China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), or CUMT-Beijing was established on the basis of Beijing Graduate School of China University of Mining & Technology (CUMT). In 1978, with the approval of State Council, CUMT Beijing Graduate School started to enroll postgraduate students and doctoral candidates. In 1997, with the approval of China Education Commission (now China Ministry of Education) and Beijing Municipal Government, CUMT-Beijing was developed into a multi-disciplinary polytechnic university in Beijing. CUMT-Beijing is located on Xueyuan Road, the university zone in Haidian District of Beijing, with the National Olympic Park to the east and the Summer Place, the Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park as well as the Xiangshan Park to the west. The campus covers a total area of 217,000 square meters and a floor space of 223,000 square meters. The university's fixed assets amount to 279.95 million RMB and its library has holdings of 330,000 volumes.

Currently CUMT-Beijing consists of one graduate school and 9 academic schools (School of Safety and Resource Engineering; School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering; School of Mechanical, Electronic and Information Engineering; School of Management; School of Mechanics, Architecture and Civil Engineering; School of Basic Science And Arts; School of Continuing Education; School of Vocational Technique Education in CUMT-Beijing; School of Safety Science and Technology). It also has 7 national key disciplines, 9 provincial key disciplines, 5 first grade disciplines conferring degrees for both Doctor and Master, 8 construction programs of key disciplines in the "211 Project" during the period of the Tenth Five-Year-Plan, 7 disciplines offering positions for Special Appointment Professor by "Cheung Kong Scholar Program", and 9 post doctoral research stations. At present CUMT-Beijing possesses 53 specialities for undergraduates, 70 specialities for Master candidates and 31 specialities for Doctoral candidates, one key laboratory under China Ministry of Education, one key laboratory under Beijing Municipal Government, and more than 20 laboratories in various disciplines, Coal Slurry World Laboratory, Sino-Japan Stratigraphic Environmental Mechanics Research Center and International Exchange Center. In addition, the university is authorized to enroll MBA, EMBA and Engineering Master candidates.

CUMT-Beijing has paid great attention to international academic cooperation and exchange, and has established such educational ties with dozens of foreign universities and academic organizations. Many teachers from CUMT-Beijing go abroad every year for international academic exchange and cooperative research. The 4th International Symposium on Mining Science & Technology ('99ISMST) was successfully held at CUMT-Beijing in August 1999 In August 1999. In April 2001, the 29th International Symposium on Computers Applications in the Mineral Industries (APCOM2001) was held at CUMT-Beijing and this is the first time that APCOM symposium series was ever convened in Asia as well as in developing countries. In October 2001 CUMT-Beijing convened 175th XiangShan Scientific Conference focusing on mining problems at great depths. In 2002, CUMT-Beijing established cooperative education programs with both University of Nottingham and University of Leeds by sending excellent undergraduates to these two universities to pursue master and doctoral degrees.