The Institute of Artificial Intelligence, University of Science and Technology Beijing was established in July 2018. The Institute relies on the construction of advantageous disciplines such as school control, computers, instruments, communications, machinery, metallurgy, materials, and mining, and focuses on the country’s major needs in the field of artificial intelligence. Unmanned systems and intelligent manufacturing are the characteristics, aiming to create a highland for basic theoretical research of artificial intelligence, research on key technologies of intelligent unmanned systems, intelligent manufacturing engineering applications and talent training, and build a world-class innovation platform.

As early as the 1970s, Professor Tu Xuyan took the lead in researching artificial intelligence and opened a precedent for artificial intelligence industry applications. The University of Science and Technology Beijing is one of the initiators of the Chinese Society of Artificial Intelligence. From 1987 to 2000, the Chinese Society of Artificial Intelligence was affiliated to the University of Science and Technology Beijing. At present, more than ten artificial intelligence-related academic branches, such as the Intelligent Control and Intelligent Management Professional Committee of the Chinese Association of Artificial Intelligence, are attached to the Institute.

In 2007, the University of Science and Technology Beijing established the undergraduate major of "Intelligent Science and Technology". At present, it has accumulated many years of teaching experience in the field of artificial intelligence and has formed a complete artificial intelligence undergraduate course system and training program. In March 2019, three new undergraduate majors, artificial intelligence, robotics engineering, and big data management and application were added, making it one of the first 35 universities approved by the Ministry of Education to build artificial intelligence majors in the country. In 2019, more than 90 undergraduates have been enrolled in the undergraduate major of artificial intelligence, and a detailed training plan has been formulated, which has formed a complete multi-level talent training system for doctoral and master graduate education and full-time undergraduate education. In May 2019, the Beijing Municipal Education Commission announced the list of high-precision disciplines in Beijing universities, and the "Artificial Intelligence Science and Engineering" discipline of University of Science and Technology Beijing was selected, which promoted the construction and development of the Institute. In September 2019, University of Science and Technology Beijing became the governing unit of the China Artificial Intelligence Education Association.

The Institute has gathered a group of high-level leading talents, including 2 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund, 2 science and technology innovation leaders of the National "Ten Thousand Talents Program", and 3 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund. There are several research centers and research institutes under the research institute, focusing on intelligent robots, intelligent computing and communication, artificial intelligence and innovative design, unmanned technology, process industry intelligent manufacturing, and material intelligent design and processing.