"TUST is jointly constructed by the central government of China and the local government of Tianjin but mainly administered by the latter.It is a key comprehensive university located in Tianjin, with balanced disciplines offered in industry, science, art, economy, management and law. The university offers a whole range of degree programs of different levels, and has long been authorized to accept international students. TUST develops military officers for the army.
The university has two main campuses: the Hexi Campus in the city proper and the TEDA Campus in the Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area – the center of Tianjin New Coastal Area and the third pole of economic growth of China. The university covers an area of about one million square meters, including buildings of approximately 570,000 square meters. Its teaching equipment is valued at 173 million RMB Yuan while the library covers approximately 26,000 square meters and stores more than 1.6 million books and 3000 professional journals and magazines. There are more than 17,000 registered students at the university.
TUST has a mobile postdoctoral center for light industry technology and engineering and a mobile postdoctoral center of Tianjin municipal food processing engineering. TUST offers eleven doctoral programs, thirty-nine master degree programs, ten professional master degree programs in engineering, four on-the-job master programs for university teachers, a national key discipline, and forty-six undergraduate programs. There is an MOE engineering research center and a key lab both at the state level, six provincial key disciplines, six provincial key labs, research centers and industry technology centers."
