China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing)

The China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) is a public university in Haidian District, Beijing, China, administered by the Ministry of Education, listed in Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction, and known for mining engineering, safety science and energy research.中国矿业大学（北京）是一所位于北京市海淀区的公立大学，由教育部主管，列入“211工程”和“双一流”建设，以矿业工程、安全科学与能源研究见长。

It is one of two independent institutions descended from the 1909 Jiaozuo School of Railroad and Mines, the other being the China University of Mining and Technology in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, and it began as the graduate school of that Xuzhou university.该校与位于江苏徐州的中国矿业大学同源于1909年创办的焦作路矿学堂，如今是两所相互独立的大学，其前身曾是徐州校本部的研究生院。

The university runs eleven colleges and a graduate school on two campuses in Haidian and Changping districts and focuses on mining, energy, safety and geotechnical engineering.学校在海淀与昌平两个校区设有11个学院和研究生院，学科重心为矿业、能源、安全与岩土工程。

History

• The Jiaozuo School of Railroad and Mines, the predecessor of the university, was established in 1909 in Henan province to train engineers for railways and coal mines.学校的前身焦作路矿学堂于1909年在河南创办，为铁路和煤矿培养工程技术人才。
• In September 1950 the school was renamed the China Institute of Mining and Technology by order of the Ministry of Fuel Industry, and in February 1951 it moved from Jiaozuo to Tianjin.1950年9月，学校根据燃料工业部的通知更名为中国矿业学院，1951年2月从焦作迁往天津。
• In 1952, during the nationwide restructuring of higher education, the mining engineering departments of Tsinghua University, the former Beiyang University and the Tangshan Institute of Railroad were merged into the institute, which moved to Beijing in October of that year.1952年全国高校院系调整时，清华大学、原北洋大学和唐山铁道学院的采矿系并入该校，学院于同年10月迁往北京。
• In October 1953 the institute was renamed the Beijing Institute of Mining and Technology and became one of the Eight Great Colleges built along Xueyuan Road.1953年10月，学院改称北京矿业学院，成为学院路“八大学院”之一。
• The institute was designated a national key university in 1960, a status confirming its role in training engineers for the coal industry.该校于1960年被确定为国家重点大学，确立了其为煤炭工业培养工程技术人才的地位。
• In 1970, during the Cultural Revolution, it moved to Hechuan in Sichuan province and was renamed the Sichuan Institute of Mining and Technology, and teaching suffered severe disruption.1970年文化大革命期间，学校迁往四川合川，改称四川矿业学院，教学工作受到严重破坏。
• In December 1972 the State Council approved the creation of the Beijing Language Institute, and 100,000 square metres of the former Beijing campus were transferred to it, leaving the two schools separated by a wall.1972年12月，国务院批准成立北京语言学院，原北京矿业学院校园划出10万平方米供其使用，两校之间从此以一堵墙相隔。
• In 1978 the institute moved to Xuzhou in Jiangsu province, restored the name China Institute of Mining and Technology and was again designated a national key university.1978年学校迁至江苏徐州重建，恢复中国矿业学院校名，并再次被确定为国家重点大学。
• On 28 December 1978 the Ministry of Coal Industry approved the Beijing Graduate School of the institute with a planned enrolment of 600 graduate students.1978年12月28日，煤炭工业部批准成立中国矿业学院北京研究生部，规划研究生规模为600人。
• In 1986 the Ministry of Coal Industry approved a 30,460 square metre expansion of the Beijing Graduate School at a budgeted cost of 23.08 million yuan, with 300 in-service training places and a staff establishment of 581.1986年，煤炭工业部批准北京研究生部扩建30460平方米，概算投资2308万元，并核定300个在职培训名额和581人的编制。
• In April 1991 the national coal company placed the Beijing Graduate School under vice-prefectural level management, a sign of its growing administrative weight within the industry.1991年4月，国家统配煤矿总公司将北京研究生部按副地师级待遇管理，显示其在行业内的行政分量上升。
• In 1988 the institute was renamed the China University of Mining and Technology, and Deng Xiaoping wrote the university's name in his own hand.1988年学校更名为中国矿业大学，邓小平亲笔题写校名。
• In July 1997 the State Education Commission approved a China University of Mining and Technology Beijing campus, still part of the Xuzhou-based university.1997年7月，国家教育委员会批准设立中国矿业大学北京校区，该校区仍隶属徐州校本部。
• The Beijing campus began admitting undergraduates independently in 1998, and the two sites gradually developed separate academic staffs.北京校区于1998年开始独立招收本科生，两地逐步形成各自的教学科研队伍。
• In 1999 Jiang Zemin, then general secretary of the Communist Party, wrote an inscription for the university's 90th anniversary praising its aim to become a first-class energy science and technology university.1999年，时任中共中央总书记江泽民为学校建校90周年题词，勉励其办成一流的能源科技大学。
• In February 2000 the university was transferred from the coal industry ministry to direct supervision by the Ministry of Education, ending decades of industry administration.2000年2月，学校由煤炭工业部门划转教育部直属管理，结束了长期由行业部门管理的体制。
• In May 2002 the Ministry of Education decided that the party committees of the Beijing campus and the Xuzhou headquarters would be separate.2002年5月，教育部决定北京校区与徐州校本部党委分设。
• In September 2003 the ministry announced separate presidents for the Beijing and Xuzhou institutions, and the two were formally split into the China University of Mining and Technology and the China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing).2003年9月，教育部宣布北京与徐州两地校长分设，两校正式分为中国矿业大学和中国矿业大学（北京）。
• In October 2009 the Ministry of Education approved the Beijing institution as an independent university, and Hu Jintao sent a letter congratulating it on its centenary.2009年10月，教育部批准中国矿业大学（北京）独立建校，胡锦涛为学校百年校庆发来贺信。
• In October 2011 the university joined the Beijing Hi-Tech University Alliance, a group of engineering-focused universities in the capital.2011年10月，学校加入北京高科大学联盟，该联盟由首都一批以工科见长的高校组成。
• In March 2013 it acquired the campuses of two private colleges in the Shahe Higher Education Park of Changping District and converted them into its Shahe campus.2013年3月，学校收购昌平沙河高教园区内两所民办学院的校园，辟为沙河校区。
• Liu Bo became president of the university in 2024, succeeding Ge Shirong.刘波于2024年接替葛世荣出任校长。

