国际教育学院
Brief Introduction to Yanching Institute of Technology
Yanching Institute of Technology, located in Yanjiao National Hi-tech Development Zone—
—the core area of the Capital Economic Circle, 38 km to the east of Tian‘anmen Square,
has been approved by Ministry of Education as a degree awarding powered university and
granted with national enrollment quota.
Its incarnation, North College of Beijing University of Chemical Technology, inherited
and enhanced the experiences and traditions of its host university and became an excellent
and outstanding independent college in eight years, with more than 20,000 students on campus.
The college has attached great importance to the quality and specialty of its discipline
development in order to foster talents with applicable competencies and innovative thoughts.
The college has set up a basic course teaching department and eight schools—-
School of Chemical and Material Engineering, School of Mechanical and Electronic
Engineering,School of Information Science and Technology, School of Accounting, School
of Administration, School of Literal Arts, School of International Business and School of Fine
Arts, with a total of 39 undergraduate specialties.
The college possesses a well-organized team of faculty, consisting of famous experts and
professors. It has so far established 11 experiment and training centers together with 115
laboratories at advanced level.
The college library has a collection of 1.65 million volumes as well as an online library and
a full coverage digital campus network. The college also highlights scientific research in its daily
work.
In the past five years, it has undertaken and completed 91 scientific research programs at
various levels and publicized 407 academic papers. It has compiled and printed 89 textbooks,
four of which have been patented.
The college vigorously carries out internationalization and localization strategies and has
established friendly and cooperative relationships with many universities from Asia, Europe
and North America. Dozens of students have been granted full scholarships for postgraduate
studies abroad. At the same time, the college has introduced advanced international concepts
into its operations and achieved satisfactory results.
The college combines overall fostering with individual development of the students.
Therefore, it organizes plenty of out of class activities, such as cultural shows, sports, scientific
and technical competitions, various festivals, moral education, etc. to enrich students’ spare
time, cheer up their spirits and build up their confidence. Because of these activities, over 2100
students have been awarded national scholarships, and our participants have won prizes in 220
national, ministerial and provincial contests.
Based on the traditional strengths of the host university and taking the advantage of
experiences and lessons of other colleges, the college has adapted a modern operational model
with remarkable and special characteristics in cultivating talents, which has brought fairly good
results. The onetime pass rate of CET4 has been above 50% for four consecutive years; the
employment rate is above 90%; and postgraduate qualifier rate is more than 10%, well above the
similar colleges.
The college places a very high value on students’ practical ability training and has conducted
reforms and renovations tofoster talents with applicable skills. While ensuring the fundamentality,
systematicity and theoretic integrity of undergraduate education, the college strengthens practical
training and quality education, collaborating with relevant enterprises to tailor the graduates to their
future jobs.
Remarkable achievements have won the college wide social acclaim and recognition. In the
Annual China Higher Education Appraisal Activity, the college has been on the top list of national
independent colleges for five consecutive years in a row and got the fame of National Independent
Colleges with Most Brand Value. In 2012, it was chosen by ChinaNet to be the Independent
College with Most Satisfaction among Students,which reflects the total appreciation from the
public of its achievements.