Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) was founded in 1920. After 87 years, HIT has developed into a large multi-disciplinary nationally renowned university with science, engineering and research as its core. We have established our own unique programs related to the field of astronautics that are unparalled anywhere in China. We broaden our established disciplinary programs by utilizing a cross disciplinary curriculum and as such have formed a comparatively full disciplinary system that consists of key programs, emerging programs and supporting programs.

In 1977, the undergraduate programs reopened with graduate programs following in 1978 then in 1982 doctoral programs were offered for the first time. In 1984, HIT appeared in the list of 15 favorably built universities. That same year, HIT became one of the first 22 universities to establish a graduate school. In 1992, HIT High-and-New Tech Park was founded. In 1996, HIT was in the first batch of universities to enter the list of Project 211. In November 1999, HIT was appointed by the Central Government as one of the nine best universities to be preferentially built according to the standards of internationally renowned universities.