Abstract: With Beijing Institute of Iron and Steel Technology (1952-1966) as an example, which was founded in the adjustment period in 1950 s, the paper expounds the way and the mechanism of influence of principal group, management group, academic group and group of students on the formation of university culture, compares the cultural differences and conflicts between the academic group and management group, and provides a reference for the understanding of the culture formation of the new colleges and universities.