Civil aviation university of china, located at No.2898, Jinbei Highway, Dongli District, Tianjin, is an institution of higher learning directly under the Civil Aviation Administration of China, which mainly trains senior civil aviation engineering and management talents. It is a university jointly established by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the Tianjin Municipal People's Government and the Ministry of Education. It is the second batch of "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan" universities of the Ministry of Education and the first batch of high-level characteristic universities in Tianjin, and has been selected as a national college student innovation and entrepreneurship training plan.

The school has two main campuses, Tianjin Dongli and Ninghe, and three flight training bases, namely Chaoyang Flight Academy, Inner Mongolia Flight Academy and Xinjiang Tian Xiang Aviation Academy Co., Ltd., with a total area of 6,543,800 square meters. 15 colleges with 38 undergraduate majors; There are 1 first-level discipline doctor authorization points, 14 first-level discipline master authorization points and 7 professional degree master authorization points; There are more than 28,000 full-time students.