- Northwestern Polytechnical University
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Not to be confused with Northwest University, China or Northwestern Polytechnic University.
Northwestern Polytechnical University 西北工业大学
Xīběi Gōngyè DàxuéMotto 公诚勇毅 Motto in English Loyalty，Integrity，Courage, and Perseverance Established 1938 Type Public President Jiang Chengyu (姜澄宇) Academic staff 3,600 Undergraduates 14,183 Postgraduates 10,861 Location Xi'an, Shaanxi, 
People's Republic of ChinaCampus Urban
198 acres (80 ha) (Main campus)
644 acres (261 ha) (Chang'An campus)Newspaper Campus Youth Colors Blue & Silver Mascot Aoxiang Website 中文 Eng Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU, Chinese: 西北工业大学;Russian: Северо-западный политехнический университет) is a University located in 127#, Youyi West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
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History
NWPU was formally founded in October, 1957, and its predecessors were the National Northwestern Engineering College founded in 1938 and the Xi'an Institute of Aeronautics (formed by the Departments of Aeronautics of fomer National Central University, Jiaotong University and Zhejiang University). In 1970 the Aeronautical Engineering Department of PLA Institute of Military Engineering (Harbin) was merged into NWPU.
NWPU is one of the 15 key universities supported directly by China's central government, and during the "Seventh Five-year Plan" and the "Eighth Five-year Plan", NWPU had been one of the universities of state capital construction.
Specialized in aeronautical, astronautical and marine engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University is a China's top 10 technical university. Its research funding reached as high as RMB 1.67 billion in 2010 (0.26 billion USD), ranking 5th among all universities in China; funding per faculty member ranked 1st.
There are currently about 25,000 students enrolled in the university as of Year 2011.
Schools
School of Aeronautics
The predecessors of the School are the Aircraft Department and the Civil Aviation Engineering College. The Aircraft Department was founded in 1952 by merging three Aeronautics Departments of Nanjing University, Jiaotong University and Zhejiang University. The next big expansion occurred in 1970 when the Aircraft Department of Harbin Engineering College merged into the Department. With the approval of the AVIC (Aviation Industries of China) and CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China), Civil Aviation Engineering College was jointly founded by NPU, AMECO (Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering Corporation) and CNWA (China Northwest Airline) in 1994. Another big development was the Aircraft Department’s merger with the Civil Aviation Engineering College in 2003.
School of Astronautics
School of Marine Engineering
School of Materials Science
School of Mechatronics
School of Mechanics, Civil Engineering & Architecture
School of Power and Energy
School of Electronics and Information
School of Automation
School of Computer Science and Engineering
School of Natural and Applied Science
School of Management
School of Humanities, Economics and Law
School of Educational ExperimentationAdministration
Professor Jiang Chengyu, President, Executive director of the China Aviation Society.
Professor Chen Xiaozhu, Party secretary.Campuses
There are two campuses in this university: Youyi Campus and Chang'an Campus. Youyi Campus occupies approximately 0.8 square kilometers. And Chang'an Campus occupies approximately 2.6 square kilometers.
Laboratories
Only National defense key laboratories and state key laboratories are listed below, and all are high qualification.
National defense key laboratory(4).
- The National Key Laboratory of Aerofoil/Foil Grid Aerodynamics.翼型、叶栅空气动力学国防科技重点实验室)[3].COSTIND
- National defense key laboratory of heat structure and inner flow field of combustion of solid rocket motor. (固体火箭发动机燃烧热结构与内流场国防科技重点实验室)[3] COSTIND.
- National defense key laboratory of Torpedo guidance technology[3].(鱼雷制导技术国防科技重点实验室)[3].COSTIND
- National defense key laboratory of UAV special technology[3].(无人机特种技术国防科技重点实验室)[3].COSTIND
- National defense key laboratory of superhigh temperature structural composite materials[3].(超高温结构复合材料国防科技重点实验室)[3].COSTIND
National Key laboratory(1).
- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Technology.(凝固技术国家重点实验室)[3]
Famous alumni
The following are just part of famous Alumni;
- Wu Yi; Former Vice Premiers of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
- Zhang Qingwei, chairman of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense
- Yang Wei, president of Zhejiang University;
- Yang Wei, aircraft designer in 611;
- Yuan-Cheng Fung, graduate from department of Engineering of National Central University(Nan Jing University, Present), which is one of the predecessors of Northwestern Polytechnic University.
References
External links
- Official website of Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Not-Official Communities of Northwestern Polytechnical University
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