At Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in Heilongjiang province, which is a pioneer in China-Russia higher education cooperation, the number of Russian students reached a record high of 2,081 in 2025.
The university has established partnerships with 44 Russian institutions, including Lomonosov Moscow State University and Bauman Moscow State Technical University, and has signed 116 cooperation agreements to date. Over the past decade, HIT has admitted more than 9,000 Russian students, ranking it first among Chinese universities in terms of Russian student enrollment, according to the university.
The university is committed to further deepening cooperation with Russia in the fields of education, science and technology, and talent cultivation, and to becoming a pioneer in China's new frontier of opening up to the north, said Chen Jie, Party secretary of HIT.
In 2011, HIT and Bauman Moscow State Technical University jointly initiated the establishment of the Association of Sino-Russian Technical Universities, the first such association between the two countries.
The association now comprises 80 member institutions and more than 2.2 million enrolled students. It has hosted nearly 100 major events focused on technology, innovation and youth exchanges, benefiting more than 100,000 students and faculty members from both countries, Chen said.