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西北工业大学 | |||||||
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Other name | NWPU | ||||||
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| Motto | 公诚勇毅 | ||||||
Motto in English | Loyalty, Integrity, Courage, and Perseverance | ||||||
| Type | Public | ||||||
| Established | 1938; 87 years ago (1938) | ||||||
| President | Song Baowei (宋保维) | ||||||
Academic staff | 3,600 | ||||||
| Students | 28,131 | ||||||
| Undergraduates | 14,395 | ||||||
| Postgraduates | 13,736 | ||||||
| 5,000 | |||||||
| Location | , China 34°14′41″N108°54′42″E / 34.24472°N 108.91167°E /34.24472; 108.91167 | ||||||
| Campus | Urban 0.8 km2 (0.31 sq mi) (Youyi campus) 2.6 km2 (1.0 sq mi) (Chang'an campus) | ||||||
| Newspaper | 西北工大报 | ||||||
| Colors | Blue & silver | ||||||
| Affiliations | Excellence League Sino-Spanish University Alliance (SSU) | ||||||
| Mascot | Aoxiang | ||||||
| Website | nwpu.edu.cn | ||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 西北工业大学 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 西北工業大學 | ||||||
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Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU;西北工业大学) is apublic science and engineering university inXi'an,Shaanxi, China. It is affiliated with theMinistry of Industry and Information Technology. The university is part ofProject 211,Project 985, and theDouble First-Class Construction.[1][2]
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NPU builds upon the legacies of its three major predecessors.[3]
In 1938, due to theJapanese invasion of China, many universities in the occupied east evacuated to "Free China" in the western hinterland. Among those that fled toShaanxi, theNational Beiyang Engineering Institute, the Engineering School of Beiping University, the Engineering School of theNational Northeastern University, and the (private) Jiaozuo Engineering Institute were combined to form theNational Northwestern Engineering Institute inHanzhong, a city surrounded by mountains. In 1946, after thesurrender of Japan, Northwestern Engineering Institute was relocated to the city ofXianyang.[citation needed]
In 1952, to meet the demand for concentrated aeronautics research, the departments of aeronautical engineering of the formerNational Central University (later known asNanjing University),Jiaotong University andZhejiang University were relocated toNanjing and combined to form theEast China Aeronautics Institute. This institute was relocated to Xi'an and renamed theXi'an Aeronautics Institute, which is the second predecessor of the NPU, in 1956.[citation needed]
In 1957, theNorthwestern Engineering Institute and theXi'an Aeronautics Institute were merged to form NPU, which concentrated its research efforts on defense technology for aeronautics, astronautics and marine engineering.[citation needed]
In 1970, due to deteriorating relations with the formerUSSR, thePeople's Liberation Army Military Engineering Institute, which was located inHarbin, was disassembled. Many of its departments were relocated from the city near the China-Soviet border; among these, its Department of Aeronautical Engineering (the third predecessor of NPU) was moved to Xi'an and merged with the other two predecessors to form NPU.[citation needed]
NWPU is subjected tosanctions by the United States[4] and Taiwan[5] for its ties to thePLA. In 2022, Chinese government agencies and private security firms attributed a cyberattack against NWPU to theNSA.[6][7]
NPU's campuses comprise about 4.58 km2, with the Youyi Campus, located inBeilin District, Xi'an, comprising about 0.8 km2 and the Chang'an Campus, located inChang'an District, Xi'an, comprising about 2.6 km2.[2] and the Taicang Campus, located inSuzhou, Jiangsu, comprising about 1.18 km2.[2]
The Youyi Campus, often referred as the 'old campus', is divided into three parts: the South, the West and the North by the West Youyi Road and the South Laodong Road. The campus contains education facilities, apartments of teachers and students, stadiums, logistics facilities, a kindergarten and the primary and middle school affiliated with NPU.[8]
The Chang'an Campus, often referred as the 'new campus', is divided into two parts: the East and the West by the Dongxiang Road. This campus contains many newly built administration buildings, school buildings, experiments facilities, sports facilities and so on. It serves as the main base for undergraduate education of NPU.[9]
The Taicang Campus, located at the border between Suzhou and Shanghai, is currently under construction and will start to run in September 2021. This campus will contain 10 schools including School of Artificial Intelligence, School of Flexible Electronics, School of Business etc. It will serve around 10,000 students.[citation needed]
NPU is building or going to build more facilities on both of these two campuses. Supported by theMinistry of Industry and Information Technology and the formerCommission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, NPU has received a 1.58 billion CNY (US$252.8 million) investment in infrastructure constructions from the central government and there're more than 20 construction projects running currently including the Material Science Building, the Innovation Science and Technology Building, the Reconstruction of Dangerous and Old Apartments after the earthquake, the #1 Student Apartment in the Youyi Campus and the New Library, Infrastructure Plan I & II, the High-tech Experimental Research Center and others in the Chang'an Campus.[10]
