【University】Northwestern Polytechnical University
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Northwestern Polytechnical University
Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) is located in ancient capital city of Xi'an. NPU is a research-oriented, multi-disciplinary, and international university of science and technology, which simultaneously excels at aeronautics, astronautics, and marine technology. NPU is the key university in the national 985 Project and 211 Project. The university is affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and is a member of “Outstanding University Alliance” in China.
ABOUT NPU
NPU was originally established in 1938 in Hanzhong as the State Northwest Institute of Engineering by combining Beiyang Institute of Engineering, Engineering College of Peking University, Engineering College of Northeast University and Jiaozuo Institute of Engineering. After staying in Hanzhong for eight years, the institute moved to Xianyang and was renamed Northwest Institute of Engineering in 1950.
Northwest Institute of Engineering moved to Xi'an in October 1957 and merged with Xi'an Institute of Aeronautics which was founded in 1952 as East China Institute of Aeronautics by combining Aeronautical Department of Jiaotong University, Aeronautical Department of Zhejiang University and Aeronautical Department of Central University. In 1957, Northwest Institute of Engineering was officially renamed Northwestern Polytechnical University. Later in 1970, the Department of Aeronautics of Harbin Institute of Engineering joined with NPU.
For more than 70 years, NPU has been making tremendous achievements adhering to school motto "Broadness, Honesty, Bravery, and Persistence", and the spirit of "solid foundation, earnest work, plain attitude, and innovative spirit". NPU has been well recognized as a key base for high-level talents cultivation, scientific researches and innovation, and rewarded "the National Civilized Unit" and "the National Labor medal". NPU is the birthplace of the first doctors in 6 disciplines, and the first SUAV, ground effect vehicle, AUV and on-board spacecraft computer in China. In 1960 it was approved as state key university; it became among the top ones of the 15 best universities by state 7thand 8thFive-year-plan. In 9thFive-year-plan it was approved into 211 Project, and 10thFive-year-plan 985 Project. NPU is one of the first universities establishing graduate school and the national university science park and now equipped with Northwest Institute of Industrial Technology and China's top UAV Research and Development Base.
NPU covers an area of 5100 acres, 1200 for Youyi Campus and 3900 for Chang'an Campus. NPU has 16 academic schools, offering 58 undergraduate programs, 119 postgraduate programs, 70 doctoral programs, and 16 postdoctoral programs. Now it has 21 Doctoral disciplines and 31 Master disciplines, 1 National Demonstration Base for International Technology Cooperation, 6 State Key Laboratories, 2 State Engineering Centers, 33 Provincial Key Labs and 21 Provincial Engineering Research Centers. At present, NPU has 26783 students in total, with 3237 doctors, 7653 masters, 14855 undergraduates and 1038 oversea students.
FACULTY
NPU has more than 3,500 faculty, including over 1,700 full and associate professors, 594 PhD supervisors, 21 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) or the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) (including external academicians), 23 chair and lecture professors of Cheung Kung Scholars Program, 13 nominees of "Thousand Talents Program" and 12 winners of theNational Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 6 Chief Scientists of 973 Project, 7 National Experts with Remarkable Contributions, 4 winners of National Distinguished Teacher, 13 winners of China Youth Science and Technology Award, 19 winners of New Century Talents Project, 2 winners of Young Talents Award, 3 winners of National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, and 98 winners of New Century Excellent talents Program. Presently NPU has 7 National Teaching Team and 7 National Innovative Research Team, 2 NSFC Innovative Research Team, 8 National Defense Innovative Team and 1 Outstanding National Defense Innovative Team.
