Three years. Beijing University of Technology, founded in 1960, is a multidisciplinary municipal key university focusing on engineering, science, economics, management, literature, law, art and teaching. 198 1 became the first batch of master's degree awarding units approved by the Ministry of Education, 1985 became the doctoral degree awarding unit, and 1996 passed the pre-examination of the national "2 1 1 project" and officially entered the second century.