Established in 2017, Zhizhen College is affiliated with the Beihang School. The college derives its name from the word "Zhizhen," which originates from the university's talent cultivation goal. This reflects Beihang's educational philosophy, embodying the university spirit of pursuing scientific truth and exploring the laws of objective reality.

Zhizhen College aims to cultivate leading talents in the field of science who "inherit the spirit of serving the nation through aerospace endeavors and are capable of shouldering the great responsibility of national rejuvenation." The college is committed to equipping students with a noble moral character, a solid foundation in mathematics and sciences, outstanding research capabilities, innovative thinking, profound humanistic literacy, and a broad international perspective. It promotes an educational culture that integrates general education with specialized studies, ensuring the all-round development of students in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education. Guided by the talent cultivation policy of "nurturing aspirations, strengthening fundamentals, emphasizing practice, and integrating education with research," the college emphasizes general education in the first year, adopting a broad-based, platform-oriented, mentor-guided, and community-based training model.

After the freshman year, students from the Science Experimental Class will select their majors. They will pursue further studies in relevant majors in four schools: School of Economics and Management, School of Mathematical Sciences, School of Physics, and School of Space and Earth Sciences.