Beihang University was founded on October 25, 1952 under the name of Beijing Institute of Aeronautics, originating from the merger of the aeronautical departments of Beijing Institute of Technology, Tsinghua University, and Sichuan University. In 1988, it was renamed Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA). In 2022, the university changed its English name to Beihang University.
Affiliated to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Beihang University is the first university specializing in aeronautics and astronautics in New China. Located in Beijing, Beihang University boasts Xueyuan Road Campus and Shahe Campus, covering an area of more than 3,000 mu with a total construction area of more than 1.7 million square meters. Since its founding, Beihang has excelled as one of the first 16 national key universities, one of the first 22 universities to set up graduate schools after the restoration of the degree system in 1980s, and has been included in Project 211, Project 985, and Double First-Class University Plan. The aim of Beihang is to build a world-class university that is deeply rooted in China.
Beihang covers 11 discipline categories, including engineering, science, management, liberal arts, law, economy, philosophy, education, medicine, arts, and interdiscipline. Among all disciplines are 8 First-Class disciplines, 14 A-level disciplines, and 4 A+ level disciplines, including Aeronautic and Astronautic Science and Technology, Instruments Science and Technology, Materials Science and Engineering, and Software Engineering. Based on its various disciplines, the university provides 82 undergraduate programs and authorizes 30 kinds of doctoral degrees as well as 40 kinds of Master’s degrees. It is also home to 23 post-doctoral research centers. Centering on the national strategic needs and international academic frontier, the university applies different schemes for its engineering, science, liberal arts and interdisciplinary medicine and engineering to provide them scope to develop. Advantages in aerospace and information technology have been formed and the disciplines pertaining to national defense have reached top-class level in China.
International education at Beihang University was inaugurated in the early 1990s' and has continued to develop at a very fast pace. By the end of 2017 over 2,000 international students from 118 countries are studying at Beihang. Among them over 1,200 international students are studying for their doctoral, master, or bachelor degrees. By 2017, more than 1,900 international students have successfully graduated with degrees from Beihang. Batches of outstanding international alumni are playing a great role at work and contributing to the prosperity and development of the world.
International student programs at Beihang mainly include bachelor degree programs, master degree programs, doctoral degree programs, as well as various non-degree programs as such Chinese language training programs, visiting scholar programs and pre-bachelor programs. Beihang is one of the few universities in China which uses English as its primary language of instruction for all international master and doctoral programs, as well as some of its bachelor programs.
Beihang endeavors to build a world-renowned International education platform. In 2014, the Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (China) (affiliated to the United Nations) was established at Beihang with the support of the Chinese Government .
Beihang has established the Confucius Institute in the cooperation with Kogakuin University (Japan), set up HSK and HSKK authorized testing centers, and has been developing various international education programs in Chinese language training, Chinese cultural studies and so on.
Beihang is devoted to the innovations of international talents education mode, such as integrated education of Chinese students and international students, and credit transfer programs for one year or half a year in the cooperation with famous universities in France, Sweden, Ireland and many other countries all over the world.
Beihang is qualified to admit all categories of international students, including those sponsored by the Chinese Government Scholarship. The Beihang Scholarship for international students was established in 2007 to encourage and support the coming of excellent international students to Beihang. Since that time hundreds of distinguished international students have been awarded the scholarship. Scholarships for International Students: Chinese Government Scholarship (CGS), Beijing Government Scholarship, Beihang International Student Scholarship, Confucius Institute Scholarship, scholarships from enterprises, etc.
In a new era of international education, Beihang continues to strive to provide higher quality education and excellent service for international students, and sincerely welcomes students from all over the world to study here.
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