Introduction: 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, evolving 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.
Infrastructure:
NUAA consists of the following colleges:
1. College of Aerospace Engineering
2. College of Energy & Power Engineering
3. College of Automation Engineering
4. College of Information Science & Technology
5. College of Mechanical and Mechanical Electrical Engineering
6. College of Material Science & Technology, College of Civil Aviation
7. College of Flight, College of Science, College of Economics & Management
8. College of Humanities & Social Sciences, College of Arts
9. Jincheng college, Department of Physical Education
10. 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.
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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