Beijing Information Science & Technology University (BISTU) is a merger of the former Beijing Institute of Machinery (BIM) and Beijing Information Technology Institute (BITI) which were under the administration of the former Ministry of Machinery and Ministry of Electronic Industry respectively. It has a proud history dating back to the 1930s. It is a key university supervised and supported by Beijing Municipality with a complete range of disciplines and programs in information technology and related areas. In BISTU’s over 80 years of development, it has formed its distinctive features and characteristics in information technology.
There are 5 campuses at BISTU in Haidian and Chaoyang District. A new campus of 79 hectares started its overall construction in 2018. The first phase of the project will hopefully be completed in 2020.
There are 12 schools in BISTU. They are the School of Computer Science, the School of Information and Communication Engineering, the School of Automation, the School of Electromechanical Engineering, the School of Instrumentation Science and Opto-electronics Engineering, the School of Information Management, the School of Economics and Management, the School of Media and Public Administration, the School of Foreign Studies, the School of Applied Sciences and the College of International Education and so on.
Currently BISTU has 14 first-tier disciplines and 43 second-tier disciplines conferring Master Degrees. BISTU also offers 6 categories for professional Master’s Degrees, and 8 fields for Master of Engineering. Its disciplines cover 6 areas including engineering, management, science, economics, liberal arts and law. Among the 12,500 fulltime students registered at BISTU, 11,000 are undergraduates and 1,500 are graduates. The employment rate of both bachelor and master students remains 100%.
BISTU continues to boost globalization of education. As of today, cooperative relationships have been established between BISTU and over 100 universities in the U.S., U.K, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada and Taiwan region, offering double bachelor degree and double master degree programs and joint PhD training programs.
The International students’ education in our university could be traced back to 1998 when the first batch of International students were enrolled. In October 2013, the College of International Education (CIE for short) was established. It has admitted more than 1,000 international students since its establishment. It now offers both Chinese bachelor and master programs and an English program in “International Economics and Trade”.
CIE is conveniently located near the 2008 Olympic Park. It’s next to the famous Bird’s Nest and Water Cube. There is a large shopping center, banks and restaurants nearby. In the dormitory building, each room can be shared by two students with a TV set, free Wi-Fi and a private bathroom.
CIE is responsible for overseas students' education, international cooperation projects’ development, Chinese language training and other relevant skills training. All the bachelor and master degree programs are open to International students.
In addition, CIE provides many chances to experience China outside the classroom. Chinese culture seminars such as Tai-chi, calligraphy,painting are offered to CIE students. What’s more, our students are organized to visit famous tourist attractions such as the Great Wall, the Summer Palace and so on. We also encourage students to participate in competitions such as Chinese Language Star Contest to enhance their practice of what they learn.
