Beihang University
Beihang University (formerly Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics), or BUAA for short, was founded on October 25, 1952 out of the merger of the aeronautical departments of Tsinghua University, Beiyang University, Amoy (Xiamen) University, Sichuan University, Yunnan University, Northwest Institute of Technology, College of Engineering, North China University, and Southwest Aeronautical Institute. Situated in the capital in the center of Zhongguancun Science Park, next to China’s National Olympic Center, with an area of over 100 hectares, BUAA is China’s first university of aeronautical and astronautical engineering.
Since its founding BUAA has been one of the key universities given priority for development. In the new century and millennium, BUAA was officially listed in China’s Action Plan for the Revitalization of Education in the 21st Century. Over the past 50 years BUAA has provided about 80,000 professionals of high caliber in various disciplines for the country. At present, the university comprises 17 schools and 6 departments, covering such diverse fields as science, technology, liberal arts, law, economy, management, philosophy, foreign languages and education. Total faculty and staff number more than 3,300, including 10 academicians of either the Chinese Academy of Sciences or the Chinese Academy of Engineering Sciences, over 1,400 full or associate professors, and 290 supervisors of doctorate programs. BUAA has a total enrolment of over 26,000, including more than 1,300 doctorate candidates, over 5,000 master candidates, more than 14,000 in 4- or 2-year undergraduate programs, and about 300 overseas 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 provincial- or ministerial-level key laboratories). In recent years BUAA has ranked among the foremost in China in terms of funding for scientific research. The university is equipped with all ancillary facilities. The library, with an area of over 24,000 m², has a collection of over 1.2 million books. BUAA's sports facilities include a modern gymnasium and a sports ground with sophisticated equipment. BUAA has become one of China’s important bases for scientific and technological innovation and quality education of high-level personnel.
The celebration of BUAA’s 50 eventful years signifies an even more promising future. BUAA has evolved into an open, multi-disciplined, research-oriented university of engineering science and technology with an emphasis on aeronautical and astronautical engineering. At present the university is being developed with the joint efforts of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the Ministry of Education, the Municipal Government of Beijing, and the Chinese Academy of Engineering Sciences. Conscious of its role in invigorating China through science and education and pursuing its traditional style of "hard work, simple living, diligent learning, all-round development and courageous innovation," BUAA is deepening the reform in education and striving to realize its goal of becoming a "top rate university in China, well-known throughout the world."
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BUAA’s School of Economics and Management has a long history that dates back to 1956. Over the past several decades, the School has achieved prestige, and over 4,000 students have graduated from the school with bachelor, master or Ph.D. degrees.
The school has been consistently top-ranked in China. In 2001, the discipline of Management Science and Engineering became a national key discipline, and it was ranked the 6th among all the same disciplines in China in the evaluation which was organized by the Ministry of Education in 2002.
The School of Economics and Management consists of eight departments: the Department of Accounting, the Department of Business Administration, the Department of Management Information Systems, the Department of Management Science and Engineering, the Department of Technology Economics, the Department of Insurance and Risk Management, the Department of International Trading, and the Department of Finance. In addition, there are the Institute of Systems Engineering and several other research centers.
There are over 90 faculty members in the school. Most of them have international experience by having studied abroad or by having been involved in cooperative research in developed countries. With about 1,300 undergraduate students, 1,000 masters students (including MBA and Master of Engineering), and 200 Ph.D. students, it is one of the largest schools at Beihang University.
Academic research is fruitful in this school. Over 300 projects have been undertaken. 41 projects have been awarded at National and Ministry levels. Nearly 100 projects are supported by the National Science Foundation of China, within which there are 4 Key Projects and two Distinguished Youth Projects.