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'Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai  (Chinese: 哈尔滨工业大学（威海）) is located in Weihai,Shandong China. which is founded in 1985. It is one of the three campuses of Harbin Institute of Technology.

Composition
Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai consists of 10 schools, covering the academic areas of computer science, marine science and engineering, mechanic engineering, mathematics, material science, civil engineering, automotive engineering, linguistics, economics and management science. The total number of academic staff is more than 500. There are about 10,000 undergraduate students and 600 postgraduate students.

Campus
Situated in Weihai, a small city at the east pole of Shandong Province, the campus is build on the sea side and occupies an area of 1555000 m². Over 50 research labs, teaching and research facilities are well-equipped. A new library of 35000 m² is under construction.

History
In 1985, the government of Weihai and Harbin Institue of Technology signed an agreement on building a new branch in Weihai. In 1987, with the agreement of Ministry of Astronautics Industry, the construction of Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai  was started. In 1988, the first students of Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai started their college life in Weihai. In 1997, School of Automotive Engineering was moved from Harbin campus to Weihai. In 2001, Weihai government and Harbin Institue of Technology made an agreement to build Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai together. In 2010, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, Government of Shandong Province and Harbin Institute of Technology made an agreement to develop  Harbin Institue of Technology at Weihai together.