1. Astronomy major is the national first-class undergraduate major construction site, the Ministry of Education and the Beijing characteristic major construction site. The Department of Astronomy of Beijing Normal University was founded in 1960. It is the second astronomy department set up in universities in China, and has made great contributions to the cultivation of astronomical talents, scientific research and technological innovation, and popular science education.
2. According to the evaluation results of the first-level discipline of the Degree and Postgraduate Education Development Center of the Ministry of Education in 20 12, the astronomy discipline of Beijing Normal University ranks fourth among the astronomy disciplines of universities in China. Among the 201415 world university rankings published by the British Higher Education Research Corporation (QS), the international ranking of physics and astronomy of Beijing Normal University is 20 1-250. There is an astronomy Post-Doctoral Research Center in the astronomy department.
Employment direction of astronomy major in Beijing Normal University:
1, enter interdisciplinary related departments and enterprises. Astronomy is an interdisciplinary subject with aerospace, geodesy, national defense and other applied disciplines, and the related enterprises and units of these disciplines also have great demand for outstanding astronomy graduates every year. Students can choose to work in these places after graduation.
2. Enter science and technology magazines, publishing houses, websites, etc. to engage in editing work. Astronomy majors attach great importance to cultivating students' data collection, massive data processing and excellent computer operation ability at the undergraduate level.
3. Enter middle school to engage in natural science teaching or enter science and technology museums and museums to engage in social teaching. These units now have a great demand for talents with strong professional skills.
4. The employment direction of undergraduate graduates is mostly concentrated in the interdisciplinary disciplines of astronomy application such as aerospace, national defense and geodesy, or the Internet, publishing houses, science and technology museums, some financial enterprises, or engaged in scientific research, popular science, teaching and technical work in astronomy and related disciplines, with positions such as trainer, marketing, cultural communication and copywriting planning.