Beijing University of Chemical Technology (simplified Chinese: 北京化工大学; traditional Chinese: 北京化工大學; pinyin: Běijīng Huàgōng Dàxué), abbreviated as BUCT, colloquially known in Chinese as Beihua (北化, Běihuà) or Huada (化大, Huàdà), is one of the most outstanding universities in China. BUCT is founded in 1958 and is affiliated to the Ministry of Education. As one of China's key institutions of higher learning, a member university of Project 211, BUCT has developed from an institution of scientific specialties to a comprehensive university with a core curriculum of science, economic management, languages and other liberal arts. The university, covering an area of 64.4 hectares, is composed of three campuses: Currently, the undergraduates in BUCT spend their first 2 years in the north campus and then transferred to the East section for the second half of the study. All the post-graduate students are in the East campus.