Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology

Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology is located in Baotou, one of the first national civilized cities and a beautiful grassland steel city. It was formerly the Baotou Iron and Steel Industry School and Baotou Construction Engineering School, which were founded in 1956. It was affiliated to the former Ministry of Metallurgical Industry. In 1958, the two schools merged to form Baotou Institute of Technology, which was renamed Baotou Iron and Steel Institute in 1960. In 1998, it was placed under the management of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and implemented joint construction by the central and local governments. In 2000, the Inner Mongolia Coal Industry School was incorporated, and in 2003 it was renamed Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology. In 1997, it passed the undergraduate teaching qualification evaluation of the Ministry of Education, and in 2008, it passed the undergraduate teaching work level evaluation of the Ministry of Education with excellent grades. In 1986, it jointly trained master's students, became a master's degree awarding institution in 1991, and became a doctoral degree awarding institution in 2013. In 2016, it successfully passed the review and evaluation of undergraduate teaching work of the Ministry of Education, and in 2017, it was approved by the Ministry of Education to become a newly added university with master's degree recommendation qualification.

The school has now developed into a multi-disciplinary university with metallurgy, mining, coal, and rare earth as its characteristics, engineering as its main focus, and coordinated development of engineering, science, literature, management, economics, law, art, and education. It integrates graduate education, undergraduate education, higher vocational education, continuing education, and education for international students.

The school has 20 teaching units such as colleges, departments, and centers. There are 4 first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 18 first-level discipline master's degree authorization points, 1 second-level discipline master's degree point, and 12 professional master's degree authorization fields. There are 66 undergraduate majors, including 4 national characteristic professional construction points, 3 majors in the Ministry of Education's Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program, 4 majors that have passed engineering education certification, 1 pilot for comprehensive reform of the Ministry of Education, 1 pilot for comprehensive reform of the autonomous region's majors, 4 autonomous region-level key construction majors, 22 autonomous region-level brand majors, and 53 autonomous region-level boutique courses.

The school currently has 1,419 full-time teachers, including 707 with senior professional titles, 1,227 with doctoral and master's degrees, 29 doctoral supervisors, 349 master's supervisors (148 part-time tutors outside the school). The teaching team includes outstanding professional and technical talents in the country, the first batch of "New Century Hundred Thousand Talents Project" selected in the country, the first "Science and Education to Revitalize the Region" special award winners in Inner Mongolia, the first batch of National Outstanding Youth Fund winners in Inner Mongolia, as well as "Changjiang Scholars Distinguished Professors", National Special Support Plan National Key Field Innovation Team, Ministry of Education Innovation Team, Autonomous Region Teaching Masters, Teaching Team, etc.

The school currently has 26,167 full-time students of various types. Over the past 60 years, the university has provided the country with more than 150,000 qualified talents. The employment rate of graduates has been at the leading level among universities in Inner Mongolia for many years. In 2000 and 2009, the university was rated as "National Advanced Collective for Graduate Employment of General Colleges and Universities" by the Ministry of Education twice. In 2010, it became one of the 50 "National Universities with Typical Experience in Graduate Employment". In 2012, the university was awarded the honorary title of "National Advanced Employment Unit" by the State Council of the People's Republic of China (a total of 15 universities in the country).

The school has 9 provincial and ministerial key disciplines (including cultivation), 1 provincial and ministerial co-construction collaborative innovation center, 1 national and local joint engineering research center, 1 provincial and ministerial co-construction national key laboratory cultivation base, 1 Inner Mongolia collaborative innovation cultivation center, 1 provincial and ministerial co-construction key laboratory of the Ministry of Education, 1 Inner Mongolia new technology research and development institution, 5 Inner Mongolia engineering research centers (engineering laboratories), 16 Inner Mongolia key laboratories, 8 Inner Mongolia engineering technology research centers, 5 academician expert workstations, 1 Inner Mongolia popular science base, 1 Inner Mongolia industrial design center, 1 Inner Mongolia philosophy and social science research base, 1 Inner Mongolia college humanities and social science research base, 1 Inner Mongolia college innovation method promotion and application base, 2 autonomous region productivity promotion centers, 2 national-level "undergraduate teaching project" college student off-campus practical education bases, and 10 provincial and ministerial experimental teaching demonstration centers.

The school actively conducts scientific research for economic and social development, and has won 1 second prize and 1 third prize in national science and technology progress, 1 first prize in science and technology progress from the Ministry of Education, 4 first prizes in natural sciences from Inner Mongolia, 12 first prizes in science and technology progress, and 1 first prize in philosophy and social sciences. The school ranks among the top universities in Inner Mongolia in terms of scientific research awards. In the past five years, the school has undertaken 264 national scientific research projects, including the National 973 Program, the National 863 Program, the National Key R&D Program, the National Science and Technology Support Program, international cooperation projects, military projects, the National Natural Science Foundation, the National Social Science Foundation, and the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Project. 1,231 papers have been included in the three major searches, and 679 patents have been authorized, including 318 invention patents. The slag microcrystalline glass tube developed by the Bayan Obo Mine Polymetallic Resources Comprehensive Utilization Innovation Team has been identified as the national industry standard for the production of such products and has been industrialized. In 2008, the school was rated as a "Science and Technology Innovation Leading University" by the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Government, and in 2010 it was rated as a national intellectual property pilot unit by the State Intellectual Property Office.

