PLA Second Artillery Engineering University

PLA Second Artillery Engineering University (simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军第二炮兵工程大学; traditional Chinese: 中國人民解放軍第二炮兵工程大學; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Dìèrpàobīng Gōngchéng Dàxué) is a state university administered by the Second Artillery Corps of the People's Liberation Army.^[1] PLA Second Artillery Engineering University is located in Baqiao District of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.^[2] The university is a member of Project 211.^[3]

The university consists of 3 colleges and 7 departments. At present, the university has 90 research institutions and research centres, including 1 national engineering research centre, 4 national key laboratories.

History

PLA Second Artillery Engineering University was founded in January 1951, it was initially called "PLA Northwest Military Region Artillery Command College", then it was renamed "PLA First Artillery Command College". In 1956, it was renamed again and called "PLA Xi'an Artillery Command College". In 1959, Teach Brigade of the Department of Defense and 15th PLA Air Force College of Aeronautics merged into the university.

Schools and Departments

• College of Science
• College of Basic Education for Commanding Officers
• College of Professional Technology for Officers
• Department of Measurement and Control Engineering
• Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation
• Department of Electronic Engineering
• Department of Weapons and Launch Systems Engineering
• Department of Flight Vehicle Propulsion Engineering
• Department of Nuclear Technology and Security
• Department of Management Engineering
• Department of Environmental Engineering
• Department of Fire Control and Command and Control Engineering
• Department of Mechanical Engineering and Automation
• Department of Communication Engineering
• Department of Information Security
• Department of Information Engineering
• Department of Command Information System Engineering

Culture

• Motto: 博学笃志 砺剑图强

Notable alumni

• Liu Zheng

References