Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, formerly known as Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, was founded in June of 1952 and is one of the earliest aviation institutions of higher learning in People's Republic of China (PRC). 1978, identified as a national key university by the State Council; 198 1 was approved by the State Council to become the first batch of doctoral degree awarding units in China; 201212 In February, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Civil Aviation Administration of China signed an agreement to jointly build Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. 20 18 12. Nanjing university of aeronautics and astronautics is jointly established by the Ministry of industry and information technology, the Ministry of education and Jiangsu province.
As of February, 2022, the school has three campuses: Forbidden City, Jiangjun Road and Tianmu Lake, covering an area of 3,046 mu, with a building area of 1.893 million square meters. The library has more than 2.95 million printed documents and 654.38+260 million electronic and digital documents and information resources. 18 colleges with 62 undergraduate majors; Two disciplines has two first-class disciplines and nine national key disciplines. 3,526 faculty members, academicians 12, and double-employed academicians; There are 35 students127 (including undergraduate students 19044, graduate students 15262 and degree students 82 1 person).