Harbin institute of Technology (HIT) was established in 1920 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. In 1954, HiT becameone of China's first six leading universities.

Presently HiT is a member of China's top nine University Union (C9). it is a National Key University with scienceand engineering as its core and has developed with management, liberal arts, economy, lawand other disciplines.Renowned as "the cradle of engineers," the university has many firsts. HiT established the first School of Astronauticsin China. t was the first Chinese university to independently develop and enter small satelites (smallsats and microsats) into the moon's orbit. HlT was also the first to achieve satellite ground laser communication link communications.Additionally, HiT developed the first computer to play chess and talk with people and it is the first university toproduce arc- and spot welding robots. HlT was the first university to reveal the virulent factor of the HiV virus. it wasalso the first university to achieve a major breakthrough in supporting structure development for the largest radiotelescopes. The first human-machine in orbit maintenance experiments on a space operator was also developed byHIT.

At HlT, there are 23 schools, 86 undergraduate programs, 9 National Key Disciplines, 12 National Key Labs, and38 members of the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering. Eleven disciplines of HIT are ranked among the top 1% on the Essential Science Indicators (ESl) lists, The material science andcomputer science of HIT in particular are ranked among the top 1%, and engineering discipline ranked among thetop 1%.. ln 2020, HIT ranked 6th on the list of the best global universities for engineering announced by the U.SNews & World Report.

Since its beginning, HiT has always had a strong international environment. Now HiT has signed academic coop*eration agreements with 278 universities in 39 countries. These collaborations include student and faculty exchangeprograms, joint academic conferences, and scientific research cooperation. Together with Weihai campus and Shen.zhen campus, HlT forms the pattern of "One University, Three Campuses," HiT is steadily moving towards the goal ofbecoming