The National University of Defense Technology of PLA (hereinafter referred to as the National University of Defense Technology) is located in Changsha City, Hunan Province. It is a comprehensive military university directly led by the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Production Party, and has always been a key institution for national and military construction. It is one of the national key construction projects in the First Five-Year Plan 156, one of the 20 national key universities identified by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China 1959, the first batch of universities in the State Council approved to award master's and doctor's degrees, the first batch of pilot institutions of graduate schools in China, and the first batch of institutions that entered the national "21Project" construction plan. The University of National Defense Technology, formerly known as the Military Engineering College of China People's Liberation Army, was founded in Harbin, 1953. 1970 the main body of the college moved south to Changsha and was renamed Changsha Institute of Technology. From 65438 to 0978, under the direct leadership of President Deng Xiaoping, the school was transformed into National University of Defense Technology. 1999, President Jiang Zemin signed an order to establish a new National University of Defense Technology. 20 17 School was rebuilt on the basis of National University of Defense Technology, School of International Relations, School of National Defense Information, Xi 'an Communication College, School of Electronic Engineering and School of Meteorology and Oceanography of Polytechnic University. Its headquarters is located in Changsha, and its internal colleges are located in Changsha, Nanjing, Wuhan, Hefei and other places.

In April, 2023, official website showed that the school has eight disciplines and 6 1 undergraduate majors. There are 17 postdoctoral research stations, 26 first-class doctoral programs and 23 first-class master programs; There are five first-class disciplines, three national key disciplines in two disciplines and two national key (cultivation) disciplines; There are 29 academicians of the two academies.