About Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Founded in October 1952, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA) is one of the first aeronautical colleges and universities founded by the People’s Republic of China. In 1978, it was designated as a national key university by The State Council. In 1981, it was approved by The State Council to be one of the first universities with the right to confer doctoral degrees in China. In 1996, it entered the national “211 Project”. In 2000, the Graduate School was approved by the Ministry of Education. In 2011, it became a key construction university of “985 Project Superior Discipline Innovation Platform”. In 2017, it entered the national “double First-class” construction sequence. The school is now affiliated to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. In December 2012, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Civil Aviation Administration of China signed an agreement to jointly build Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. In December 2018, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics was jointly established by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Education and Jiangsu Province.
In the 69 years of running the school, the people of Southern Airlines have been adhering to the school tradition of “serving the country by aviation”, following the fine school spirit of “unity, frugality, realism and innovation”, and practicing the school motto of “Wisdom of all things, charity of the world”. At present, the university has developed into a research-oriented university with the characteristics of aviation, aerospace and civil aviation with the emphasis on engineering, the combination of science and engineering, and the coordinated development of engineering, science, economics, management and liberal arts. Schools now it has 189 18 colleges and scientific research institutions, has a national key laboratory of 3 (level), national defense science, technology and industry innovation center, 1 provincial department to build collaborative innovation center, 1 state local joint engineering laboratory 1, the national cultural industry research center 1, 2 national engineering basic course teaching base, four state-level experimental teaching demonstration center. There are 62 undergraduate programs, 33 first-level master’s programs, 17 first-level doctoral programs, and 16 post-doctoral research stations. There are 2 first-level state key disciplines such as Aerospace Science and technology and Mechanics, 9 second-level state key disciplines, 2 state key (cultivated) disciplines and 10 national defense characteristic disciplines.
The university now uses the Ming Palace Museum, general Road, Tianmu Lake three campuses, covers an area of 3046 mu, building area of 1.678 million square meters. The University library has collected more than 2.99 million printed documents, 156 Chinese and foreign language databases, and more than 12.7 million electronic and digital documents and information resources. There are 3521 faculty members, including 2083 full-time teachers. There are 1390 full-time faculty members with senior titles, 578 doctoral supervisors, 25 academicians and “Qian Weichang Lecture Professor”, 84 national high-level talents, 82 national young talents, and more than 700 people selected into various national and provincial talent programs. The university has a total enrollment of 31,741 students, including 19,102 undergraduates, 11,730 postgraduates, 909 degree overseas students and nearly 5,000 students of adult education.
The university has become an important base for training high-level talents. Since its establishment, THE university has trained more than 170,000 senior professionals in various fields for the country. Among its alumni, 22 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences, dozens of provincial and ministerial leading party and government cadres and generals, as well as a large number of famous science and technology experts and management experts have emerged. The school is committed to cultivating social pillars and engineering talents with sense of responsibility, innovative spirit, international vision and humanistic feelings. It constantly pushes forward education and teaching reform and gradually establishes an innovative talent training system with The characteristics of SOUTHERN Airlines, and has achieved a number of high-level teaching achievements. A total of 22 national teaching achievement awards; 32 national first-class courses, 11 national high-quality resource sharing courses, 6 National high-quality video open courses; 6 national excellent teaching teams; There are 28 national first-class specialties, 6 national characteristic specialties, 8 key specialties of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, 5 key specialties of national Defense, and 3 specialties in short supply. Nanhang students have made remarkable achievements in various competitions at all levels: in the recent three China International “Internet +” College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, they have won 13 gold MEDALS and 6 silver MEDALS, and won the “Advanced Group Award” for three consecutive years. In the “Challenge Cup” National College Students Extracurricular academic Science and Technology works competition, it has won 12 special prizes, 19 first prizes and 16 second prizes, and won the “Cup of Excellence” for nine consecutive times. In the “Challenge Cup” Chinese College students business plan competition, we have won 22 gold MEDALS and 9 silver MEDALS, and won the “Victory Cup” for four consecutive times. In the international UAV Grand Prix, it has won the special prize four times in a row. In the “Zhou Peiyuan Cup” National College Student Mechanics Competition, “China Software Cup” National College Student Software Design Competition, electronic design competition, mechanical Innovation design competition and other competitions, the students of China Southern Airlines have won many times.
