Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Simplified Chinese: 北京航空航天大学; Traditional Chinese: 北京航空航天大學; Pinyin: Běijīng hángkōng hángtiān dàxué, in short: Běiháng 北航; sometimes abbreviated as BUAA or Beihang in English) is a university located in Beijing, China. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Public is of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... Lǐ Wèi (李未) (born June 8, 1943) is president of Beihang University. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... “Peking” redirects here. ... Crowded Shibuya, Tokyo shopping district An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... Project 211 is a constructive project of nearly 100 (now 106) universities and colleges in the 21st century conducted by the government of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Project 985 is a constructive project for founding world-class universities in the 21st century conducted by the government of the Peoples Republic of China. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... “Peking” redirects here. ...

BUAA was founded on October 25, 1952 with an area of over 100 hectares, BUAA is China's first institution of aerospace engineering and BUAA has established its reputation of its prestigious engineering programs. Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

Initial years

BUAA is from a merge of the aeronautical departments of Tsinghua University, Peiyang University, Amoy (Xiamen) University, Sichuan University, Yunnan University, Northwestern Engineering College, North China University, and Southwest Aeronautical Institute. Tsinghua University (THU; Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is a university in Beijing, China. ... Tianjin University (Chinese: 天津大学; pinyin: Tiānjīn Dàxúe) is a national university under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education of China. ... Xiamen University (XMU, Latin: Universitas Amoiensis, Pinyin: Xiàmén Dàxué, Simplified Chinese: 厦门大学), colloquially Xia Da (Pinyin: Xià Dà, Simplified Chinese: 厦大), located in Xiamen, Fujian Province, is the first university in China founded by overseas Chinese. ... Sichuan University is a major Chinese university, located in the city of Chengdu, in the Sichuan province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Yunnan University is a prestigious university in China. ... Northwestern Polytechnical University ( NWPU, 西北工业大学 ) is a University located in Xian, Peoples Republic of China. ...

The meeting announcing the founding of the Beijing Institute of Aeronautics (BIA) was held in the auditorium of Beijing Institute of Technology (formerly Zhongfa University ) on October 25, 1952. Faculty and students from the aeronautical departments in eight universities joined to lay the foundations for the new institute, whose chosen site was in Beiyanzhuang Village , Haidian District, in the western suburb of Beijing . Construction started on June 1 and over 60,000m2 of buildings were completed within 6 months. By October some of the faculty and students were able to start normal work and study. In the beginning there were only two departments with 4 majors: aeroplane design and aeroplane technology in the department of aeroplane engineering, and engine design, engine technology in the department of aeroplane engine engineering.

BUAA was among the nation' s first 16 key universities back in the 1950' s, and among the top 15 for priority development during China' s 7 th five-year-plan period (1986-1990). During the 8 th five-year-plan it was listed among the top 14 for priority development, and at the start of the 9 th five-year-plan BUAA was among the first batch of 15 universities in “project 211 for Higher Education.” Project 211 is a constructive project of nearly 100 (now 106) universities and colleges in the 21st century conducted by the government of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Name change

On 1952, this university is named as "Beijing Institute of Aeronautics". Since May 1988, the name changed to "Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics". In 2002, the university board decided to change the English name of the university to Beihang University and keep the abbreviation BUAA.

Nowadays

The university now has 40 undergraduate programs, 65 master's programs, 36 doctoral programs, and 12 post-doctorate stations. At present, the university has 17 schools and 6 departments. Total faculty and staff number are more than 3300, including 10 academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences or the Chinese Academy of Engineering, over 1400 full or associate professors, 290 supervisors of doctorate programs. BUAA is home of over 26,000 students, more than 14,000 of them are undergraduates, and about 300 international students. It has 42 research institutes or interdisciplinary research centers, 11 key disciplines of the national level, and 89 laboratories (including 4 national key laboratories, 5 national specialized laboratories, and 12 provincialor ministrial-level key laboratories.) The university is equipped with all ancillary facilities. The university library, with an area of over 24,000 m2, has a collection of over 1.2 million. The Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese: 中国科学院; pinyin: Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn), formerly known as Academia Sinica (not to be confused with Taiwans Academia Sinica currently headquartered in Taipei which shares the same root), is the national academy for the natural sciences of the Peoples Republic of... The Chinese Academy of Engineering (Chinese: 中国工程院; Pinyin: Zhõngguó Gõngchéng Yuàn) is the national academy of the Peoples Republic of China for engineering. ...

BUAA's is also famous for its top sports facilities including modern gymnasiums and sports grounds. Beihang University Gymnasium is a 5,400-seat indoor arena located on the campus of Beihang University in Beijing, China. ...

Education and teaching

BUAA is well-known for its rigorous pursuit and academic excellence. In more than 50 years since its foundation, over 80,000 students have graduated. At the moment, there are over 31,000 students registered at BUAA, including 11,000 graduate students and 15,000 full-time undergraduate students. Now the university is establishing a structure for education in a research-oriented university with the general objective of Cultivating high-quality specialized personnel, who are adaptable to the needs of the future world, who have the potential for innovation, and who have team spirit, and who are efficient at learning and working." For years, the employment rate of the graduates in BUAA has been ranked at the top of universities and colleges all over the country.

