Owing to its origin as a former iron and steel university the university has one of the strongest departments in the field of materials science with strong international visibility and reputation particularly in the field of physical metallurgy and metal physics of the microstructures of structural and functional materials.USTB total area 557,858 m2 is located in Haidian District, Beijing, facing Fourth Ring Road, where most key institutions of higher learning are gathered.After the Olympic Games, the main part of the gymnasium is provided as the place for indoor physical education, fitness training, athletic contests and artistic performances.USTB is an institution involving the Chinese Government Scholarship Program and has been accepting the international students since 1954.More than two thousands of students from 74 countries and regions have been studying and doing research work in the university.
Main building entrance, i.e. the School of Materials Science and Engineering