Ratified by the Ministry of Education in May 2004, Beijing Information Science & Technology University (BISTU) is a school of higher education and a merger in founding process of Beijing Institute of Machinery and Beijing Information Technology Institute. The university takes engineering as its main faculty combined with management, liberal and science programs.

The university comprises two schools, one division and about 20 departments, they are: School of Business; School of Continuing Education; Postgraduate Division; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Department of Electronic Information Engineering; Department of Computer and Automation; Department of Information Technology and Communication Engineering; Department of Computer Information System and Department of Economic Trade etc.

The university now offers 19 Master programs and 30 Bachelor degree programs. Recently, the university has total number of 17,000 students, including undergraduates and postgraduates.

The university's library contains 623,000 books. There are now 23 labs, such as Computer center, Audio & Video Center, Mechanical & Electrical Practice Center, Network Center. There are also Research Centers of Mechanical & Electrical Technology, Mechanical Design and CAD, Precision Measurement and Instrument, Electric Detecting Technology, Optical and Holographic Control and Higher Education. Besides, the university has facilities of standard plastic sport ground, gymnasium and students’ activity center.

The present total faculty number is 1600, among them specialty teachers are near 800, with titles of full and associate professors numbered 400.

The university has established academic relationships and cooperation with universities of the United States, Japan, Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany and Australia in research programs, visits and lecturing, jointly training graduate students and bachelor students, and students exchange programs. The university also recruits a number of foreign experts to assume research or teaching work.

The newly establishing Beijing Information Science & Technology University will grasp the current opportunity, strive forward with arduous spirits to meet all the challenges with a brand new attitude, facing the future with fully confidence.