HIT is deeply committed to implementing the national strategy for opening up education.It is striving to create exemplary models of Chinese-foreign cooperative education and establish international paradigms for talent cultivation, forming nine ongoing cooperative programs and one cooperative institution.
In May 2025, two new Chinese-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools programs were established with Hanyang University in South Korea. HIT has consistently achieved breakthroughs in student development and research collaboration, setting benchmarks for foundational disciplines such as mathematics, physics, and chemistry, as well as specialized fields including environmental science, big data management, smart architecture, naval architecture, design, smart materials and structures, digital media arts, and communication engineering. These endeavors represent exemplary contributions to the internationalization of higher education in China.
Chinese-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools
No | Program | Partner Institution |
Year of Approval |
1 | CFCRS Undergraduate Education Program in Naval Architecture and Ocean and Marine Engineering jointly organized by Harbin Institute of Technology and University of Strathclyde | University of Strathclyde (UK) | 2020 |
2 | CFCRS Undergraduate Education Program in Environmental and Ecological Engineering jointly organized by Harbin Institute of Technology and Bauman Moscow State Technical University | Bauman Moscow State Technical University (Russia) | 2021 |
3 | CFCRS Undergraduate Education Program in Chemistry jointly organized by Harbin Institute of Technology and Saint-Petersburg University | Saint-Petersburg University (Russia) | 2022 |
4 | CFCRS Undergraduate Education Program in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics jointly organized by Harbin Institute of Technology and Saint-Petersburg University | Saint-Petersburg University (Russia) | 2022 |
5 | CFCRS Undergraduate Education Program in Applied Physics jointly organized by Harbin Institute of Technology and Saint-Petersburg University | Saint-Petersburg University (Russia) | 2022 |
6 | CFCRS Undergraduate Education Program in Big Data Management and Application jointly organized by Harbin Institute of Technology and Emlyon Business School | Emlyon Business School (France) | 2023 |
7 | CFCRS Undergraduate Education Program in Smart Building and Construction jointly organized by Harbin Institute of Technology and Polytechnic University of Turin | Polytechnic University of Turin (Italy) | 2024 |
8 | CFCRS Undergraduate Education Program in Communication Engineering jointly organized by Harbin Institute of Technology and Hanyang University | Hanyang University (South Korea) | 2025 |
9 | CFCRS Undergraduate Education Program in Intelligent Materials and Structures jointly organized by Harbin Institute of Technology and Hanyang University | Hanyang University (South Korea) | 2025 |
On June 7, 2020, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Sino-Russian Joint Campus washeld. In March 2022, three joint undergraduate programs in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, and Chemistry, developed by HIT and Saint-Petersburg University, wereapproved simultaneously by the Ministry of Education of China. As of the end of 2024, these programs enrolled a total of 433 students, striving to establish a flagship initiative for Sino-Russian basic science talent cultivation.
The groundbreaking ceremony of the Sino-Russian Joint Campus in June 2020.
In August 2023, the opening ceremony of the first Sino-French class was held for the 'Big Data Management and Application' cooperative undergraduate program jointly run by the Harbin Institute of Technology and Emlyon Business School.
In 2025, Alberto Sapora, vice president of Polytechnic University of Turin, engaged in an exchange with student representatives from the Class of 2024 in the Smart Architecture and Constructionprogram.
The CFCRS Undergraduate Education Program in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, co-organized by HIT and the University of Strathclyde, began enrolling students in 2020, with an annual intake of 35 students. Among the first cohort of 34 graduates, 91.18 percent pursued further studies, with 16 of them (47 percent) admitted to the top 20 universities worldwide for postgraduate education.
The Chinese-Foreign Cooperationin Running Schools Program with University of Strathclydewas launched in 2020.
The opening Ceremony for the 2024 Cohort of the Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Chinese-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools Program.
Teaching buildings and laboratories of the Shenzhen International School of Design/ School of Future Design
HITSZ International Open Day