Tianjin University of Technology, located in Tianjin, is a multi-disciplinary university with work as the center, work-integrated learning and coordinated development of engineering, science, management, literature and art. The school was formerly Tianjin University of Technology, and started to recruit undergraduates in the name of Tianjin University of Technology in 198 1 was formally established with the approval of the State Council. 1996, the former Tianjin Institute of Technology merged with the former Tianjin University Branch, Tianjin University Electromechanical Branch and Tianjin University Metallurgical Branch to form a new Tianjin Institute of Technology. Approved by the Ministry of Education, it was renamed Tianjin University of Technology in 2004.