Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology (BIFT) is China’s premiere educational facility associated with fashion, mainly specializing in art and technology. With defining characteristics, BIFT is a full-time higher education institution where art, technology, economics, management and other convergent disciplines can successfully interact. The institute was founded in 1959, now it has more than 8,000 students and is composed of School of Fashion and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Art and Design, School of Business, School of Information Engineering, Foreign Language Department, the Department of Plastic Arts, the Department of Ideological and Political Theory, Division of Basic Courses, Center for Computer Science Teaching, Graduate School, School of International Education and the School of Continuing Education.