Northwestern Polytechnical University, referred to as Xigong University or Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), is directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China. It is a multi-disciplinary research-oriented national key university featuring the development of personnel training and scientific research in the fields of aviation, aerospace and navigation, and ranks among the first-class national, 985 project and 2 1 1 project. Choose from 20 1 1 plan and11plan.
The school has 70 undergraduate majors, 39 master's degree authorized disciplines and 27 doctoral degree authorized disciplines. Mechanical engineering, materials science and engineering, aerospace science and technology were selected as the second round of "double first-class" construction disciplines in China. Seven disciplines, including materials science, computer science, earth science and mathematics, entered the international discipline of ESI 1%.
The school actively expands cooperation with international organizations, cooperates with Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization to establish a training base for aerospace innovative talents, cooperates with Asia-Pacific Federation of Engineering Organizations to establish a "Belt and Road" engineering education and training center, and establishes a student internship practice mechanism with the Institute of International Software Technology of the United Nations University.
Historical development of the school:
Northwestern Polytechnical University was formed by the merger of Northwestern Polytechnic University and Yuan 'an Aviation College in June 1957 and June 10. 1960, which was identified as a national key university by the State Council. 198 1 year, approved by the State Council, the school became the first batch of doctoral and master's degree awarding units in China. Founded in 1996, it is one of the earliest institutions to establish a graduate school.
In April, 20001,it became the key construction university of the National "985 Project". 200165438+February, the first batch was approved to pilot the National Model Software Institute. In 2003, it was identified as one of the 34 pilot units of postgraduate enrollment reform in China, and the re-examination scores were determined by colleges and universities independently. 20 12 was awarded as a national graduate employment typical experience institution by the Ministry of Education in May.
202 1 1, Northwestern Polytechnical University officially renamed the School of Humanities and Economics as "School of Public Policy and Management"; On April 7, Chongqing Science and Technology Innovation Center of Northwestern Polytechnical University was officially unveiled. On April 22nd, he joined the Youth Publicity Alliance of Western Universities. /kloc-In May of 0/6, the school became one of the first members of the National Military Academy Curriculum Ideological and Political Alliance.