195 1 year, in order to cultivate aviation construction talents, the state decided to merge the aviation departments of Beiyang University, Xiamen University and Northwest Institute of Technology into the aviation engineering department of Tsinghua University, set up Tsinghua University Aviation Institute, merge the aviation department of Yunnan University into the aviation department of Sichuan University, and merge the aviation department of Southwest Institute of Technology into the aviation department of North China University of Science and Technology. 1952, according to the requirements of the adjustment of colleges and departments in universities across the country, Beijing Institute of Aeronautics was established, which was formed by the merger of the Aviation Department of Beijing University of Technology (195 1 65438, the Engineering College of North China University was renamed Beijing Institute of Technology), Tsinghua University Institute of Aeronautics and the Aviation Department of Sichuan University. 1952101On October 25th, the inaugural meeting of Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics was held in the auditorium of Beijing Institute of Technology (the former site of China-France University). 1988, Beihang was renamed Beihang.