The school's predecessor was 10, which was founded on the basis of 5 1952 10 factory in October. It is one of the earliest aviation institutions of higher learning in People's Republic of China (PRC). 1978, identified as a national key university by the State Council; 198 1 was approved by the State Council to become the first batch of universities in China with the right to confer doctoral degrees; 201212 In February, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Civil Aviation Administration of China signed an agreement to jointly build Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. 20 18 12. Nanjing university of aeronautics and astronautics is jointly established by the Ministry of industry and information technology, the Ministry of education and Jiangsu province.