2025-05-08
School of Printing and Packaging Engineering
As the earliest established school at Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, the School of Printing and Packaging Engineering originated in 1958, developed in 1961, and rose to prominence in 1978. It is dedicated to professional fields such as printing engineering, packaging engineering, and polymer materials and engineering. As a leading force in talent cultivation for China's printing industry, the school has won over 10 national and provincial-level awards, including the National Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Prize), the Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Prize), the First Prize of the China Packaging Federation Science and Technology Award, the First Prize of the China Printing and Printing Equipment Industries Association Science and Technology Award, and the First Prize of the China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award. The transformation and application of its scientific research achievements have been highly effective, making significant contributions to the continuous exploration and innovation of the printing industry.
The School of Printing and Packaging Engineering currently has 80 faculty members, including 71 full-time teachers, among whom 21 are professors, 23 are associate professors, 44 are master's supervisors, 54 hold doctoral degrees, 20 have overseas study or visiting experience, and 8 are doctoral supervisors. The school offers three undergraduate programs: Printing Engineering, Packaging Engineering, and Polymer Materials and Engineering. Among these, Printing Engineering is a national distinctive program, a national first-class program pilot, and an Excellent Engineer Education Training Program pilot. It has also passed the Engineering Education Certification. Packaging Engineering and Polymer Materials and Engineering are Beijing first-class program construction sites. The school has established five provincial and ministerial-level discipline and practical innovation platforms and holds three first-level master's degree authorization points in Light Industry Technology and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and History of Science and Technology, as well as a professional master's degree authorization point in Materials and Chemical Engineering.
The school conducts teaching and research activities targeting the entire packaging and printing industry chain. Relying on its five provincial and ministerial-level key laboratories and engineering research centers, as well as three provincial and ministerial-level experimental teaching demonstration centers, the school has undertaken over 300 projects in recent years, including the National Natural Science Foundation, the National Key R&D Program, and Beijing Science and Technology Plan projects. It focuses on key industry technologies such as printed electronics materials and technology, intelligent printing manufacturing technology, cross-media color reproduction and application, plasma physics and materials, advanced ink materials and technology, and fresh agricultural product preservation packaging design.
The school places great emphasis on cultivating students' practical and innovative abilities and expanding their international perspectives. It organizes innovation and entrepreneurship competitions such as "Creative Printing" and "Golden Printing Cup" around the integration of art and engineering. Over the past five years, undergraduate students have won approximately 300 provincial and ministerial-level competition awards, including the 2017 "World Student Star" Packaging Design Award, the First Prize in the 8th National College Student Packaging Structure Design Competition, the Second Prize in the 6th National College Digital Art Design Competition (NCDA), the Special Prize in the 9th "Jifeng Cup" Packaging Structure Design Competition, and the First Prize in the 10th "Challenge Cup" Capital College Students' Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition. The school has established intercollegiate cooperation with over ten overseas universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Sweden, and other countries, as well as with countries along the "Belt and Road" such as Malaysia, Pakistan, Ethiopia, and India. Each year, faculty and students are selected for academic exchanges and talent exchange programs.
Over more than 60 years of operation, the school has produced over 9,000 graduates, most of whom have become industry leaders and key figures in their fields.
