About NBUT

Ningbo University of Technology (NBUT) was founded in 1983 by Ningbo Municipal Government, it covers an area of 1,055,672 square meters and comprises Cuibai Campus, Fenghua Campus and Hangzhou Bay Campus. The University boasts 13 subordinate schools, 48 undergraduate programs, 896 full-time teachers of whom 108 with professorship, 287 with associate professorship and 384 with doctorate degrees, and it currently has 14,300 full-time undergraduate students.

NBUT aims to cultivate effective and creative senior engineers and scholars with idea of “integrating knowledge into actions” In 2010, NBUT was listed as one of the first group of universities which implement “Outstanding Engineers Cultivation Program” by the Ministry of Education. Now the pilot programs include Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Technology, Computer Science and Technology, Electronic and Information Engineering, Material Modeling and Control Engineering. Three programs including Architecture, Chemical Engineering and Technology, Mechanical Design and Manufacture and Automation have been listed as the first CDIO trial programs. In 2014 NBUT became the Council Chairman Unit of the first "Yangtze River Delta Applied Undergraduate Universities Union", and became one of the first batch of 10 pilot demonstration Applied Universities of Zhejiang Province in 2015. In 2016 NBUT became the President Unit of the first "Zhejiang Provincial Applied Undergraduate Universities Union". In 2021, NBUT was listed as a reserve university for “Powerful Country in Education Program” in 14th five year Plan Period. School of Automobile in Hangzhou Bay was listed as a National School for Modern Industry in the first batch of 50 universities across China.

NBUT boasts excellent conditions for offering education with complete and excellent infrastructure. At present, it has various equipments and instruments for teaching and research with a total value of 515 million RMB and nearly 1.46 million copies of books in the library. By combining introduction and cultivation, the 100-talent-amassed Project and the 100-talent-cultivated Project have been initiated by the University, in the hope of upgrading the teaching faculty in terms of ethical conduct, acute expertise and vital spirit. So far, there has been a competent faculty available, of whom 42% have been conferred upon full or associate professorships, 38.5% the doctor’s degrees, and 85% the master’s degrees or above. By the end of 2021, more than 200 teachers have the experiences of overseas study or research for more than 3 months.

NBUT lays great emphasis on specialties building, and adheres to the principle of engineering prominent multi-disciplinary development. Persistently oriented towards the needs of the market, majors in the University are geared for developing local economy. The University constantly improves the level of specialties construction, makes a good job of dominant specialties and characteristic specialties, fully implements “5+5 teaching quality promotion project”. There are now 6 provincial key disciplines, 7 municipal key laboratories and engineering centers. Besides, key majors in the university include: 1 national specialized major,4 pilot majors listed in the “Outstanding Engineers Cultivation Program”, 8 provincial key majors, 4 provincial dominant majors, 5 provincial model centers of experimental teaching, 4 municipal key majors, 4 municipal specialized majors, etc.

NBUT strengthens scientific research base and team construction, vigorously carries out applied research and scientific development, inwardly research groups of various kinds are set up for inter-disciplinary studies while outwardly efforts are made to introduce the ever-improving research capacity of the University. At present, there are altogether 6 municipal-level research institutes, 17 co-built ones with enterprises and public-sector institutions, 14 university-level ones, and 16 research groups.

NBUT actively carries out “Dual Cooperation” project with famous universities or research institutes. It has been continually in joint cultivation of undergraduates with Tongji University, East China University of Science and Technology, joint cultivation of graduates with Jilin University, Taiyuan University of Technology, Chang’an University, etc. Geared for serving the local economy, NBUT has been adjusted to the demand of local social and economic development, and has vigorously sought cooperation with the local governmental departments, enterprises and public-sector institutions, claiming to be “the talent reservoir” and “the push starter” of the social undertakings. An intense cooperation with the local government has been propelled. The University has gained a strategic cooperation with Jiangbei District, Cixi City, Transportation Committee of Ningbo Municipal Government, Hangzhou Bay New Zone, Xiangshan County Government and so on. By establishing Beilun Technology Transferring Center of NBUT, and then Ji Shigang Technology Transferring Center of NBUT, Xiangshan Research Institute of NBUT, it offers great intellectual support to help upgrade and transform local enterprises, and thus develop local economy.

NBUT attaches great importance to the development of education internationalization, and has established long-term cooperation with over 100 higher education institutions in more than 30 countries (regions). In 2011, NBUT started the joint Bachelor’s Program of Accounting with Delaware State University in the USA. In 2019, NBUT started the joint Bachelor’s Program of Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation with Wayne State University in the USA. In 2022, NBUT started the joint Bachelor’s Program of Information and Computing Science with Delaware State University in the USA. NBUT also operates a Confucius Institute in Grenada. Through continuous collaboration with foreign partners, NBUT aims to be a distinctive and distinguished university of engineering and technology serving the local economy.

 

NBUT is seeking cooperation in the following areas:

1. establish joint institutes or programs

2. teacher and student exchanges

3. joint scientific research

4. 2+2, 3+1, 3+2 joint programs with mutual recognition of credits

5. professional internship for students

6. joint cultivation programs at Master’s levels.