The University of Science and Technology Beijing was founded in 1952 by combining five former colleges. It was first named the Beijing Industrial Institute of Steel and Iron. It became the Beijing Steel and Iron Institute in 1960 and adopted its present name, the University of Science and Technology Beijing, in 1988. The early names show the origin of the university in steel, iron and metallurgy, which remains a mark of its profile.
The campus is at 30 Xueyuan Road, in the Haidian District of Beijing, the district that also hosts many of the leading universities of the capital. In 2024 the university had 13,934 undergraduates and 13,377 postgraduates. The chancellor is Wu Guilong and the president is Yang Renshu.
The university was selected in 1997 for the first tier of Project 211, the programme of China for developing leading universities. It is also part of the Double First-Class Construction, which supports universities and disciplines with international ambitions.
The university states that it has 38 schools, although the public page lists 25 units. Examples are the School of Materials Science and Engineering, one of its largest departments, the School of Mechanical Engineering, the School of Mathematics and Physics, the Dongling School of Economics and Management and the Graduate School.
Among the persons named in connection with the university is Lu Zhengyao, the businessman and chairman of Luckin Coffee. Tuition and fees differ by programme and nationality. Check the current tariff. Teaching is mainly in Chinese, and the university offers programmes for international students in English.
The university was created by merging the mining and metallurgy departments of leading Chinese universities, among them Tsinghua and Tianjin, and its roots trace to Peiyang University of 1895. It was the first higher-education institution for iron and steel founded after the People’s Republic was established. Its motto is Rigorous in Learning and Research and Venerating Practice. The School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering leads the discipline of metallurgical engineering, and the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy belongs to it. Research areas include ironmaking and steel refining, continuous casting and rolling, the physical metallurgy of steel, intelligent manufacturing, and energy control and environmental protection in steel production. The university reports twelve key national disciplines, among them metallurgy, materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering and mining. It was among the first Chinese universities to accept foreign students, from 1954, and students from 114 countries have studied there. Scholarships include the Chinese Government Scholarship and the USTB Chancellor’s Scholarship.
