Shanghai Jiaotong University, founded in 1896, is a public university, and the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics of Shanghai Jiaotong University is a secondary college. Shanghai Jiaotong University, founded in 1996, is the first university in China to offer aviation specialty.
The Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has two departments and two centers, namely, the Department of Aircraft Design and the Department of Aerospace Information and Control, which are adjacent to the Space Research Center and the wu zhen Source Aerodynamics Center. The school has a number of first-class disciplines such as mechanics, aerospace science and technology control, science and engineering, and doctoral programs.