Hebei GEO University

Hebei GEO University (HGU), founded in 1953, is one of the five universities affiliated to the former Ministry of Geology, and is a provincial key university jointly supported by the Ministry of Land and Resources and the Government of Hebei Province. As the first educational institution affiliated to the former Ministry of Geology in New China setting up programs of Economics and Management, HGU has been adhering to the core mission of “providing talents and technology support to the sustainable development of resources and environment.”During the six decades, by upholding the motto of “cultivating universal perspectives and pursuing infinite knowledge”, and “advocating the traditional spirit of hard-working, truth-seeking and innovation”，HGU has gradually formed the schooling characteristics of highlighting the overall feature of resource & environment and economics & management, strengthening the coordinated development and the integration of various disciplines of Geo-science, Economic Management, Environmental Science, Land Surveying, Civil Engineering, Information Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, and fundamental science. Up to now, HGU has education in 7 category disciplines including Science, Engineering, Management, Economics, Law, Literature and Art with 65 bachelor degree programs and 11 disciplines of Geology, Geological Resources and Engineering, Business Administration, Management Science and Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Law, Applied Economics, Mathematics, Material Science and Technology and Public Administration, covering 51 master degree programs, and 7 professional master programs of Geological Engineering, MBA, MPACC, Finance, Art, Applied Statistics and Engineering Management. In 2016, HGU became the project construction unit of doctor degree programs.