The school is rich in resources and has distinctive academic characteristics.
There are more than 37,000 students and 4,300 faculty members, covering an area of 365,438+10,000 square meters. There are 27 colleges, including the School of Aviation, Aerospace, Navigation and International Education, the School of Educational Experiment, and the School of Engineering of Queen Mary University in London, Northwestern Polytechnical University. At present, there are 70 undergraduate majors, 39 master's degree-level authorized disciplines and 27 doctoral degree-level authorized disciplines. Mechanical engineering, materials science and engineering, aerospace science and technology were selected as the second round of "double first-class" construction disciplines in China.
Seven disciplines, including materials science, engineering, chemistry, computer science, physics, earth science and mathematics, entered the top of ESI international discipline ranking 1%, among which materials science and engineering entered the top 1‰, forming a 3M (Materials, Electromechanical, Mechanics) discipline group led by China Aviation (Aerospace, Navigation).
The school insists on moral education, which has achieved remarkable results.
Adhere to the "trinity" talent training concept of value shaping, ability training and knowledge transfer, and strive to cultivate leading talents with feelings for home and country, pursuing Excellence and leading the future. The first doctor of engineering in six disciplines in history, such as foundry, aviation manufacturing engineering, flight mechanics, aero-engine, underwater weapon and rocket engine, was trained by our school.
According to incomplete statistics, among the more than 320,000 alumni sent by our school for the development of national defense science and technology and national economic construction, there are 50 provincial and ministerial leaders, 67 generals, 5 academicians of the two academies, and 6 outstanding young people in China. In the aviation field, more than half of the chief and deputy chief engineers of various models are alumni of our school. Four of the five winners of the 70th anniversary of China Aviation Industry were alumni of our school, and six of the winners of the 10 Award for Excellence in Serving the Country were alumni of our school. From 2005 to now, among the winners of 15 Aerospace Laureate Award, 26 people have studied and worked in this school.
In the field of aerospace, from Zhang and Lei Fanpei, the "Three Little Astronauts" in the early years, to Wu, the chief designer of China's lunar exploration project, a large number of outstanding alumni have successively served as party and government leading cadres and deputy section chiefs of large central enterprises managed by the State Council and their affiliated enterprises and institutions, making outstanding contributions to the rapid development of China's aerospace industry. In the field of navigation, there are also a large number of outstanding alumni who are active in important management positions and core technical positions in the shipbuilding industry and underwater weapons industry, and talented people come forth in large numbers.
The school attracts innovative talents and has a strong faculty.
In-depth implementation of the strategy of strengthening the school with talents in the new era, adhering to the party's overall leadership over talent work, adhering to the first standard of teachers' morality and style, and building a high-level teacher team that adapts to the development of world-class universities. Set up talent special zones, build talent gathering platforms, and support the development of high-end talents; Implement the "take-off talent plan" and build a distinctive stepped talent training system to help young talents grow; Deepen the reform of educational evaluation, grasp the law of talent growth, and highlight morality, ability and performance; Create high-quality basic education.
Create a people-oriented talent development environment and enhance the sense of belonging, acquisition and happiness of talents. The school has gathered a team of high-quality teachers with moderate scale, reasonable structure, excellent quality and distinctive features, with more than 1000 national high-level talents as the backbone, including 38 academicians of the two academies (including external teachers), 37 Changjiang scholars, 38 leading talents of the "Ten Thousand Talents Program", 29 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 6 national teaching masters and 32 national teams.