Beijing Technology and Business University

Beijing Technology and Business University
北京工商大学

Former names	Beijing Light Industry School (Beijing Institute of Light Industry) and Beijing Business School
Type	National
Established	1950(As Beijing Business School)
President	Sun Baoguo (孙宝国)
Academic staff	837
Undergraduates	12,000
Postgraduates	1,300
Location	Beijing, People's Republic of China
Campus	Urban, 82 ha (200 acres)
Website	english.btbu.edu.cn

Simplified Chinese

北京工商大学

Traditional Chinese

北京工商大學

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Běijīng Gōngshāng Dàxué

Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU, Chinese: 北京工商大学) is a public comprehensive university in Beijing, China. It was founded based on the amalgamation of Beijing Light Industry School (Beijing Institute of Light Industry) (founded in 1958), Beijing Business School (founded in 1950) and the Administration School for Ministry of Machinery Industry.

Academics

Under the university there are 9 schools, 1 department (Research Institute) and 1 education center, within which 43 undergraduate majors, 35 postgraduate majors, 2 master's degree programs and some joint doctoral programs are offered. Among those majors and programs, 16 are awarded the Beijing Municipal and Preferential-construction disciplines or majors. Also at BTBU there exist 2 national industrial test centers, 1 national experimental center for Practical Teaching, 1 Beijing Municipal Key Lab and 2 Beijing Municipal Research Bases.

There are three academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering in BTBU.

At present, the university hires 807 full-time faculty members, 48%of whom have senior professional titles. Eight professors enjoy special research allowance from the State Council; two are awarded as China's Excellent Teachers; three are Famous Teachers of Universities in Beijing; five are Excellent Teachers in Beijing; 53 are Excellent Young Teachers in Beijing; and 11 research teams are selected as Academic Innovation Teams of Beijing.

BTBU now has about 12000 full-time undergraduates, 5700 part-time students, 1300 postgraduates and doctoral students.

International Cooperation

With the prestige of Beijing Institute of Light Industry, currently BTBU has some prestigious scholars like Prof. Baoguo Sun, and involved into International cooperation actively. By the agreement signed by the Irish head of government and the Chinese president (Brian Cowen and Hu Jintao) in 2008, BTBU exchange lots students and lectures with UCC, UCD for combined degree programmes (2+2,and 3+1+1/1.5) and non-degree programmes, and recently, with Oxford. Many students also are recruited by any other universities in North America and European, such as Hamk University of Applied Sciences.

External links

Official Website (English)
Official Website (Mandarin Chinese)

References

Universities and colleges in Beijing

Education, Higher education, and Universities in China

National	Peking University Renmin University of China Tsinghua University Beijing Electronic Science and Technology Institute Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Forestry University Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Language and Culture University Beijing Normal University Beijing People's Police College Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing University of Physical Education Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Central Academy of Drama Central Conservatory of Music Central University of Finance and Economics China Agricultural University China Central Academy of Fine Arts China Foreign Affairs University China Institute of Industrial Relations China University of Geosciences (Beijing campus) China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing campus) China University of Petroleum (Beijing) China University of Political Science and Law China Women's University China Youth University for Political Sciences Chinese People's Public Security University Communications University of China Minzu University of China North China Electric Power University (Beijing campus) North China University of Technology Open University of China Peking Union Medical College University of Chinese Academy of Sciences University of International Business and Economics University of International Relations University of Science and Technology Beijing

Municipal	Beijing International Studies University Beijing Information Science and Technology University Beijing Technology and Business University Beijing University of Technology Beijing University of Agriculture Beijing Materials University Capital University of Economics and Business Capital University of Medical Sciences Capital Normal University North China University of Technology China College of Music Beijing Dance Academy Beijing Film Academy Beijing Institute of Clothing Technology Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology Beijing Institute of Machinery Beijing Union University

Private	Beijing City College

See also: List of universities in China

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