教授到校讲学和进行学术交流。

今日的河北工业大学，扬前人之鞭，策后人之行。站在新的历史起点上，载着沉甸甸的荣耀与梦想，胸有天地，志比日月，凝心聚力、慨然奋进，朝着建成高水平大学的宏伟目标阔步前行。