EDUCATION
Since 11th Five-year-Plan, NPU has been making achievements in teaching and education, with 67 Teaching Achievement Awards at state and province level, among which 3 First Prizes and 12 Second Prizes for National Teaching Achievement Awards. NPU now has 4 state teaching demonstration centers, 2 State Virtual Simulation Experiment Teaching Demonstration Centers, 3 State Talents Training Innovative Experimental Areas, 13 state featured majors, 9 national defense key majors, 4 national defense featured urgency majors, 8 MIIT key majors, 3 majors ratified as the State Comprehensive Reform Pilot Majors, 5 majors approved with the State Professional Assessment Certificates by the Ministry of Education, 16 Shaanxi provincial top majors, 27 state elite courses, 4 State bilingual demonstration courses, and 170 textbooks are approved into the State and MIIT Textbooks and Monograph Construction Project. NPU is undertaking the national educational reform project, namely, "exploring the mode reform of cultivating international talents", establishing the Sino-foreign joint training pilot, opening the innovative talents featured training class initiated by academicians and Cheung Kung Scholars, and enhancing educational cooperation under the "Outstanding University Alliance" program. 585 projects have been included in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Projects for Undergraduates. Since the 11thFive-year-plan, the competition awards of undergraduates have exceeded 3147, among which international awards are 176, national awards are 428. "Postgraduates Innovative Experiment Center", formerly as "National Defense Science and Technology Postgraduates Innovative Experiment Base", has been established as one of the first students innovative experiment centers sponsored by the Ministry of Education. In addition, NPU has acquired 13 national excellent doctoral degree theses.
RESEARCHES
Since 11th Five-year-Plan, the university has taken over 10,000 researches, including state key projects, weapons and equipment model project, national defense research and pre-research plan, State 863 and 973 plan, NSFC projects etc. The funds increase every year, among the top ones in China. During this period, the university has obtained 304 national and provincial science and technology awards, including 2 Second Prizes of State Natural Science Award, 8 Second Prizes of State Technological Invention Award, 3 First Prizes, 8 Second Prizes of National Science and Technology Progress Award, together with 173 National Defense Technology Awards and 100 Shaanxi Technology Awards. The authorized invention patents reach to 2184. 6244 articles have been published by SCIE. Among the 16 National Special Projects of Science and Technology, NPU has participated in the demonstration and scientific researches about 10 major projects such as Large Aircraft, High-end General Chips, manned space flight, Lunar exploration project, etc. Moreover, the university has undertaken in-depth various tasks in researching and developing aeronautic, astronautic and marine models, especially in such national major projects as Liaoning Aircraft Carrier, new fighter aircrafts, Beidou Satellite and Shenzhou series of spacecrafts, for which it was highly commended as one of the two universities that made contributions for the first manned spaceflight by China Manned Space Engineering Office. At the National Day military parade for 60thanniversary, the 3 models of UAV in phalanx of UAV are all produced by NPU. All in all, NPU has made a great contribution for China's National Defense.
TALENTS
Since the foundation, NPU has graduated 160,000 talents for national defense and economy, with 5300 doctors and 32200 masters. 34 doctors or teachers got Hundborg Foundation. Among the Alumni 42 are academicians of CAE or CAS, 46 Generals and 6 "China's Ten Outstanding Youth". A large group of alumni are the leading pillars of the nation in the field of research and manufacture.
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
NPU has established cooperation with over 100 universities, enterprises and institutes from different countries like U.S.A, UK, Germany, France, Russia and Japan, etc. NPU has joined in the University Association with Finland, Spain, Belarus and Russia, and is a representative university for "National Overseas Program for Postgraduates", "National Overseas Program for Outstanding Undergraduates" and "National Government-Sponsored Programs for Postgraduates". NPUhas launched cooperation programs with INSA-Lyon in France,VUB in Belgium, University of Leicester in England, New Mexico State University and University of Michigan in the US, and Braunschweig Technical University in German, etc. Since 1996, the university started enrolling overseas students, with the independent recruitment qualification for "the Chinese Government Special Scholarship for University Graduate Students" and the number has exceeded one thousand in 2014. NPU has 3 National Institutional Discipline Innovation Bases, 1 State International Software Talents Training Base, and 42 Sino-foreign research institutions. It has invited over 200 well-known international experts, scholars and professors as honorary professors or visiting professors for NPU, including Nobel Prize Winners Tsung Dao Lee and Harold Walter Kroto, among whom 7 foreign experts won National Friendship Award.
Adhering to "student-oriented, academics-directed, scholar-focused, and responsibility-aimed", NPU spares no effort in training and development of excellent talents with solid foundation of knowledge, high quality capability, and with social responsibility and international horizon. NPU makes great contribution in nurturing all-round top quality innovative talents to fulfill her duty in social service for state strategic needs, national defense science and technology, state modernization and world technology development. NPU will continue taking up its mission, pursuing excellence and striving for the world well-known advanced research university.
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