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 Nanjing
University of Aeronautics and Astronautics ( NUAA ) was established
in October 1952. It has 2 campuses now:Minggugong Campus (situated
on the remains of the ancient Ming Palace) and Jiangjunlu Campus (situated
in Jiangning Economic and Technological Development Zone),covering
an area of 173 hectares with a building floor space of 650,000 square
meters.The library has a collection of over 1,300,000 volumes.Now
the total number of registered students is 24,500. Among them 14,800
are undergraduates, 3,700 postgraduates, 111 overseas students and
5,900 part-time students. NUAA has a staff of 2,478, among whom 1,400
are faculty members and researchers. There are 196 professors , 510
associate professors,5 CAS and CAE academicians,117 Ph.D.supervisors,3
members of academic Degree Committee under the State Council,3 "Cheungkong"
professors, 26 professors with national or provincial recognition
for their outstanding contribution.
NUAA has gone through 3 major periods since 1952,evoloving from
a teaching-oriented university to a research-oriented university.
Currently administrated by the Commission of National Defense Science,
Technology and Industry, NUAA is a national key university that focuses
on science and engineering. It enjoys a well-balanced development
of multiple disciplines in modern engineering and technology, management
sciences, natural sciences, humanities and social sciences with the
characteristics of aeronautics, astronautics and civil aviation. NUAA
has successfully entered the 211 Project and established the graduate
school.
NUAA consists of the following colleges:College of Aerospace Engineering,
College of Energy & Power Engineering, College of Automation Engineering,
College of Information Science & Technology, College of Mechanical
and Mechanical Electrical Engineering, College of Material Science
& Technology, College of Civil Aviation, College of Flight, College
of Science, College of Economics & Management, College of Humanities
& Social Sciences, College of Arts, Jincheng college, Department
of Physical Education, College of Continuing Education and College
of Advanced Vocational Education. Up to now NUAA has set up 50 research
institutes and 58 laboratories including 1 National Key Laboratory,7
ministerial Key Laboratory, 1 National Teaching Base for Electrical
Engineering and Electronics, providing first class facilities and
conditions for teaching and researching.
NUAA offers a wide range of programs including 37 undergraduate
programs and 21 doctor programs. There are 3 national key disciplines:
Aircraft Design, Mechanical Engineering & Automation, and Engineering
Mechanics; 8 ministerial key disciplines: Fluid Mechanics,Tele-Communication
& Information systems, Technology of Micro Air Vehicles, etc;
5 provincial key disciplines : Mechanical Engineering & Automation,
Aerospace Propulsion Theory & Engineering, Navigation Guidance
& Control, Power Electronics & Power Transmission, Computer
Technology & Application. All the 3 national key disciplines plus
Aerospace Manufacture Engineering are supervised by "Cheungkong"
professors. Besides, NUAA has set up 4 postdoctoral programs, i.e.
Aerospace Science & Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics,
and Control Science & Engineering.
For a long time NUAA had stuck to quality education and focused
on the development of students' abilities, making great achievements
in teaching . Since 1989, NUAA has won a total of 63 Teaching awards
at provincial levels, 18 of which are of national distinction. Students
from NUAA have done good jobs in the National competition of Mechanics
and Mathematical Modeling for undergraduates. So far NUAA has produced
more than 55,000 talents of different specialties. Many of them have
become the backbone in different fields and made great contribution
to the modernization of national defense and economic development.
NUAA has attached great importance to scientific research and shown
great advantages in the research of basic sciences, the application
of high-tech and the development of national defense technology. During
the 9th Five-Year-Project, NUAA has taken on 600 projects science
and technology development including the "863 Project" and
some national defense projects. Many have been successfully applied.
For example, NUAA has developed ＾CK￣ series of unmanned aircraft,
AD series of super-light airplanes, Yundi unmanned airplane and unmanned
helicopter. These projects have not only filled in the gaps at home
but also measured up to the advanced levels in the world. Since 1978,
NUAA has received 917 provincial awards and 49 national awards for
scientific research. It has remained one of the top 10 universities
in China since 1991 in terms of the total number of achievements and
awards in science and technology research and development.
Since the reform and opening-up,NUAA has sped up its management
reform with more support from the central and local governments. It
has cooperated with the Headquarters of the General Staff, the General
Equipment Commission, various armed force and military industries,
as well as CAAC and its subsidiaries. At the same time, NUAA has maintained
close ties with more than 50 overseas universities and enterprises.
Based on all these, NUAA has formed a new pattern of development with
special focus on national defense. Within only 50 years NUAA has created
a campus culture with unique characteristics. Motivated by the motto
of "cooperation, economical, practical and creative", faculty
and students have made great achievements.For 12 years in succession
NUAA has won the title of ＾Civil Unit in Jiangsu Province￣.
Turning from a teaching-oriented university to research-oriented
university, NUAA decides to implement the strategy of "relying
on faculty and students, giving full play to potentials, highlighting
feature, accelerating development". Faced with new challenge
and opportunities, the administration, faculty and students are determined
to build NUAA into a first class university with international renown.
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