Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture

Founded in 1936, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture is the only architectural university in Beijing. BUCEA now has 11 secondary schools and 3 basic teaching units, namely, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, School of Environment and Energy Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Information Technique, School of Economics and Management Engineering, School of Geometrics and Urban Information, School of Mechanical-electronics and Automobile Engineering, School of Humanity and Law, School of Sciences, School of Continuing Education, School of International Education.

It has 8218 full-time internal students, 7283 of whom are undergraduates, 1212 postgraduate students,67 overseas students. BUCEA is composed of two campuses, Xicheng Campus and Daxing Campus. At present, there are 1020 staff members in BUCEA, and 710 of them are full-time teachers. 588 teachers, or 83% of the total, have got master’s degree, and 281, or 40% have got doctor’s degree. Of the 410 teachers with senior professional technical titles, 108 are full professors.

In the past five years, BUCEA has been in charge of over 1700 scientific research projects, of which 354 were at or above provincial and ministerial levels such as the State 863 and the State Scientific and Technological Support Projects. It has won 56 scientific and technological achievements prizes at or above provincial-ministerial levels, 8 of which were State Technological Invention Award and National Award for Technological Invention. It is one of the two universities identified as the first equity incentive pilot reform units of Zhongguancun National Innovation Demonstration Zone.

The university library has a collection of 1,348,000 printed books, 1,210,000 electronic books, 40 large electronic literature database. With China Architectural Library which is co-built with MOHURD, BUCEA boasts its architectural books that are the most complete in China.

BUCEA takes active approaches in conducting substantive cooperation in high-level talents training, scientific research and other aspects. It has established long-term cooperation relationship with 35 universities and colleges in America and Europe.