USTB comprises 13 schools. Among its teaching staff of 1791 there are 441 professors and 730 associate professors, including 6 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and 3 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. With a total enrolment of 24,000 students, it offers 48 undergraduate programs, 128 master’s programs, 73 doctoral programs and 16 post-doctoral research fields. Besides 12 key national disciplines in the fields of metallurgy, materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering and mining, it is also home to 1 national Science Center, 2 key national laboratories, 2 national engineering research center and 31 key ministerial laboratories and research centers.
USTB is keen on international cooperation in research, academic and educational exchanges. It has so far entered into partnership with nearly 80 foreign universities and institutes from different countries and regions, and invited more than 500 world-renowned academics such as Professor Akihisa INOUE, President of Tohoku University, as its honorary professors.
USTB is engaged in the Chinese Government Scholarship Program and has been accepting international students since 1954. More than 6000 students from 150 countries and regions have been studying and doing research in USTB. As of the fall of 2016, there are 895 international students enrolled, including exchange students, national scholarship and self-financed students.
Now USTB is working hard towards its goal of becoming one of the top-ranking research-based universities in China and an internationally renowned higher education institute with its own distinguishing features. While retaining its current leading position in metallurgy and materials sciences, it is making great effort to develop other areas and to achieve a balanced disciplinary structure of engineering and technology, science, management, economics, social sciences, humanities and law.