Beijing University of Chemical Technology

Beijing University of Chemical Technology (hereinafter BUCT) is a state key university directly under the Ministry of Education and a key university of the national “211” Project whereby China plans to build about 100 key universities and colleges in the 21st century. In the last decade, it has become a multi-disciplinary university with science and engineering retained as the core disciplines with the addition of management, economics, laws, arts, education, philosophy and medicine to the core curriculum.

BUCT consists of 3 campuses. The east campus which lies in Beisanhuan East Road, enjoys convenient traffic; the west campus near Zizhuyuan park is environmental elegant and the north campus, close to Ming Tombs Scenic Area, is scenic pleasant.

It consists of 12 colleges (the College of Chemical Engineering, the College of Materials Science and Engineering, the College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, the College of Information Science and Technology, the College of Science, the College of Economic Management, the College of Humanities and Law, the College of Life Science and Technology,the College of International Education, the College of Marxism, the College of Vocational Education and the College of Further Education), setting 5 post-doctoral stations, 6 primary discipline doctoral programs, 29 subordinate discipline doctoral programs, 17 primary discipline master’s programs, 87 subordinate discipline master’s programs and 48 undergraduate majors. BUCT currently offers English-language masters programs in Chemical Engineering and in Materials Science and Engineering (Macromolecules).

BUCT has 701 full professors and associate professors, 8 academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering. The current student body of the university is 30, 953, including 5,744 doctoral and graduate students and 14,474 undergraduate students. In addition, there are more than 776 international students and 9,750 students for further study, 363 students for vocational education.

BUCT attaches great importance to international academic and cultural education exchange. It has established friendly cooperation relationships with universities from Britain, U.S., France, Germany, Australia, South Korea, Japan and etc. Du Pont, Dow Chemical Company, BASF, Bayer, Rhone Poulenc Rorer and other companies provide scholarships to students at school. BUCT has a multi-level personnel training program ranging from Chinese-language learning education to undergraduate, masters and doctoral education for international students.