The university boasts notable alumni such as Wen Jiabao (former Premier of China) and 44 Chinese academicians.

Its programs cover various disciplines such as science, engineering, humanities, management, economics, and law.

[2] The university has 9 syllabuses that have been designated as national-level distinctive disciplines (特色专业) in China: The university offers 4 nationally renowned flagship courses (general geology, sedimentology and paleogeography, introduction to earth sciences, and crystallography and mineralogy) and 5 provincially renowned flagship courses (industrial minerals and rocks, resource and environmental economics, diamond science, fundamentals of reservoir description, and cadastral management).

The university also operates about 70 industry-teaching-research collaboration bases in Beijing, Henan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Tibet, and other places across the nation.

The campus covers an area of approximately 130 acres, with the main road being a 2-kilometer-long tree-lined boulevard.

On the north side of the boulevard, there are instructional and office buildings, the library, and the residential halls.

In 1978, the graduate school relocated back to Beijing under the support of Mr. Deng Xiaoping, the leader of the People’s Republic of China.

Together with the CUG in Wuhan, CUGB is also listed as a Double First-Class Construction university of China.

The overall design of CUGB's emblem is in the shape of the letter "U," resembling a bud about to blossom, symbolizing a promising future.

The emblem is in a specific deep blue color (#004e97, named "geology blue") and features the Chinese and English names of the university, the founding year "1952," as well as several core elements, including a geological hammer, a compass, a hand lens, and lines representing the Earth's latitude and longitude.

On June 19, 1990, during the 9th School Affairs Council meeting, "Song of the Exploration Team" was officially designated as the university anthem.