Northwestern Polytechnical University (hereinafter referred to as "Xigong University") is located in Xi City, Shaanxi Province, directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China. It is the only national key university in China that features the simultaneous development of aviation, aerospace and navigation engineering education and scientific research.

1938 the national Beiyang institute of technology, the national Peiping university institute of technology, the national northeastern university institute of technology and the private Jiaozuo institute of technology set up the national northwest institute of technology in Hanzhong, Shaanxi; 1946 moved to Xianyang, and 1950 was renamed Northwest Institute of Technology.

1952, East China Aviation Institute was established in Nanjing by the Department of Aviation Engineering of Jiaotong University, Zhejiang University and Nanjing University; 1956 moved to Xi' an and changed its name to Xi' an Aviation College.

1957, Northwest Institute of Technology and Xi 'an Aviation Institute merged to form Northwestern Polytechnical University; 1970 Integration of the former Aviation Engineering Department of China People's Liberation Army Military Engineering College.

Characteristics of Xigong University

As of March, 20021year, the three campuses of Friendship, Chang 'an and Taicang in Jiangsu Province cover an area of 7 100 mu, with 27 colleges and 74 undergraduate majors. There are 2 postdoctoral mobile stations1,23 first-class doctoral programs and 37 first-class master programs; There are more than 4,300 faculty members, 7 full-time academicians and more than 34,000 students.

By the end of 20021,1 1, the school has 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. There are 74 undergraduate majors.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xigong University