Academics

• The university has eleven colleges, including energy and mining engineering, emergency management and safety engineering, geoscience and surveying engineering, mechanics and civil engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering, artificial intelligence, chemistry and environmental engineering, science, management, humanities and law, and Marxism.学校设有11个学院，包括能源与矿业工程学院、应急管理与安全工程学院、地球科学与测绘工程学院、力学与建筑工程学院、机械与电气工程学院、人工智能学院、化学与环境工程学院、理学院、管理学院、文法学院和马克思主义学院。
• It employs six academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 145 doctoral supervisors and 144 master's supervisors, and 68 percent of its teachers hold doctorates while 95 percent hold at least a master's degree.学校现有中国工程院院士6人、博士生导师145人、硕士生导师144人，68%以上的教师具有博士学位，95%的教师具有硕士以上学位。
• The 2007 national key discipline list named twelve disciplines connected with the university, among them mining engineering, mineral processing, safety technology and engineering, resource development planning, clean energy technology, engineering mechanics, geotechnical engineering and mineral prospecting.2007年公布的国家重点学科名单中，与该校相关的学科达12个，包括采矿工程、矿物加工工程、安全技术及工程、资源开发与规划、洁净能源技术与工程、工程力学、岩土工程和矿产普查与勘探。
• Seven of the twelve fall under the first-level discipline of mining engineering, covering mining, mineral processing, safety technology, resource planning, clean energy, mineral materials and safety management.这12个学科中有7个属于矿业工程一级学科，涵盖采矿、矿物加工、安全技术、资源规划、洁净能源、矿物材料与安全管理。
• Five further disciplines lie outside mining engineering, namely engineering mechanics, power electronics and power transmission, geotechnical engineering, mineral prospecting and exploration, and mechanical design and theory.另有五个学科不属于矿业工程，分别是工程力学、电力电子与电力传动、岩土工程、矿产普查与勘探和机械设计及理论。
• The State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining is based at the university and studies coal extraction, mine safety and resource evaluation.煤炭资源与安全开采国家重点实验室设于该校，研究煤炭开采、矿山安全与资源评价。
• The State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering investigates rock behaviour and excavation at great depth.深部岩土力学与地下工程国家重点实验室研究深部岩体行为与深部开挖。
• The university also operates the Coal Resources Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education and the Beijing Key Laboratory of Rock Mechanics.学校还建有煤炭资源教育部重点实验室和北京市岩石力学重点实验室。
• Its School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering trains specialists in mine safety, emergency response and safety management.其应急管理与安全工程学院培养矿山安全、应急响应与安全管理方面的专门人才。
• The School of Artificial Intelligence, added to the traditional engineering lineup, covers intelligent mining, robotics and data analysis.在传统工科之外增设的人工智能学院，涵盖智能采矿、机器人与数据分析方向。
• The university has cooperation agreements with 33 universities and research bodies, including Pennsylvania State University, the University of Nottingham, the Technical University of Munich, the Russian Academy of Engineering, Moscow Mining University and Australia's CSIRO.学校与33所高校和科研机构建立了合作关系，包括宾夕法尼亚州立大学、诺丁汉大学、慕尼黑工业大学、俄罗斯工程院、莫斯科矿业大学和澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织。
• A student research training exchange with Pennsylvania State University began in 2006, and 89 graduate students have been sent abroad under the national high-level university program.学校2006年启动与美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学的大学生科研训练交流计划，并已选派89名研究生参加国家建设高水平大学公派研究生项目。
• The university hosted the 1999 International Mining Science and Technology Conference in Beijing, bringing foreign researchers to its Xueyuan Road campus.学校于1999年8月在北京举办国际采矿科学与技术大会，把海外研究者请到学院路校区。
• It hosted the 29th APCOM conference on computers and mining in April 2001.2001年4月，第29届计算机在矿业中的应用国际会议在该校召开。
• In September 2006 it hosted the 23rd annual meeting of the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology, the first time the meeting was held in China.2006年9月，国际有机岩石学会第23届年会在此举行，这是该年会首次在中国举办。
• Research at the university covers coal resources, deep mining, mine safety, clean energy, geotechnical engineering, surveying and environmental protection.学校的研究覆盖煤炭资源、深部开采、矿山安全、洁净能源、岩土工程、测绘与环境保护。
• The graduate school administers doctoral and master's programs across mining, safety, geology, mechanics, electrical engineering and management.研究生院负责矿业、安全、地质、力学、电气工程与管理等学科的博士和硕士培养。
• The School of Marxism admits only master's and doctoral students, and the College of Adult Education offers continuing education programs.马克思主义学院只招收硕士和博士研究生，成人教育学院则提供继续教育。
• Six faculty members have received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, thirty have entered Ministry of Education talent programs and eight joined the national Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talents Project.教师中有6人获国家杰出青年科学基金，30人入选教育部人才计划，8人入选国家级“百千万人才工程”。
• The university's mining engineering lineage dates to the 1909 Jiaozuo school, and its laboratories continue research on coal mining methods and mine disaster prevention.该校矿业工程的传统可追溯到1909年的焦作路矿学堂，其实验室持续研究采煤方法与矿山灾害防治。

