About Harbin Institute of Technology

Founded in 1920, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) has developed into an open, multidisciplinary, research-oriented,leading national university with science and engineering as its core. Encompassing management, liberal arts, economy and law as a whole.

After nearly 100 years, HIT has developed into a large nationally renowned multi-disciplinary university with science, engineering and research as its core. It has established its own unique programs related to the field of astronautics that are unparalled anywhere in China. HIT have broadened our established disciplinary programs by utilizing a cross- disciplinary curriculum and as such have formed a comparatively full disciplinary system that consists of key, emerging and supporting programs. HIT now has 24 schools/departments, including 86 undergraduate programs, 147 masters' programs, 81 doctoral programs offered to 42,695 full-time students. It has 9 National Key Laboratories, 47 Ministry Level Key Laboratory. The university employs 2,939 full-time teachers, and 39 members of the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering. 

HIT is famous for its original style of schooling: 'Being strict in qualifications for graduates; making every endeavor in educating students.' Our graduates have been warmly welcomed by employers throughout China.

About Harbin

Harbin, the capital and largest city in Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China, is served by numerous international airlines and railways. With a population of 10 million, it is the sixteenth largest city in China and home to Snow and Ice World - the internationally renowned, breathtakingly beautiful, city of ice brilliantly illumined along the banks of the Songhua River.

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• Host Institutions usually organize orientation activities for exchange students, with some mandatory, which take place 1 week before the start of the term. As stipulated by the host institution, there may be extra quarantine measures required by the host institution on top of the mandatory measures imposed by the government. You should refer to the acceptance package and pay attention to all the important information provided by your host institution.
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