The school's students have made remarkable achievements in extracurricular scientific and technological innovation. In the past five years, they have won 1,186 awards for various types of extracurricular scientific and technological works competitions at the provincial and ministerial levels or above, including 347 national awards and 839 provincial awards. 115 academic papers have been published and 124 patents have been approved. The University Student Entrepreneurship Incubation Base was awarded the "National Mass Innovation Space" by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the "National University Student Entrepreneurship Demonstration Park" by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and the "Autonomous Region University Student Entrepreneurship Incubation Base", "Autonomous Region Demonstration University Student Entrepreneurship Park Entrepreneurship Incubation Base", "Autonomous Region First Batch of Mass Innovation Space Pilot Units", "Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Youth Entrepreneurship Incubator", "Massive Innovation and Support Support Platform" by the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Finance Bureau, and Communist Youth League Committee of Baotou City. It was awarded the honorary titles of "Baotou Demonstration Entrepreneurship Incubation Base", "Youth Entrepreneurship Incubator", "Baotou University Student Entrepreneurship Incubation Base", etc., and in July 2018, it cooperated with Intel to establish the Intel Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center of Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology.

Our students are at the forefront of the nation's universities in competitive sports. As of 2018, our athletes have won 466 medals at the provincial and ministerial level or above in domestic and international sports competitions, including 10 gold medals in international sports competitions, 32 gold medals in national sports competitions, and 196 gold medals in provincial and ministerial sports competitions. In the highest-level national college track and field competitions, our school has been ranked among the top ten universities in the country for eight consecutive years. Our student athletes have represented the country in the World University Games track and field events for five consecutive sessions and won one gold, four silvers and one bronze. They have represented the country in three World University Cross-Country Championships, and three student athletes have participated in the 2004, 2008, and 2016 Olympic Games. At the London World Championships on August 13, 2017, Yang Jiayu, a student from the School of Civil Engineering of our school, won the gold medal in the women's 20km race walk, winning honor for the country; on September 3, 2017, Yang Jiayu won the gold medal in the 20km race walk at the 13th National Games. On August 29, 2018, Yang Jiayu won the championship in the women's 20km race walk at the Jakarta Asian Games with a time of 1 hour, 29 minutes and 15 seconds. In 2011, the school was elected as the vice chairman unit of the National Sports Association. In 2014, it took the lead in establishing the Inner Mongolia Western Campus Football League and the Inner Mongolia Campus Football Federation in the autonomous region and was named the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Youth Football Summer Camp Activity Base by the autonomous region, making due contributions to the cause of campus football in Inner Mongolia.

The school adheres to open education, actively carries out foreign exchanges and cooperative education, and has established educational exchanges and cooperation with more than 50 universities and research institutes in more than 30 countries and regions such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, and has carried out comprehensive cooperation in teaching, scientific research and talent training. The school introduces intelligence and promotes development. It has successively invited 168 experts such as Peng Suping and Academician Xue Qikun to give lectures, conduct academic exchanges, and serve as part-time or visiting professors. It has hosted and organized more than 20 large-scale international and domestic high-end academic conferences. The Overseas Chinese Federation of Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology has been established, with more than 20 overseas Chinese and their families at home and abroad, and more than 50 returned overseas Chinese. More than 100 delegations have been sent for official visits, with more than 300 people visiting; more than 500 students are studying in China, exchange students, and students studying abroad.

As a pilot unit for the reform of the management system of colleges and universities in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the school has vigorously carried out internal management system reform. On the premise of adhering to the principal responsibility system under the leadership of the Party Committee, it has continuously strengthened the leadership core position of the school party committee, actively explored the academic power decision-making mechanism with the Academic Work Committee as the main body, the administrative execution mechanism with the principal's office meeting as the basic form, the education management mechanism of the ideals, beliefs and moral norms of college students with Chinese characteristics with the Student Work Committee as the main form, the supervision mechanism with the Inspection and Supervision Work Committee as the main gripper, and the policy formulation and organization coordination mechanism with the special work committee with relatively concentrated functions as the leading mechanism.

Looking into the future, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology will closely unite around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, take moral education as the foundation, "Double First-Class" construction as the goal, and party building as the guarantee, vigorously promote the management system reform of "Party committee leadership, president responsibility, democratic management, and professorial governance", and actively practice the school-running philosophy of "academic-based, academic-oriented, students-based, and scholars-based", uphold the campus spirit of "self-improvement and daring to be the first" and the school motto of "steel is forged through a hundred tempers", and strive to build a good university that satisfies the people as soon as possible.