• 1920—Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT)

• 1958—School of Heavy Machinery of HIT

• 1960—Northeast Heavy Machinery Institute

• 1978—A national key institution of higher education designated by the                                                State Council

• 1997—Yanshan University (YSU)

 

Beginnings:1920-1997

The Rise of YSU
 

• 1998—Its administration was transferred from Ministry of Machinery Industry                                            to Hebei Provincial Government and was co-administrated by the central and                                            local government, in which the latter plays the principal role.

• 2016—As one of the two universities selected by the Ministry of Education,                                            YSU’s engineering majors received the assessment exercises from the                                            international experts of Washington Accord, which supported China to                                            formally join in Washington Accord International Engineering Education                                            Organization. YSU’s 11 engineering majors have achieved the certification of                                            Engineering Education Organization, which indicates that the quality of                                            education in these professions has been internationally recognized and                                            ranked among top universities in global engineering education.

• Faculty

• YSU encompasses 266.67 hectare of grounds with a total floor area of                                                    1.06 million square meters. YSU now is attended by 38,000 students                                                    receiving regular higher education. YSU has a faculty of 3200, 2200                                                    of whom are full-time teachers including 481 professors (including                                                    328 doctoral supervisors) and 641 associate professors. Among them,                                                    there is one Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, five                                                    distinguished professors from the Recruitment Program (Ten-thousand                                                    Talents Program), ten distinguished professors from the Changjiang                                                    Scholars Program, and 11 winners of the China National Funds for                                                    Distinguished Young Scientists.

 

• Disciplines

• YSU offers 11 postdoctoral research stations, 14 first-level disciplines                                            authorized to offer doctoral degrees, 1 professional doctoral degree, 30                                            first-level disciplines authorized to offer master degrees, 17 disciplines                                            authorized to offer professional master degrees, and 64 undergraduate                                            programs, covering 8 disciplines including engineering, liberal art,                                            science, economics, management, law, fine arts, philosophy, and education.                                            YSU has 5 national key disciplines, and 16 provincial key disciplines. YSU’s                                            engineering, materials science, and chemistry rank top 1% of ESI. In the                                            fourth national discipline assessment exercise, YSU was awarded B and above                                            in 8 disciplines, of which mechanical engineering was Class A, the top 10%                                            discipline, and B+ in materials science and engineering, the top 20% in                                            China.