The university’s scientific research capacity continues to grow. Since its establishment, the university has won nearly 1670 scientific and technological achievement awards at or above the provincial level, including 82 national awards. The university has built 6 national scientific research platforms such as the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Structure Mechanics and Control and 77 ministerial and provincial scientific research platforms, contributing several first prizes to the People’s Republic of China. They include China’s first unmanned large target drone, its first unmanned nuclear test prototype, its first plateau drone, its first unmanned helicopter and its first micro aerial vehicle. The self-developed Micro satellite Tianxun 1 was successfully launched. In the field of basic research, the school has obtained a number of influential theoretical achievements at home and abroad, such as “helicopter generalized eddy current theory”, “nonlinear dynamics theory of vibration control system”, “Aircraft manufacturing coordination accuracy and tolerance distribution theory”. In the field of national defense science and technology, the university has participated in the pre-research, technical research and experimental research of almost all important aviation models in China, and a number of technologies have been successfully applied in the “Chang ‘e” series and other aerospace projects, making important contributions to the development of China’s aerospace industry. In the field of national economy, the school is focused on the national major strategic deployment, actively push forward administration manufacture-learning-research cooperation, promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, to build “international innovation port + school institute + + technology transfer agency” joint laboratory achievements transformation model, approved by the national technology transfer demonstration agency, the national intellectual property demonstration of colleges and universities, colleges and universities of science and technology achievements transformation and technology transfer center, It provided strong support for economic and social development.
The university vigorously promotes open education, actively carries out collaborative innovation, and has established a number of industry-university-research cooperation research bases. With extensive international exchanges and cooperation, it has established long-term and stable cooperative relations with nearly 100 famous universities and research institutions abroad, forming a new pattern of open education “serving aviation, aerospace and civil aviation, serving Jiangsu, facing the whole country and the world”.
As xi and charioteer, aim to pasture the stars in the sky. Entered the new era, China southern will fully implement the party’s 19 big spirit, new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics in jinping thoughts as the instruction, the ministry under the leadership of the CPC leading group, jiangsu provincial government, insist on strengthening characteristic road, talent strong school road, the road of innovation, the depth of the open road, the road of culture lead, forge ahead, self-motivated, Unswervingly strive towards the goal of building a world-class university with distinctive features of aviation, aerospace and civil aviation, and make new and greater contributions to the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!
Basic information
City: Nanjing, Jiangsu
Founded in: 1952
Type: Public
Number of total students: 35127
Number of international students: 821
Number of faculty: 3526
Campus Scenery
Learning and activities
Accommodation conditions
The university now uses the Ming Palace Museum, general Road, Tianmu Lake three campuses, covers an area of 3046 mu, building area of 1.678 million square meters. The University library has collected more than 2.99 million printed documents, 156 Chinese and foreign language databases, and more than 12.7 million electronic and digital documents and information resources. There are 3521 faculty members, including 2083 full-time teachers. There are 1390 full-time faculty members with senior titles, 578 doctoral supervisors, 25 academicians and “Qian Weichang Lecture Professor”, 84 national high-level talents, 82 national young talents, and more than 700 people selected into various national and provincial talent programs. The university has a total enrollment of 31,741 students, including 19,102 undergraduates, 11,730 postgraduates, 909 degree overseas students and nearly 5,000 students of adult education.
The university has become an important base for training high-level talents. Since its establishment, THE university has trained more than 170,000 senior professionals in various fields for the country. Among its alumni, 22 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences, dozens of provincial and ministerial leading party and government cadres and generals, as well as a large number of famous science and technology experts and management experts have emerged. The school is committed to cultivating social pillars and engineering talents with sense of responsibility, innovative spirit, international vision and humanistic feelings. It constantly pushes forward education and teaching reform and gradually establishes an innovative talent training system with The characteristics of SOUTHERN Airlines, and has achieved a number of high-level teaching achievements. A total of 22 national teaching achievement awards; 32 national first-class courses, 11 national high-quality resource sharing courses, 6 National high-quality video open courses; 6 national excellent teaching teams; There are 28 national first-class specialties, 6 national characteristic specialties, 8 key specialties of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, 5 key specialties of national Defense, and 3 specialties in short supply. Nanhang students have made remarkable achievements in various competitions at all levels: in the recent three China International “Internet +” College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, they have won 13 gold MEDALS and 6 silver MEDALS, and won the “Advanced Group Award” for three consecutive years. In the “Challenge Cup” National College Students Extracurricular academic Science and Technology works competition, it has won 12 special prizes, 19 first prizes and 16 second prizes, and won the “Cup of Excellence” for nine consecutive times. In the “Challenge Cup” Chinese College students business plan competition, we have won 22 gold MEDALS and 9 silver MEDALS, and won the “Victory Cup” for four consecutive times. In the international UAV Grand Prix, it has won the special prize four times in a row. In the “Zhou Peiyuan Cup” National College Student Mechanics Competition, “China Software Cup” National College Student Software Design Competition, electronic design competition, mechanical Innovation design competition and other competitions, the students of China Southern Airlines have won many times.
