The Ministry of Education recently announced the latest undergraduate major registration and approval results for 2026. University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) has successfully obtained approval for four new undergraduate majors and ten second bachelor's degree programs.
The newly added undergraduate majors are as follows: Integrated Circuit Design and Integrated Systems (Major Code: 080710T): This program addresses major national strategic needs in the integrated circuit industry. It is based on deep interdisciplinary integration, combining knowledge systems from mathematics, physics, materials science, and computer engineering. Leveraging the university's key laboratories and partnerships with leading industries, the program capitalizes on USTB's distinctive academic strengths. It covers the entire integrated circuit chain, focusing on core areas like EDA technology and new chip materials, and emphasizes the synergy between theoretical foundation and engineering practice to cultivate high-level professionals who are in high demand, well-rounded, and highly capable in the integrated circuit field.
Intellectual Property (Major Code: 030102T): Aligned with reforms in new liberal arts construction, this major leverages the university's strong engineering resources, focusing on areas such as new materials, artificial intelligence, green and low-carbon technologies, and information communication. It aims to create a unique educational model that deeply integrates engineering and law. The program offers an optimized, cross-disciplinary curriculum and a comprehensive training framework for versatile talent, balancing core legal competencies with foundational skills in science and engineering. It prepares students for diverse career paths including administration, judiciary, technology firms, patent services, and technology management, cultivating interdisciplinary, versatile, and innovative high-quality legal practitioners.
Earth Information Science and Technology (Major Code: 070903T): This program meets talent demands in mineral resource exploration, ecological civilization construction, natural resource management, and mining investment. It breaks down traditional barriers between earth sciences and computer science, integrating content from earth science, information science, artificial intelligence, and big data to build a talent cultivation system centered on "Earth Science + AI." The goal is to cultivate professionals with a broad scientific perspective of the Earth system, mastery of cutting-edge technologies like AI and big data, and the ability to serve national strategies such as deep-earth/deep-sea/deep-space resource development, carbon neutrality, environmental protection, and disaster prevention and reduction.
Music Technology (Major Code: 130215T): Serving national strategies for the digital economy and cultural industry development, this major implements the educational philosophy of holistic development and promotes the deep integration of arts with new-generation information technologies. With music art as its core foundation and digital technology as the supporting vehicle, it focuses on emerging areas like intelligent music design, digital instrument R&D, and instrument manufacturing/repair technology. The program enhances the interdisciplinary arts-engineering training system, dedicated to cultivating new types of talent with artistic perception, technological innovation capability, and industry application skills, thereby promoting the intelligent and digital transformation of the modern music industry.
The newly added second bachelor's degree programs are: Safety Engineering (Major Code: 082901): Focused on major national strategic needs, this program addresses key areas like urban safety, new energy systems, and fire safety. It aims to cultivate versatile professionals who master the complete technical path from risk identification and analysis to decision optimization, possess engineering literacy, safety mindset, and innovative ability, and can engage in safety management and R&D in entities like emergency management departments and central state-owned enterprises.
Intelligent Construction (Major Code: 081008T): Driven by digital and intelligent technologies, this program focuses on frontier fields such as extreme construction in deep space, intelligent development of underground spaces, and smart marine engineering. Through industry-education collaborative training, it cultivates versatile engineering talent with capabilities in technology R&D, precise engineering control, and interdisciplinary innovation.
Engineering Management (Major Code: 120103): Responding to the development needs of intelligent construction in the digital era, this program centers on the deep integration of engineering management and digital construction. It equips students with solid theoretical foundations, legal literacy, and practical skills covering key areas like engineering investment and tendering. Through university-enterprise collaboration and BIM training, it cultivates versatile talent capable of solving practical engineering problems and managing entire project lifecycles.
Metallurgical Engineering (Major Code: 080404): Responding to the national metallurgical industry's transition towards green and intelligent upgrades, this program leverages USTB's strengths in metallurgical engineering. It focuses on cutting-edge directions like smart metallurgy and green/low-carbon technologies, emphasizing the cultivation of solid professional knowledge, basic skills, and engineering application abilities. The industry-education collaborative model aims to cultivate outstanding talent capable of solving complex engineering problems in the metallurgical field.
Energy Storage Science and Engineering (Major Code: 080504T): Addressing national energy security strategy and the new strategy for energy revolution, this program is based on electrical, thermal, and hydrogen storage, with a focus on electrochemical energy storage. The industry-education collaborative training model cultivates high-level, specialized talent in high demand for emerging industries like new energy and smart grids.
Robotics Engineering (Major Code: 080803T): Supporting national strategies for technological innovation and intelligent industry development in robotics, this program leverages the university's strengths in mechanical engineering. It covers fundamental theories and前沿 technologies in robot system design, manufacturing, perception, and control. Through industry-university-research collaboration and competition-based learning, it cultivates versatile talent with scientific research innovation and technology R&D capabilities.
Environmental Engineering (Major Code: 082502): Addressing national ecological civilization construction needs, this program builds on strengths in environmental science and engineering. It focuses on water pollution control, air pollution control, solid waste treatment, and ecological restoration, aiming to cultivate high-quality, versatile engineering technical talent with solid theoretical foundations, innovative practical abilities, and industrial thinking for roles in R&D, engineering design, and management.
Intelligent Sensing Engineering (Major Code: 080303T): Focusing on national strategic development needs in intelligent manufacturing, smart health, intelligent information systems, and industrial IoT, this program leverages interdisciplinary advantages in instrumentation. Centered on an integrated theoretical system of sensing, perception, connectivity, and control, it uses innovative practices and university-enterprise collaboration to cultivate high-level, versatile talent for R&D, design, and management roles.
Artificial Intelligence (Major Code: 080717T): Serving major national AI development strategies and strong societal demand for AI talent, this program builds on the strengths of the undergraduate AI major. It focuses on frontier areas like intelligent unmanned systems and intelligent perception. Through an "industry-education-research" collaborative model, it cultivates versatile innovative talent with capabilities in scientific research breakthroughs,成果转化, and interdisciplinary integration.
Financial Engineering (Major Code: 020302): Responding to national strategies for building a strong financial sector, the digital economy, and sustainable development, this program leverages USTB's "Double First-Class" initiative and the business school's three international accreditations. It focuses on前沿fields like financial investment, fintech, and green finance. Through ideological integration, interdisciplinary collaboration, industry-university-research linkage, and practical innovation, it aims to cultivate versatile financial talent to support the steel industry and regional coordinated development.
In recent years, the university has deeply implemented requirements related to the Education Power Construction Plan (2024-2035) and aligned with the Reform Plan for Adjusting and Optimizing the Disciplines and Majors in Regular Higher Education. Based on national strategic needs and布局in紧缺urgent fields, it precisely aligns with regional development necessities, anchors onto the long-term "One University, Two Campuses" development strategy, and treats major adjustment as a key lever for implementing the "Undergraduate Education as Foundation" principle. USTB insists on taking专业建设as the main thread of education and teaching, actively explores unconventional paths for major development, systematically plans, and precisely布局an urgently needed major system. Simultaneously, guided by the "Four New" construction initiative, it aims to strengthen advantageous and characteristic disciplines, enhance basic discipline construction, promote multidisciplinary integration, and focus on cultivating high-quality, top-notch innovative talent dedicated to serving the nation. The university strives to contribute USTB's strength to building a powerful education system, a powerful科技nation, and a powerful talent pool.
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