In 1950s, Beihang University was identified as one of the national 15 key universities. In the mid-1980s, it was listed in the national "Seventh Five-Year Plan" 15 universities, and it was one of the first universities in China with the right to confer doctoral and master's degrees and set up graduate schools. In 1990s, it was identified as a key university in the Eighth Five-Year Plan 14, and the state approved it to be one of the key universities in "2 1 1 Project". At the turn of the century, it was listed by the Ministry of Education in the Action Plan for Revitalizing Education Facing 2 1 Century. On September 23rd, 20001year, the commission of science, technology and industry for national defense, the Ministry of Education and the Beijing Municipal People's Government signed an agreement to jointly build Beihang University, and the commission of science, technology and industry for national defense and China Institute of Engineering signed an agreement to jointly help Beihang University develop rapidly.
2) China is a multidisciplinary and open research university.
Beihang University is a multi-disciplinary and open research university with aerospace characteristics and engineering advantages, which shoulders the historical mission of high-level personnel training, basic and forward-looking scientific research and strategic high-tech research. As the first aerospace institution of higher learning in New China, Beihang University has always been a national key university. The school is now affiliated to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and is a key university jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the Beijing Municipal People's Government and the China Academy of Engineering.
At present, there are 14 doctoral degree authorization points for first-class disciplines, 49 doctoral degree authorization points for two disciplines, 144 master degree authorization points, and 46 undergraduate majors, covering many disciplines such as science, engineering, literature, law, economics, management, philosophy and teaching. In the evaluation organized by the Ministry of Education in 2002 and 2003, four first-level disciplines ranked in the top five in China, and 1 1 first-level disciplines ranked in the top ten in China, among which aerospace science and technology ranked first in China.
Facing the strategic needs of the country and national defense, the school has continuously improved its ability of scientific and technological innovation, and achieved a large number of scientific and technological achievements with great influence, with high academic reputation and remarkable social and economic benefits. During the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, it won 7 national science and technology awards (including National Science and Technology Progress Award 15, National Natural Science Award 1, National Invention Award 1), 20 provincial and ministerial science and technology awards, and 0 national defense science and technology progress award 10. In 2006, he won 7 first and second prizes for national scientific and technological achievements, 5 first prizes for national defense science and technology, and 6 first prizes for scientific and technological progress of the Ministry of Education. In 2007, it won four first and second prizes of national scientific and technological achievements, among which the project "New Satellite Attitude Control/Energy Storage Flywheel Technology" won the first prize of the only national invention in China that year.
Taking the implementation of undergraduate teaching quality project and excellent postgraduate education project as an opportunity, the school comprehensively promotes quality education and trains outstanding talents with leading and driving potential for national economy, national defense and international economic integration. Based on the training policy of "strengthening foundation, emphasizing practice, paying attention to quality and facing innovation", undergraduate education has constructed three "big systems", namely, the curriculum system with three-level core courses as the main body, the experimental practice teaching system represented by the experimental teaching demonstration center, and the scientific research practice training system marked by the scientific research training plan for college students, which has innovated the new mode of selecting and training high-quality talents in higher engineering colleges and Chinese and French engineering colleges. In 2006, he passed the undergraduate teaching level evaluation of the Ministry of Education with excellent results. Postgraduate education is based on the training policy of "broadening the foundation, aiming at the forefront, building a team, and making independent innovation", and implements the echelon training of major projects and the quality training of academic leaders, so as to realize the integration of postgraduate and undergraduate teaching experimental platforms. The school's teaching reform and teaching research have achieved remarkable results. Since the Tenth Five-Year Plan, there have been 54 educational reform projects1,including 9 national projects and 2 provincial projects1. In 2005, in the Fifth National Teaching Achievement Award, he won 7 national teaching achievement awards and 29 provincial and ministerial teaching achievement awards. In the construction of top-quality courses, 8 national top-quality courses, 27 Beijing top-quality courses and 48 Beijing top-quality textbooks were obtained. Excellent national doctoral dissertations 10. The school has established national education, teaching and talent training bases, such as the National Engineering Basic Course Mechanics Teaching Base, the National Integrated Circuit Talent Training Base, and the National College Students' Cultural Quality Education Base, 2 innovative experimental areas of talent training mode of the Ministry of Education, 2 national and 5 Beijing-level experimental teaching demonstration centers. The quality of students has improved steadily. In recent years, the quality of science and engineering students has basically remained in the top ten in the country. The one-time employment rate of undergraduate students has remained above 98% for five consecutive years, and the one-time employment rate of graduate students is close to 100%.