In BUAA, undergraduate education is focused on training creative specialized graduates who have solid basic knowledge, who can study and work independently in the science field, and who have the necessary skills gained from specialized training. Centering on this aim, BUAA has a flexible, dynamic and solid education plan based on the credit system with the distinct feature of diverse personnel cultivating plans so as to gradually establish a research-oriented, wide-ranging specialized cultivating mode on the basis of the perfection of the former general education. BUAA is now trying to establish a first-rate system of undergraduate education as a research-oriented University.

As for graduates education, BUAA puts more emphasis on the specialized personnel who have gained a good grasp of theoretical knowledge and a deep understanding of specialized knowledge through systematic scientific training, who have the ability to innovate, who are self-starters, and who are willing to devote themselves to scientific endeavor and to cooperate with others. BUAA is among the first batch of academic institutes that are officially permitted to establish graduate schools and it is also one of the universities which have the authority to approve supervisors for doctorial candidates. On the training of graduate students, BUAA keeps reforming deeply, developing positively, guiding diversely, enhancing construction, stressing innovation, improving the quality of teaching, emphasizing creativity, constructing a proper environment for the cultivation of specialized personnel and creating highly qualified graduates.

Research

Following the principle of “based on national defense, aiming at the market, serving society”, BUAA has given full play to the comprehensive advantage of many disciplines working together, making itself one of the most important centers of innovation. In the 50 years since its foundation, the university has had more than 40 projects that were ranked first in the country and has received more than 900 awards for achievements at ministerial level or above, which have made BUAA one of the top-ranked universities in the field of high technology. In addition, the university has filled scientific and technological gaps nationwide by making and launching spacecrafts of different models, such as, “Beijing -1” , the first light aircraft in China; “Beijing -2” , the first sounding rocket in Asia; “Beijing -5” , the first unmanned airplane in China; “BEE” series; co-axial counter-rotating helicopter. BUAA has also invented a flight simulator in the field of automation, a silicon compiler in the field of computer science, a PC Disk （ Phase Change Disk ） in the field of new material and information storage, a Robot of multi-degree freedom in the field of artificial intelligence and assisted in the successful launch of the “Shenzhou” rockets. BUAA has made many significant contributions to the development of the national economy as well as break-throughs in achieving some key techniques in military equipment. As a result of its achievements and contributions, the university has received many plaudits.

The university has worked hard to gain partners in research through technological development, transfer of research findings, manufacture of products and education of personnel. It has also spared no effort to promote collaboration in production, learning and scientific research, and to expand the application of its scientific research by strengthening the cooperation between the government and university, undertaking large-scale construction programs, and building joint R&D centers and laboratories with enterprises. Now the university has established 6 major State Labs, namely “the Lab of Aeronautical Engine Pneumatic Power”, “the State Lab of Calculating Fluid Dynamics”, “the Lab of Software Development Environment” and “the National Base of Mechanics”, and 12 major Labs at provincial levels. For years, the funding for scientific research at BUAA has been increasing at an annual rate of over 20%, which ranks among the best in all the universities in China in terms of its achievements, funding and academic standing.

SRTP

In 2005, BUAA began the Student Research Training Program (SRTP) to enable undergraduates to get involved in research. All granted projects are funded by Student Academic Office. Excellent project holders will be given credits for their achievements. Students often publish papers, file patent applications in the training program.

Student life

Students in BUAA come from different provinces of China, so there is plenty of cultural diversity and mixture of dialect in the campus. Students have the chance to enlarge their social network during their study.

Feng Ru Cup

Feng Ru Cup is an annual competition of student scientific innovation works in BUAA. It is like Senior Project in the United States. This competition attracts thousands of students each year. All first prize winners can continue their graduate studies exempt from entrance examination in BUAA. Senior Project is an educational program designed to challenge high school or college seniors in the United States. ... An entrance examination is an examination that educational institutions use to determine whether prospective students are good enough to enter their institution. ...

Student societies

There are various of student societies and activities to join, from sport clubs to scientific interest groups. Student scientific and engineering innovation groups can have fund from different entities, e.g. departments, schools and companies. All students activities are organized by Communist Youth League of China, BUAA branch. The Communist Youth League of China (中国共产主义青年团; abbr. ...

Gender balance

However, the common concern of engineering universities is also shared in BUAA -- the gender balance. In some serious engineering departments like the School of Jet Propulsion, School of Mechanical Engineering and School of Astronautics, female students are so rare that the ratio of male to female students in an undergraduate class can be as low as 5:1.

Schools and departments

Alumni

The chief engineers of the Shenzhou space project, Qī Fārèn 戚发轫 and Wáng Yǒngzhì 王永志, as well as the Shenzhou commander Yuán Jiājūn 袁家军, the former minister of education, Zhū Kāixuān 朱开轩, the former governor of Liaoning and Hubei, Zhāng Guóguāng 张国光, and the former vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Lǐ Pèiyáo 李沛瑶, are graduates of Beihang. Shenzhou (Chinese: 神舟; pinyin: Shénzhōu) is the name of a spacecraft from the Peoples Republic of China which first carried a Chinese astronaut into orbit in 2003. ...   (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Liáoníng) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Hubei (Chinese: 湖北; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hu-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hupeh) is a central province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议 Pinyin: Zhongguo renmin zhengzhi xieshang huiyi), abbreviated CPPCC, is an advisory body in the Peoples Republic of China. ...

External links

• Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (official site, English)
• Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (official site, Chinese)
• Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Press (publishing house of the university)
• International Student Admission