A hundred years of construction, a hundred years of cultivating people—— Since the establishment of Harbin Institute of Technology in 1920, the Department of Railway Architecture has developed into an internationally renowned institute as a school of civil engineering through the unremitting efforts of several generations. The college adheres to the principle of educating people for the Party, The idea of cultivating talents for the country , Adhere to the fundamental task of moral education, With civil engineering and mechanics, two national first-class key disciplines and double first-class disciplines; With a first-class scientific research team led by four academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, including Wang Guangyuan, Xie Lili, Shen Shizhao and Ou Jinping, With a large number of famous teachers represented by Chen Yubo, Li Dezhi, Zhong Shantong, Guan Ke, Guo Changcheng and other old generation of eight hundred strong men; Has trained more than 30,000 civil engineering elites, Lu Zhangong, vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, former Minister of Culture Liu Zhongde, former Party secretary of Gansu Province Yan Haiwang, and other national, provincial and ministerial leaders and industry leaders have emerged, More than 30 university presidents, More than 20 academicians, national high-level talents, national talents and other leading scholars, There are also outstanding students represented by Wu Buchen, the Star model of Chinese College Students; Formed a high-performance structural engineering, urban and major engineering multi-disaster prevention, cold area civil engineering, health monitoring and other advantages and emerging cross direction, A series of original achievements have been made, The findings were published in top international journals such as Science, To support the China's Sky Eye, the Bird's Nest, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and other national major weapons and major national construction projects, Since 2013, it has won national science and technology awards for six consecutive years, It has made outstanding contributions to the training of leading talents in civil engineering, scientific and technological progress and major construction projects in China. The civil engineering alumni of Harbin Institute of Technology think of the source of drinking water, pay great attention to and support the Alma mater, donate money for education, promote the industry-university-research cooperation, and help the construction and development of the college.
A new century, a new starting point, and a new journey! It is hoped that teachers, students and alumni can bear in mind the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter, uphold the school motto of strict specifications,practice your skills, practice the motto of loyal, enterprising, realistic and innovative, and cultivate practical, knowledgeable, pioneering and innovative, and pursuit of excellence. Let us work together to cultivate more civil engineering elites and pillars of the country for the national development and national rejuvenation, and jointly write a wonderful chapter of the new century of civil engineering people of HIT!
Dean of the School of Civil Engineering: Wang Yuyin
On June 7,2020
