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Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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    • Beijing, Beijing, China
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BUAA is from a merge of the aeronautical departments of Tsinghua University, Peiyang University, Xiamen University, Sichuan University, Yunnan University, Northwestern Engineering College, North China University, and Southwest Aeronautical Institute. The meeting announcing the founding of the Beijing Institute of Aeronautics (BIA) was held in the auditorium of Beijing Institute of Technology on October 25, 1952 in BaiYanZhuang 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 started daily work and study. In the beginning, there were 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 China's first 16 key universities back in the 1950's, and among the top 15 for priority development during China's 7th five-year-plan period (1986-1990). During the 8th 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.” ^[1]

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. ^[1]

The university has 48 undergraduate programs, 144 masters' programs, 49 doctoral programs, and 14 postdoc stations. At present, the university has 26 schools and departments. Total number of faculty and staff are over 3300, including 14 academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences or Chinese Academy of Engineering, more than 1700 full or associate professors, 476 supervisors of doctorate programs. BUAA is home of 23,000 undergrad and graduate students. and about 300 international students. It has 89 laboratories including 1 National Lab and 2 State Key Laboratory. 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.[1] In 2005, French leading Grandes Ecoles of engineering "École Centrale" associated with BUAA to create a top level engineering graduate program called École Centrale de Pékin. This program's intake consist in the very best Chinese students graduating the National College Entrance Examination. BUAA's is also famous for its top sports facilities including modern gymnasiums and sports grounds. ^[1]

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