The university’s scientific research capacity continues to grow. Since its establishment, the university has won nearly 1670 scientific and technological achievement awards at or above the provincial level, including 82 national awards. The university has built 6 national scientific research platforms such as the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Structure Mechanics and Control and 77 ministerial and provincial scientific research platforms, contributing several first prizes to the People’s Republic of China. They include China’s first unmanned large target drone, its first unmanned nuclear test prototype, its first plateau drone, its first unmanned helicopter and its first micro aerial vehicle. The self-developed Micro satellite Tianxun 1 was successfully launched. In the field of basic research, the school has obtained a number of influential theoretical achievements at home and abroad, such as “helicopter generalized eddy current theory”, “nonlinear dynamics theory of vibration control system”, “Aircraft manufacturing coordination accuracy and tolerance distribution theory”. In the field of national defense science and technology, the university has participated in the pre-research, technical research and experimental research of almost all important aviation models in China, and a number of technologies have been successfully applied in the “Chang ‘e” series and other aerospace projects, making important contributions to the development of China’s aerospace industry. In the field of national economy, the school is focused on the national major strategic deployment, actively push forward administration manufacture-learning-research cooperation, promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, to build “international innovation port + school institute + + technology transfer agency” joint laboratory achievements transformation model, approved by the national technology transfer demonstration agency, the national intellectual property demonstration of colleges and universities, colleges and universities of science and technology achievements transformation and technology transfer center, It provided strong support for economic and social development.
The university vigorously promotes open education, actively carries out collaborative innovation, and has established a number of industry-university-research cooperation research bases. With extensive international exchanges and cooperation, it has established long-term and stable cooperative relations with nearly 100 famous universities and research institutions abroad, forming a new pattern of open education “serving aviation, aerospace and civil aviation, serving Jiangsu, facing the whole country and the world”.
As xi and charioteer, aim to pasture the stars in the sky. Entered the new era, China southern will fully implement the party’s 19 big spirit, new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics in jinping thoughts as the instruction, the ministry under the leadership of the CPC leading group, jiangsu provincial government, insist on strengthening characteristic road, talent strong school road, the road of innovation, the depth of the open road, the road of culture lead, forge ahead, self-motivated, Unswervingly strive towards the goal of building a world-class university with distinctive features of aviation, aerospace and civil aviation, and make new and greater contributions to the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!
Founded in October, 1952, as the Nanjing College of Aviation Industry, Nanhang was renamed in 1956 to Nanjing Aeronautical Institute, and in 1993 to its current name.[7] Since 1952, NUAA has evolved from a teaching-oriented university to a research-oriented university that is administrated by the Commission of National Defense Science, Technology and Industry.[citation needed]
Nanhang mainly offers courses in science and engineering, and strives to integrate courses in applied science, management, humanities and social sciences with the themes of aeronautics, civil aviation and astronautics. It is among China’s first institutions of higher learning authorized to doctoral, master’s, and bachelor’s degrees.[citation needed] It is subordinated to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China.[citation needed] NUAA is included in the Double First Class University Plan designed by the central government of China.
Nanhang has three campuses: the Ming Palace Campus situated on the ruins of a Ming Palace, and the Jiangjun Road (将军路) Campus situated in the Jiangning Economic and Technological Development Zone. These campuses cover an area of 173 hectares with a building floor space of 650,000 square meters.
The university started enrolling international students largely since 2005 after the establishment of the College of International Education.[20] In 2005, the first batch of full-time international undergraduate students were enrolled with major of Aerospace Engineering, coming from neighboring countries like Nepal and Pakistan. Since then over 400 international students have graduated from NUAA with degrees in majors including Aerospace Engineering, International Business, Mechanical Engineering and Software Engineering. Currently there are over 470 undergraduate international students from 40 countries like Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Kenya, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Nigeria, etc.
The university has been enrolling post-graduate international students for several years as well. Dozens of Master and Ph.D-level students have since graduated with various majors and specialties. It also provides scholarships to outstanding international students at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels under various government scholarship schemes including the China Government Scholarship and Distinguished International Students Scholarship schemes.
Apart from full-time students, NUAA has been hosting exchange students coming from universities in Australia, Canada, France and Germany. Every year, under the university’s exchange and summer programs with international universities, dozens of international students come to NUAA to study at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels.
NUAA’s international students have played important role in lifting its research performance and image in the world. In 2018, a paper authored by a Pakistani doctoral student of NUAA Distinguished Professor Liu Sifeng was quoted by Nature Index, and was later indexed in Essential Science Indicators, a database of the world’s top 1% highly cited publications.