Beihang University is both a university center and a scientific research center. It is one of the important bases for high-level personnel training and scientific research in China. Over the past 50 years, Beihang University has successively created more than 40 domestic top achievements in the fields of scientific research and engineering technology, and more than 900 major achievements have won ministerial awards. All kinds of aerospace vehicles successfully launched (test flight) have filled the gap in China. Beihang University has five national key laboratories and 15 provincial key laboratories, which creates favorable conditions for universities to carry out scientific research. During the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, colleges and universities undertook and participated in 9 "973" projects and 85 "863" projects, 150 national defense pre-research and basic scientific research projects, and various funds supported 150 projects every year. In recent years, the scientific research funds of colleges and universities have maintained an annual growth rate of more than 20%, and the number of research results, the total amount of scientific research funds and the academic level rank among the top universities in China.
3) Universities bearing space dreams
Beihang University actively explores a new talent training model that meets the requirements of the times and social development, and has formed a multi-level, multi-type and multi-specification talent training system. Since its establishment, it has trained nearly 80,000 graduates, among whom a large number of academic elites and outstanding talents have emerged. For example, Wang Dechen, the chief designer of the bundled rocket that launched Austar, Qi Faren, the chief designer of shenzhou spaceship, Yuan Jiajun, the hero of scientific research flight test, Gao Song, the winner of the first prize of national invention, and other alumni elected as academicians of the two academies are outstanding representatives of Beihang University students. Countless students live up to the cultivation and expectations of the motherland and the people, shoulder the hope and trust of their alma mater, and enter the "third line"; Step into the Gobi. They are all builders and witnesses of China's space and national defense modernization. Facing the future world, grasping environmental changes, adapting to changing jobs, having innovative quality and focusing on R&D and design are the general goals of Beihang University's talent training.
Beihang University has always regarded cultivating high-quality talents and producing high-level scientific research achievements as its wings. In the field of scientific research and engineering technology, it has created more than 30 top domestic achievements and made important contributions to economic construction. A total of 876 major achievements at or above the ministerial level were obtained (including 6 national natural science awards, 2 national invention awards1and 48 national scientific and technological progress awards, ranking among the top universities in China). The school has 1 1 national key laboratories, 17 provincial key laboratories, and the fixed assets of scientific research equipment exceed 450 million yuan. Scientific research tasks have been expanded to more than 40 ministries, provinces and cities, and nearly 300 national key scientific research projects, "863" high-tech projects and major basic research projects have been undertaken every year; The annual growth rate of scientific research funds has been maintained at 20%. In 2000, the funding for scientific research reached 250 million yuan, and the research results, total funding, academic status and academic achievements ranked among the top universities in China. At the same time, the school actively absorbs school-running partners, takes joint school-running, technology development, achievement transformation, product manufacturing and personnel training as the link, and strives to promote the Industry-University-Research project by grasping provincial (local) school cooperation, grasping large projects, grasping the construction of enterprise technology research and development centers or joint laboratories, grasping joint school-running and grasping school-run industries.
Looking back, millions of heroic astronauts took off from here with longing for the blue sky. The ambition of the eagle and the dream of strengthening the country have inspired generations of Beihang students to study hard and achieve something. Beihang University will adhere to the school-running philosophy of "seeking truth and innovation, being pragmatic", the school motto of "having both ability and political integrity, integrating knowledge and practice" and the school spirit of "being diligent and eager to learn, developing in an all-round way and being brave in innovation", adhere to these glorious traditions, forge ahead, unite and work hard, and March towards a first-class domestic and world-renowned high-level research university.
4) World-renowned and high-level China University.
Actively promote the strategy of opening up schools and strengthen international exchanges and cooperation. The school will focus on developing high-level and high-quality scientific and technological cooperation and personnel training with world-famous universities and multinational companies, and gradually form a multi-channel, multi-form and large-scale international exchange pattern to promote the school to achieve the goal of "international fame". It has successively established cooperative relations with 140 famous universities, well-known research institutions and world-class multinational companies in nearly 30 countries and regions such as Britain, France, Germany, Russia, the United States and Japan, awarded 150 honorary professors, visiting professors and consultant professors to more than 50 internationally renowned experts and scholars, hired nearly 1,000 long-term and short-term foreign experts, and hosted more than 40 international or bilateral academic conferences.
Inherit the spirit of Beihang University, and keep the elegant demeanor of famous schools forever. In order to achieve the objectives of the 11th Five-Year Plan and meet new opportunities and challenges, Beihang University, under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents, fully implemented the Scientific Outlook on Development, focused on improving quality, highlighting innovation and strengthening characteristics, aimed at cultivating high-quality innovative talents, creating new knowledge and new technological achievements, and firmly grasped the strategic opportunity to vigorously enhance the country's independent innovation capability and comprehensively revitalize the national defense science, technology and industry. Strive to build an innovative system with distinctive features, outstanding advantages and full of vitality, comprehensively promote quality education, effectively improve the quality of education and teaching, optimize school management, actively promote the construction of modern university system, create a harmonious development environment, further enhance core competitiveness, vigorously improve school-running level and comprehensive strength, promote the coordinated development of school scale, structure, quality and efficiency, and strive to build a first-class domestic and world-renowned high-level research university.