Passing through the extraordinary time, we continue to forge ahead. The School of Management at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT SoM) is rooted in the Northeast China and has been taking the needs of the country’s development as its own responsibility. Always practicing according to the HIT motto "strict standards and excellence in craftsmanship", SoM adheres to the mission of “constructing global vision, creating management knowledge, cultivating social elites, and contributing to national development”. SoM has continuously contributed “HIT strength” to the economic and management education of China!

HIT is one of the earliest Chinese higher institutions to establish majors of economics and management. In the 1920s, the Department of Business was founded through the merger of institutions. In 1954, HIT pioneered in integrating management science and engineering by establishing two majors, namely "Economics, Organization and Planning of Machine Manufacturing Enterprises" and "Economics, Organization and Planning of Power Enterprises". After 1984, the school was re-organized as "School of Management" (SoM) after merges and optimization.

Based on the profound research foundation and the advantages of multi-disciplinary integration, SoM explores the academic frontier, leads the creation of disciplines, and dedicates in-depth practice. The school has cultivated a large number of economic and management talents with complex knowledge, integrated disciplinary and comprehensive ability for China. Many fields of economic management were created with Chinese characteristics and HIT specifications. After several generations of hard work, SoM now has an outstanding faculty team, first-class teaching quality and abundant research output. In terms of operational characteristics, subject development, social services, and international reputation, SoM has also made remarkable achievement.

The development of SoM is indispensable from the efforts and support of faculty team, students and alumni. And the future development relies on reform, innovation and the pursuit of excellence. Taking the the opportunities of new era, SoM will continue to take efforts towards constructing a world-class and leading research-oriented school in Asia!

WANG Jian

Dean of School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology