Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) Weihai Branch was established in 1985 and renamed Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai) (HIT Weihai Campus) in 2002. In 2010, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Shandong Province, and the Weihai Municipal People’s Government signed an agreement to jointly develop the HIT Weihai Campus. In 2014, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the State Oceanic Administration signed an agreement to jointly develop HIT’s naval architecture and marine engineering disciplines.