Campus

• The Xueyuan Road campus in Haidian District covers 240,000 square metres, about 24 hectares, in the cluster of universities along Xueyuan Road.学院路校区位于海淀区，占地24万平方米，约合24公顷，处于学院路高校聚集区。
• The Shahe campus in the Changping Shahe Higher Education Park covers 130,000 square metres, about 13 hectares, and is one of the smallest university campuses in Beijing.沙河校区位于昌平沙河高教园区，占地13万平方米，约合13公顷，是北京面积较小的高校校区之一。
• The library occupies a separate 10,062 square metre building with nearly 1,600 reading seats, 790,000 printed volumes and 550,000 e-books.图书馆拥有10062平方米的独立馆舍、近1600个阅览座位、79万余册藏书和55万册电子图书。
• Together the two campuses cover about 370,000 square metres, or 37 hectares, with teaching buildings, laboratories, dormitories and sports facilities distributed across both sites, making the university one of the more compact major institutions in Beijing.两个校区合计占地约37万平方米，即37公顷，教学楼、实验室、宿舍和体育设施分布其间，整体规模在北京主要高校中较为紧凑。
• The campus has ten student apartment buildings, four canteens, one library and one sports field with artificial turf and a synthetic track.校园有10座学生公寓、4个学生食堂、1座图书馆和1个铺有人工草皮与塑胶跑道的运动场。
• Eight teaching buildings serve the colleges, among them the Minzu Building, Science and Technology Building, Teaching Laboratory Building, Comprehensive Building, Physics and Chemistry Building, Environmental Building, Mechanical Building and Mechanics and Civil Engineering Building.校园内有民族楼、科技楼、教学实验楼、综合楼、理化楼、环保楼、机械楼和力建楼共8座教学楼。
• The Minzu Building, the oldest landmark on campus, was designed by the architect Liang Sicheng and is a sister building of the Friendship Hotel in Beijing.校内历史最悠久的建筑民族楼由建筑学家梁思成设计，与北京友谊宾馆是姊妹楼。
• A wall divides the campus from Beijing Language and Culture University, a legacy of the 1972 transfer of 100,000 square metres of the former mining institute site.一道围墙把校园与北京语言大学隔开，这是1972年原矿业学院校址划出10万平方米的历史遗留。
• The campus sits within the Eight Great Colleges district, close to other universities founded in the 1950s along Xueyuan Road, and the Zhongguancun technology district is within walking distance.校园位于“八大学院”区域，邻近20世纪50年代在学院路兴建的其他高校，步行可达中关村科技园区。
• Although compact, the Xueyuan Road site combines teaching buildings, laboratories, dormitories and sports facilities within a short walk.学院路校区虽然紧凑，但教学楼、实验室、宿舍和体育设施都在步行范围内。

