The School of Materials Science and Engineering in the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) was established in October of 1996, based on the consolidation of original three departments of Materials Science and Engineering, MetalProcessing, Surface Science and Corrosion Engineering as well as the Research Group of Foundry Technology in the Metallurgy Department of the University. In December of 1998, Department of Materials Physics and the Group of Inorganic Nonmetallic Materials in the Department of Physical Chemistry, both of which originally belonged to the School of Application Science , jointed. Then the School had six departments and one institute, i.e. Department of Materials Physics, Department of Metallic Materials, Department of Functional Materials and Surface Technology, Department of Powder Materials, Department of Surface Science and Corrosion Engineering; Department of Metal Processing and Institute of Foundry. In March of 2001, reconstruction was carried out in the School along with the adjustment of specialties of higher education in China. At present, the School includes four departments, two institutes and two centers, namely, Department of Materials Science, Department of Materials Processing and Control Engineering, Department of Material Physics and Chemistry, Department of Inorganic Nonmetallic Materials, Institute of Powder Metallurgy, Institute of Functional Materials, Corrosion and Protection Center as well as Center of Experiments and Testing.

In addition to the above education and academic institutions, the School also possesses National Testing Laboratory of Solid Electrolyte and Sensing Technology, Key Laboratory of Environment Induced Fracture of the State Education Ministry, Research Center of Metal Electronic Information Materials Engineering of the State Education Ministry, Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Powder Metallurgy Materials and Technology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Corrosion, Erosion and Surface Technology, Beijing Corrosion and Protection Center, Laboratory of Environmental Materials, Laboratory of Advanced Technology Metals and Materials Simulation. Furthermore, there are two national academic institutions in the University, National Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials and National Engineering Center of High - Efficiency Rolling, both of them are giving strong support to the development of the discipline of Materials Science and Engineering.