The civil engineering discipline of BJUT has been added to the list of the secondroundof China's "DoubleFirst-class" initiative after passing the first round of evaluation. The "Double First-class" initiative selects those universities and colleges, which will participate in the country's plan of building world-class universities and first-class disciplines.

Based on its research strength in the areas of urban construction, pollution control, environmental improvement and traffic congestion mitigation, the University has formed the discipline cluster of "Modern Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering" during the first round ofthe "Double First-class" Initiative. The discipline cluster is constructed from the disciplines of Civil Engineering, Environmental Science, Traffic Engineering, Material Sciences and Information Technology. As a result of all the efforts made in the past five years, these BJUT disciplines have been greatly improved. BJUT has strengthened the University's position as one of the nation's top universities and colleges, enhancing significantly its core competitiveness and global impact.

BJUT is proud of its remarkable achievements in serving the economic and social development of the country and the capital city. The University has contributed its expertise to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Regional urban infrastructure construction, the Clear Water and Blue Sky Project, and to the development of "smart city" technology and advanced manufacturing industries.

In this new stage of its development, BJUT will constantly improveits configuration of disciplines and will highlight the goals of training first-class talented individuals and serving the country and the capital city. BJUTers will strive to realize the centenary dream of "building BJUT into a world-class university with global influence and its own distinctive features".