学英语第三教学部承担全校非英语专业本科生外教班、高级班和英才学院的大学英语教学工作。大学英语第三教学部现有教师19人，其中教授4人，副教授10人，讲师5人;硕士生导师2人；具有博士学位教师5人；15人有国外留学经历。
近年来，大学英语第三教学部在国内外各类学术刊物上公开发表研究论文百余篇；获得省级教学科研成果奖16项，获校级教学科研成果奖十余项；出版专著3部；编写各类教材20余部。
No. 3 English Teaching Department takes charge of the English teaching for the students in the Honors School and the students whose English was of an upper intermediate to advanced level at HIT (a total of about 2600 students per semester). English teaching courses offered by this department focus on enhancing students’ all-around skills of using English in real communication, esp. in the academic spheres.
This department has a faculty of 19 teaching members, of whom there are four professors, ten associate professors and five lecturers. Among the teaching staff five have doctoral degrees, 12 have master’s degrees. Two faculty members are supervisors for master degree students, and 15 teachers have overseas educational experiences in world-famous universities in English-speaking countries such as the USA, the Great Britain, Canada, Australia and the New Zealand. This department invites foreign experts every semester to teach courses like advanced speaking, academic writing, public speaking, and English for current affairs.
In recent years, the teachers in the No. 3 English Teaching Department have won honors including eight provincial teaching and research awards, seven HIT teaching and research awards and one Great Lakes Award from Canada. There is one teacher entitled as Academic Leader in Teaching by HIT. One teacher has the honorable title of the Distinguished Teacher in Heilongjiang. Two have been granted the title of HIT Excellent Teachers.
Up to 2015, the teachers in the No. 3 English Teaching Department have published three monographs, edited 20 textbooks, wrote dozens of teaching materials and academic journal articles, made oral presentations at international academic conferences, and have participated in more than 10 research projects, including six provincial ones.
No. 3 English Teaching Department has held the Elites Cup English Speaking Contest for three times, the HIT English PPT Presentations Contest twice, and the National College English Competition twice, apart from English learning activities such as an evening of International Communication, English video-making, English newspaper making, vocabulary contests, English news listening competition, and the competition about English speaking countries. With the teachers’ guidance, the students have participated and won numerous prizes in the CCTV Cup English Speaking Contest, LTRP Cup National Debate Tournament, FLTRP English Writing Contest, the National College English Competition, and Model United Nations.
