Northwestern Polytechnical University
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| Motto | 公诚勇毅 |
|---|---|
| Established | 1938 |
| Type | Public coeducational |
| Jiang Chengyu (姜澄宇) | |
| Faculty | 1,420 |
| Undergraduates | 15,550 |
| Postgraduates | 12,780 |
| Location | Xi'an, China |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | None |
| Mascot | Aeroplane |
| Website | 中文 en |
Northwestern Polytechnical University ( NWPU, 西北工业大学 ) is a University located in Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
[edit] History
NWPU was founded in October, 1957, and its predecessors were the Northwestern Engineering College and the Xi'an Aeronautical Institute (formed by the Shanghai Jiaotong University,Nanjing Central University, and the Aeronautical department of Zhejiang University) founded in 1938. In 1970 the Engineering Department of Harbin Engineering College was merged into NWPU.
NWPU is one of the 15 key universities in China, and during the"Seventh Five-year Plan"and the"Eighth Five-year Plan", NWPU had been one of the universities of state capital construction.
