Shenyang Aerospace University
沈阳航空航天大学 | |
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| Motto | Virtuous, Capable, Brave and Perseverant. (德能并进 勇毅翔远) |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1952 |
| President | Sun Xiaoping (孙小平) |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Website | sau.edu.cn |
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| Simplified Chinese | 沈阳航空航天大学 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 瀋陽航空航天大學 | ||||||
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| Shenyang Institute of Aeronautical Engineering | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 沈阳航空工业学院 | ||||||
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Shenyang Aerospace University (SAU), formerly known as Shenyang Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, is a public university in Shenyang, Liaoning, Northeast China. It educates students for supporting the military and civil aviation industries of China.
History
[edit]Founded in 1952, the university was initially administered by the Ministry of Aeronautical & Astronautical Industry, and later by the China General Corporation of Aeronautical Industry. Since 1999, SAU has been under the administration of the Liaoning Provincial Government and is the only university owned by the China Industry and Information Technology Ministry and the Liaoning Provincial Government. It is one of the eight universities constructed by the former China National Defence Ministry and local provincial governments. In addition, it is the only university of aeronautical and astronautical engineering in Liaoning Province.
On 18 March 2010 the China Ministry of Education approved the name change from Shenyang Institute of Aeronautical Engineering (SYIAE) to Shenyang Aerospace University (SAU).
Overview
[edit]Characterized by aeronautics and astronautics, Shenyang Aerospace University is a multi-disciplinary university, which, while focusing on engineering, also covers such areas as science, liberal arts and management. The university comprises 17 schools, with over 900 lecturers, including 400 professors and associate professors. There are 20,000 full-time students in SAU. The university has over 50,000 graduates. A number of them are now working as senior engineers or executives. The recent employment of the graduates has been maintained at the average of 95.7%. Every year a large number of foreign students get admission in this university.[citation needed]
Undergraduate schools
[edit]- School of Aerospace Engineering
- School of Aero Dynamics and Energy Engineering
- School of Civil Aviation and Safety Engineering
- School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
- School of Computer Science
- School of Airforce Officials Training
- School of Electronics Information Engineering
- School of Auto Control
- School of Economics and Management
- School of Design Art
- School of Material Science and Engineering
- School of Science
- School of Foreign Languages
Institutes
[edit]- Institute of "Beifang" Software
- Institute of "Beifang" Science and Technology
- Lifelong education
- Office of Social Science
- Office of PE Teaching & Research
- Training center of Korean Language
Graduate schools
[edit]- School of Aerospace Engineering
- School of Computer Science
- School of Information Communication
- School of Auto Control
- School of Mechanical Engineering
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
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