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Beihang University

Beihang University

City: Beijing
Country: China
Language of instruction: Classes taught in English
About: Beihang University (BUAA) was founded in 1952 with the merger of the aerospace departments from eight top Chinese universities. Today it is one of the nation’s foremost research universities supported by china’s project 211, project 985 and project 2011. Beihang has an enrolment of more than 29,951 students, attending 27 schools in two campuses in Beijing and many going on exchange in partner universities across Europe, Asia, the Americas and Oceania. Among the first Chinese universities to offer postgraduate programs in English for international students, Beihang annually attracts over 2,000 foreign students from 104 countries.
The faculty totals over 2,000 members whose research and teaching encompasses sciences, engineering, economics, management, humanities, law, philosophy, education, medicine and art. A strong body of 22 accomplished professors have been inducted as members of the Chinese academy of sciences and the Chinese academy of engineering.
The center of Beihang is its Xueyuan Road Campus in the heart of "China's silicon valley" – Zhongguancun Science Park. The park is one of the technology centres in the world and is growing fast into a high and new-tech industrial cluster. In addition to its Xueyuan Road Campus, the university is also located in northwest Beijing’s Changping district with a newly developed campus and has comprehensive research facilities, notably the National Laboratory of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NLAA).

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