1.Introduction
The Department of Engineering Management and Technical Economics was founded in 2008, consisting of core faculty members from the Department of Business Administration and the former Department of Management Science and Engineering. As of January 2026, the department has 10 full-time academic staff, including 4 professors (3 doctoral supervisors) and 6 associate professors. All faculty members hold doctoral degrees, and 90% have overseas study or visiting experience. One faculty member has been awarded the title of Beijing Distinguished Teacher.
For now, there are a doctoral program for the secondary discipline of Technical Economics and Management, a master degree program for the major of Technical Economics and Management, and a bachelor degree program of Engineering Management. The main research directions of this department include: investment and cost management, international project management, project evaluation.The department is committed to cultivating high-level interdisciplinary management talents equipped with capabilities in techno-economic cross-analysis, optimization of complex engineering systems, practical skills for innovation and digital transformation, as well as strategic thinking for sustainable development.
Faculty members of the department have obtained 9 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) in recent years and led more than 10 provincial and ministerial research projects. Their research findings have been published in top domestic and international journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of the Operational Research Society, International Journal of Systems Science, Chinese Journal of Management Science, and Systems Engineering — Theory & Practice, representing world-class professional research standards. The department has won one first prize of provincial and ministerial teaching achievement award and one second prize of provincial and ministerial science and technology progress award. One textbook has been selected as a national planning textbook for general undergraduate higher education under the 12th Five-Year Plan, and one course has been recognized as a National First-Class Undergraduate Course.
2.Department Officials
Director: WANGChen chenwang@ustb.edu.cn
Associate Director: ZHU Xiaoning zhuxiaoning@ustb.edu.cn
Associater Director: WANG Zhenqin wangzq@manage.ustb.edu.cn
