Why us
About us
Tianjin University of Commerce was established in 1980. After two decades of construction and development, it has become an advanced university with undergraduate and postgraduate education specializing in economics, engineering, law, liberal arts and science.
The University is located by the Ziya River in Tianjin and covers an area of 600,000 mu including 500,000 mu of teaching and dormitory space. The campus is clean and tidy with first-rate facilities providing excellent conditions for working, studying and researching.
The university is divided into 13 Schools (Management School, Economics and Trade School, Machinery Engineering School, Bio-Technology and Food Technology School, Law and Politics School, Information Engineering School, Tourism Management School, Foreign Languages School, Science School, International Education School, Advanced Vocational Technology School, Continuing Education School, Boustead Vocational Technology School) and 4 teaching departments (Basic Courses Teaching Department, School English Teaching Department, Physical Education and Health Teaching Department, and Ideology and Politics Teaching Department).
It has 12 Master degree programs and 33 undergraduate programs, the enrollment of professional training graduates, undergraduates and postgraduates being over 15,000. The university has adopted a multi-level, multi-faceted approach to education. The University offers advanced vocational technology courses, advanced self-study courses and various junior Schools, training and correspondence courses. The teaching, research and administration staffs of the university are first-rate. There are 300 professors, vice professors, research fellows, engineers, and 500 lecturers and assistant lecturers in the university.
During the last 3 years, the university has taken 50 important scientific research projects at national or provincial levels, published 215 teaching materials and 3,000 theses,20 of which have been cited by SCI,. Nearly 100 staff members have exchanged their teaching or scientific achievements in academic conferences at home or abroad. The library of the university has a total building space of 10,000 mu with a collection of 1,430,000 books in Chinese and other languages and 1,800 periodicals. The new library being constructed will be built into one of the biggest and most effective libraries among the universities in Tianjin.
During the last 3 years, the university has taken 50 important scientific research projects at national or provincial levels, published 215 teaching materials and 3,000 theses,20 of which have been cited by SCI,. Nearly 100 staff members have exchanged their teaching or scientific achievements in academic conferences at home or abroad. The library of the university has a total building space of 10,000 mu with a collection of 1,430,000 books in Chinese and other languages and 1,800 periodicals. The new library being constructed will be built into one of the biggest and most effective libraries among the universities in Tianjin.
In 2003 the university enrolled the students according to the branches of learning and took the opportunity to make adjustments to the specialties and courses structures and enriched them. The university also improves the patterns of the talents' cultivation and provides a new platform for a people's all-round development. In teaching and scientific research, the University has set up a series of effectively managerial systems. A group of courses were appraised the excellent courses in Tianjin and many achievements were appraised excellent teaching achievements.
The University insists on opening to the world to introduce its high quality education resources. The University has established cooperative relations and made academic exchanges with 30 institutes of higher education in more than 10 countries and regions. They consist of the U.S.A., Japan, Korea, France, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Russia, Hong Kong and Macao. The University cooperates with Florida International University in providing a major in Hospitality and Tourism Management. The university and America East Michigan University jointly cultivate masters in Human Resources Administration. The Business Chinese Training Centre and Junior School of China Urasaki Tea Way have been set up and each year welcomes many overseas students.
At the same time, the university sends teachers and students to study in the U.S.A., Russia, Japan, Australia, Singapore in order to promote the university's internationalization and to form an international education pattern of cooperating closely and developing together with good quality overseas education resources.
By the year of 2010, the university will be developed into a distinctive and high-level industrial and commercial university with an area of 2,000 mu and a building space of 600,000 mu and with 30,000 postgraduate and undergraduate students specializing in economics, administration, engineering, law, liberal arts, science, fine arts, agriculture and medicine.