Reputation

• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the university placed in the 501-600 band.在2026年软科世界大学学术排名中，中国矿业大学（北京）位列第501-600名区间。
• The university was not included in the 2027 QS World University Rankings, which rank institutions on academic and employer reputation as well as research output.该校未进入2027年QS世界大学排名，该榜单依据学术声誉、雇主声誉和科研产出排名。
• It did not appear in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which assess teaching, research, citations and international outlook.该校未进入2027年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，该榜单衡量教学、科研、引用与国际视野。
• It was not included in the 2026-2027 U.S. News global universities list, which evaluates research performance worldwide.该校未进入2026-2027年度U.S. News全球大学榜单，该榜单评估全球高校的科研表现。
• The university is a Project 211 institution, a designation given to about 100 key universities in China.该校是“211工程”高校，这一称号授予中国约100所重点大学。
• It is also part of the Double First-Class Construction, China's program to build world-class universities and disciplines.学校同时列入“双一流”建设，这是中国建设世界一流大学和一流学科的计划。
• Its status as a national key university dates to designations in 1960 and 1978.该校的国家重点大学地位可追溯至1960年和1978年的两次确定。
• It joined the Beijing Hi-Tech University Alliance in 2011, a group of engineering-focused universities in the capital.学校于2011年加入北京高科大学联盟，该联盟由首都一批以工科见长的高校组成。
• Two national key laboratories and six academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering support its reputation in mining and safety research.两个国家重点实验室和6名中国工程院院士支撑了该校在采矿与安全研究领域的声誉。

Student life

• Ten apartment buildings and four canteens serve a student body drawn mainly from engineering and science programs on the two campuses.10座学生公寓和4个食堂为两个校区以工科和理科为主的学生群体服务。
• The library provides nearly 1,600 seats, making it a main study space alongside the college laboratories.图书馆提供近1600个座位，与各学院实验室同为主要的自习场所。
• The sports field with artificial turf and a running track hosts physical education classes and inter-college matches.铺有人工草皮和跑道的运动场承担体育课与院际比赛。
• The university marks its anniversary in October, the month in which it celebrated its centenary in 2009 in the presence of a letter from Hu Jintao.学校的校庆在10月举行，2009年10月百年校庆时曾收到胡锦涛的贺信。
• The university song originated in 1934 at the Jiaozuo Institute of Technology, with lyrics by the educator Li Minxiu and music by Zhang Hongdao, and was formally adopted in 2009.校歌原为1934年焦作工学院校歌，由教育家李敏修作词、张洪岛作曲，2009年正式核定。
• The centenary in 2009 was marked by a letter from Hu Jintao and the Ministry of Education's approval of the university as an independent institution.2009年百年校庆之际，胡锦涛发来贺信，教育部亦批准学校独立建校。
• Students share the historic Xueyuan Road environment with neighboring universities, although a wall separates the campus from Beijing Language and Culture University.学生与周边高校共享学院路的历史氛围，不过校园与北京语言大学之间隔着一堵墙。
• The Beijing Hi-Tech University Alliance, formed in 2011, links the university with other engineering-focused institutions for cooperation in teaching and research.2011年成立的北京高科大学联盟把该校与其他工科高校连接起来，开展教学与科研合作。
• The compact campus keeps dormitories, canteens, classrooms and laboratories within a few minutes of each other, and the Shahe site adds space for lower-year teaching.紧凑的校园让宿舍、食堂、教室与实验室彼此相距仅几分钟路程，沙河校区则为低年级教学提供空间。

Notable people

• Liang Sicheng, the architectural historian, designed the Minzu Building on the Xueyuan Road campus.建筑史学家梁思成设计了学院路校区的民族楼。
• Deng Xiaoping wrote the name China University of Mining and Technology in 1988.邓小平于1988年为学校题写“中国矿业大学”校名。
• Jiang Zemin wrote an inscription for the university's 90th anniversary in 1999.江泽民于1999年为学校建校90周年题词。
• Hu Jintao sent a congratulatory letter for the centenary in 2009.胡锦涛于2009年为学校百年校庆发来贺信。
• Xie Heping, a rock mechanics academician, served as president of the Beijing campus from 1998 to 2003.岩石力学家、中国工程院院士谢和平于1998年至2003年任北京校区校长。
• Qiao Jianyong was the first president of the independent university, serving from 2003 to 2013.乔建永是独立建校后的首任校长，任期为2003年至2013年。
• Yang Renshu served as president from 2013 to 2018.杨仁树于2013年至2018年任校长。
• Ge Shirong, a specialist in mining machinery, was president from 2018 to 2024.矿山机械专家葛世荣于2018年至2024年任校长。
• Liu Bo became president in 2024.刘波于2024年出任校长。
• Li Minxiu, an educator, wrote the lyrics of the university song in 1934.教育家李敏修为1934年的校歌作词。