北京理工大学1940年诞生于延安，是中国共产党创办的第一所理工科大学，是新中国成立以来国家历批次重点建设的高校，首批进入国家“211工程”和“985工程”，首批进入“世界一流大学”建设高校A类行列。毛泽东同志亲自题写校名，李富春、徐特立、李强等老一辈无产阶级革命家先后担任学校主要领导。在英国QS教育集团公布的2018世界大学排行榜中，学校位居世界第389名、亚洲第76名、中国大陆第17名。学校现隶属于工业和信息化部，全体师生员工正对标国家“两个一百年”奋斗目标，全力朝着中国特色世界一流大学的建设目标迈进。
 In 1940, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), the first science and engineering university was founded in Yan’an by the Communist Party of China. It has been one of the key universities in China since the founding of New China and the first batch of universities which has entered the national “211 Project”, “985 Project” and the “Top A World-class University”. The name of BIT was inscribed by Chairman Mao, and Li Fuchun, Xu Teli, Li Qiang and other older generations of proletarian revolutionists successively took the lead of the university. In the 2018 World University Rankings published by QS, BIT ranked 389th in the world, 76th in Asia and 17th in mainland China. The university is now affiliated to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. All the faculty members and students are striving for the goal of “two hundred years” of the national standard and are fully committed to the goal of building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics.
  
栉风沐雨，北京理工大学伴随着国家教育事业的发展历久弥坚。1949年，学校迁入北京；1952年，学校更名为北京工业学院，成为新中国第一所国防工业院校；1988年，学校更名为北京理工大学。
BIT was founded in 1940 in Yan’an, Shaanxi Province and was relocated to Beijing in 1949. The following year, the main campus and the Departments of Math, Physics and Chemistry of the Institute Franco-Chinois were merged with BIT. In 1988, the school was renamed Beijing Institute of Technology.
  
学校现设有18个专业学院以及徐特立学院、前沿交叉科学研究院、先进结构技术研究院、医工融合研究院等教学科研单位，工程、材料科学、化学、物理、数学、计算机科学、社会科学先后进入ESI国际学科排名前1%，其中工程学科进入前1‰。近年来，学校结合传统优势和长期发展需要，重点建设“5+3”个学科群——“高效毁伤及防护”学科群、“新材料科学与技术”学科群、“复杂系统感知与控制”学科群、“运载装备与制造”学科群、“信息科学与技术”学科群和“特色理科”学科群、“医工融合”学科群、“军民融合与创新发展”学科群，形成“优势工科引领带动、特色理科融合推动、精品文科辅助联动、前沿交叉创新互动”的学科整体建设布局。学校现有教职工3300余名，汇聚了22名两院院士、49名“千人计划”入选者、39名“长江学者奖励计划”教授、36名“国家杰出青年科学基金”获得者、15名“万人计划”领军人才、4名国家级教学名师等高层次人才和6个国家级教学团队、5个国家自然科学基金创新研究群体、10个教育部“长江学者”创新团队；拥有1个“2011计划”国家级协同创新中心、9个国家级重点实验室及工程研究中心、6个国家级实验教学中心。
BIT now has 18 professional schools as well as Xu Teli School, Advanced Research Institute for Multidisciplinary Science, Institute of Advanced Structure Technology, Institute of Convergence Medical and Engineering, etc. Engineering, material science, chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science and social sciences ranked in the top 1% of ESI international disciplines, among which engineering ranked in the top 1‰. In recent years, combined with traditional advantages and long-term development needs, BIT has focused on the construction of “5+3” subject groups—“Efficient Damage and Protection” subject group, “New Materials Science and Technology” subject group, “Complex System Perception and Control” subject group, “Delivery Equipment and Manufacturing” subject group, “Information Science and Technology” subject group and “Characteristic Science” subject group, “Convergence Medical and Engineering” subject group, “Civil-military Integration and Innovation and Development” subject group, forming the overall construction layout of “leading advantageous engineering, promoting the integration of characteristic science, assisting linkage of fine liberal arts and interacting frontier cross-innovation”.

学校目前共有3500多名教职工，25000多名全日制学生。其中本科生有14000多人，硕士研究生有近8000人，博士生有3000多人。
 BIT comprises more than 3,500 faculty members and 25,000 full-time students. Over 14,000 are undergraduate students, nearly 8,000 are graduate students and over 3,000 are doctoral students.

北京理工大学有五大学科在ESI全球排名中名列前1%，分别是工程学、材料科学、化学、物理学和数学。多年来，北京理工大学致力于提高科研水平。并在导航控制、伤害预防与安全、机械与车辆工程、材料科学以及信息系统等领域取得了高水平的成就。同时在智能与仿生机器人技术、空间自适应光学、绿色能源、现代通信以及工业过程控制等领域拥有明显优势。
Engineering, materials science, chemistry, physics and mathematics are the five disciplines in BIT that are ranked among the top 1% in Essential Science Indicators (ESI) global ranking. Over the years, BIT is devoted to improving its research capabilities. High-level achievements have been made in navigation control, injury prevention and safety, mechanical and vehicle engineering, materials science, and information systems and warfare. It has developed a clear edge in technologies relating to intelligent and bionic robotics, space adaptive optics, green energy, modern communications and industrial process control.
 
通过采用国际化的教育方式，北京理工大学已经逐渐成为一个具有国际声誉和影响力的大学。目前，北京理工大学已经和六大洲的58个国家和地区的200多所知名高校建立了合作关系，并且成为中国西班牙大学联盟和中国俄罗斯白俄罗斯大学联盟的主导创始人以及尼日利亚的拉各斯大学孔子学院和家拿到萨斯喀彻温大学孔子学院的联合创始人。北京理工大学正在成为一所国际大学，并开展全球性的交流与合作。
By taking a global approach to education, BIT is increasingly established as an internationally reputable and influential institution. Currently, it has established inter-university collaboration with more than 200 renowned universities in 58 countries and regions on six continents; it was the lead founder of the Sino-Spanish University Consortium and the Sino-Russian-Belarussian University Consortium and the co-founder of two Confucius Institutes: Confucius Institute of University of Lagos in Nigeria and Confucius Institute of University of Saskatchewan in Canada. BIT is building an international university and has created a global network for exchange and cooperation.

北京理工大学已经和60多所国际知名大学签订了学生交换协议，其中包括德国慕尼黑工业大学和美国加州大学伯克利分校。在其19个学院中，有15个学院与8所世界一流大学（如澳大利亚国立大学）建立了双学位课程。所有学院都定期组织各种形式的国际交流活动，例如暑期学校、海外培训和毕业设计等。
BIT has entered into student-exchange agreements with more than 60 internationally renowned universities, including Germany’s Institute Technische Universität München (Technical University of Munich) and the United States’ University of California Berkeley. Of its 19 specialized colleges, 15 have established double-degree programs with eight world-class universities, such as the National University of Australia. The colleges regularly organize different forms of international exchanges, such as summer schools, overseas trainings and graduation design projects.

每年北京理工大学都会派遣1000多名学生出国留学交换。并且拥有四个全英文授课的本科项目以及十一个全英文授课的研究生项目。目前北京理工大学拥有来自71个国家的1000多名国际留学生。
Every year, BIT sends more than 1,000 students for overseas study and exchange. Four undergraduate and eleven graduate programmes are taught completely in English. It has an international student population of more than 1,000 from 71 countries.