NPU has a strong research capacity in engineering. It was confirmed as one of theNational Key Universities by theState Council in 1960. In the seventh and eighthFive-year plan, NPU was listed as one of the 15 National Key Developing Universities. In the ninthFive-year plan, NPU joined theProject 211. And, in the tenthFive-year plan, NPU joined theProject 985.[2]
Since its establishment, NPU has educated more than 150,000 high level technicians and researchers for China's defense industry and national economy development. The first PhD from 6 disciplines in China was graduated from NPU.[2] And, among NPU's alumni, there are more than 30 fellows of theCAS and theCAE, 30 generals inPLA and 6 recipients of China's TOP 10 Outstanding Youth Elite.[11]
NPU is one of theSeven Sons of National Defence[12] and member ofSAP University Alliances.[13]
| BCUR National[14] | Domestic | 21 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wu Shulian National[15] | Domestic | 20 | |
| CUAA National[16] | Alumni | 23 | |
| QS National[17] | General | 33 | |
| THE National[18] | General | 20–24 | |
| QS Asia (Asia version)[19] | General | =173 | |
| THE Asia (Asia version)[20] | General | =51 | |
| ARWU World[21] | Research | 101–150 | |
| QS World[22] | General | =499 | |
| THE World[23] | General | 251–300 | |
| USNWR World[24] | General | =207 | |
In 2024, Northwestern Polytechnical University was listed as one of the world's top 300 universities in theAcademic Ranking of World Universities and theU.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking.[25][26]
In 2022, NPU ranked 25th in theBest Chinese Universities Ranking compiled byShanghai Ruanke.[27] NPU's engineering ranked the tenth among China's engineering universities.[28]
According to the results of the third Evaluation of Disciplines by theMinistry of Education of the People's Republic of China, the ranks of parts of NPU's disciplines are shown below.[29]
| Discipline | Rank |
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| Material Science and Engineering | 3 |
| Aeronautical and Astronautical Science and Technology | 1 |
| Armament Science and Technology | 3 |
| Marine Science and Application | 5 |
| Dynamics | 7 |
| Computer Science and Technology | 12 |
| Mechanics Engineering | 14 |
| Control Science and Engineering | 14 |
| Transportation Engineering | 15 |
| Electronic Science and Engineering | 17 |
| Instrument Science and Technology | 18 |
| Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics | 18 |
| Information and Communication Engineering | 20 |
| Electrical Engineering | 23 |
| BiomedicalEngineering | 23 |
| Optical Engineering | 24 |
| Architecture | 26 |
| Mathematics | 36 |
| Chemistry | 39 |
| Civil Engineering | 46 |
| Business Administration | 50 |
| Foreign Languages and Literatures | 52 |
| Public Management | 55 |
| Applied Economics | 58 |
| Biology | 64 |
| Marxist Theory | 69 |
| Laws | 72 |
The university has sevenState Key Laboratories and 28 Province/Ministry-level Key Laboratories. Only theState Key Laboratories are listed below.[30] These labs often specialize in particular areas of academic research and receive government funding:
| Name | Supporting School |
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| State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing | School of Materials Science and Engineering |
| State Key Laboratory of Airfoil, Cascade Aerodynamics | School of Aeronautics & School of Power and Energy |
| State Key Laboratory of Torpedo Guidance Technology | School of Marine Technology |
| State Key Laboratory of Heat Structure and Inner Flow Field of Combustion of Solid Rocket Motor | School of Astronautics |
| State Key Laboratory of UAV Special Technology | Institute of National Defense |
| State Key Laboratory of Superhigh Temperature Structural Composite Materials | School of Materials Science and Engineering |
| State Key Laboratory of Space Flight Dynamics Technology | School of Astronautics |
The Education Experimental School is the college with special honors in NPU.[citation needed] Its predecessor is the Education Reform Class established in 1985 which was upgraded to the current school in 2001.[citation needed] The aim of this school is to provide the most elite students of NPU with the best resources so that they can become future leaders in their fields.[31]
NPU has 15 academic schools, 1 educational experimental school( known asHonors College), 1 independent school, 1 joint school and some other administrative schools.[32] The university offers 58 undergraduate programs, 117 master programs, 67 doctorate programs and 14 postdoctoral programs.[citation needed] Currently, there are 2 First-levelNational Key Disciplines, 7 Second-levelNational Key Disciplines, 2 National Key (to cultivate) Disciplines, 21 First-level Disciplines for Doctorate Degree Granting and 31 First-level Disciplines for master's degree Granting.[citation needed] Additionally, NPU has 7State Key Laboratories, 28 Province/Ministry-level Key Laboratories and 19 Province/Ministry-level Engineering Research Centers. The 15 academic schools of NPU are listed here in the official order.[citation needed]
Besides the 15 major academic schools and the education experimental school, NPU has other schools or institutes.[32] They are:
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