During the visit, both sides had the opportunity to introduce themselves to each other and explore potential areas for future collaboration, such as student and staff exchanges or joint publications.
Recognizing the potential for collaboration, both sides have jointly decided to take the next step and host an online meeting in January. This upcoming virtual meeting will provide a platform for in-depth discussions for further exploration. Looking ahead, our discussions will focus on identifying specific areas of collaboration and emphasizing the strengths of both institutes.
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Founded in October 1952, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA) is one of the first aviation colleges and universities established by the PRC, and was identified as a national leading university by the State Council in 1978; approved by the State Council as one of the first universities with the right to confer doctoral degrees in 1981; entered the national "Project 211" in 1996. In 2011, NUAA became a leading university in the "985Project Innovation Platform"; in 2017, NUAA entered the national "Double First Class University Plan" construction sequence, and its three disciplines of aerospace science and technology, mechanics and control science and engineering were chosen for the "First-class Disciplines" construction list.
NUAA is now a research university concentrating on engineering, combining science and technology disciplines, and coordinating the development of multiple disciplines including engineering, science, economics, management, and liberal arts, with distinctive features in Aeronautics, Astronautics, and civil aviation. NUAA now has 18 departments, 66undergraduate majors, 32 master's degree programs, 17 doctoral degree programs, and 17 postdoctoral stations. There are 38784 students, including 19377 undergraduates, 18586 graduate students, and 821 international students pursuing degrees.
The university now has three campuses, namely, the Ming Palace, Jiangjun Road and Tianmuhu Lake, covering an area of 3046 mu and a building area of 1.893 million square meters. The university library holds more than3.17 million pieces of printed documents, 170 databases in Chinese and foreign languages, and more than 13.7 million volumes of electronic and digital resources. There are 3727 staffs, with 2317 full-time faculty members, 1613 with senior titles, 675 doctoral supervisors, 35 academicians, foreign academicians and Qian Weichang Colloquium Professors.
NUAA is one of the top 1% universities among total 3013 Higher Education Institutes in China( 46)
According to ESI database (data released on March 9, 2023), 8 disciplines of NUAA has entered world’s top 1%: Engineering, Material Science, Chemistry, Computer Science, Social Sciences （General）, Mathematics, Physics and Environment/Ecology. Among which, Engineering has entered world’s top 3‱, and Material Science and Computer Science have entered world’s top 2‰.
