North China Institute of Science and Technology (NCIST) is the only one public university affiliated to the State Administration of Work Safety (the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety), NCIST used to be the branch school of Beijing Coal Management Institute at Yanjiao (BSBCMI) and was founded in 1984. In 1993,BSBCMI was transformed into North China Mining College (NCMC) with the approval of former State Education Commission. In 1997, former State Education Commission confirmed NCMC as one of the key institutions of higher education. And early in 2002, North China Mining College was upgraded into North China Institute of Science and Technology.
Located in the east of Beijing ----Yanjiao Economic and Technological Development Zone, NCIST is only 35 km away from Tian anmen Square , and 24 km from Beijing Capital Airport. No. 930 bus passes NCIST and provides a convenience to the university.
NCIST covers an area of more than 66 hectares, with a total floor space of more than 300,000 square meters, and fixed assets of approximately 400 million RMB. The total value of complete teaching apparatus and devices worth more than 60 million RMB, of which there are multi-functional classroom, closed-circuit television teaching system, multi-media teaching system for language teaching, transmit station for foreign languages and high-speed internet which covers the whole campus and the latter can also be used for long-distance teaching as well as other comprehensive use, such as VOD request etc. Library covers a floor area of 6,551 square meters ( a new library with a floor area of 25,000 square meters is under construction now.); it has a book collection of over 400,000 volumes, and more than 1,600 domestic and foreign magazines; With automatic management system, CNKI internet service station and China Information service center are provided in the library. Comprehensive physical equipments and facilities are well equipped on the campus, and more than 10,000 students can be held in the 8 dormitory buildings standing in shade of trees.