西北工业大学 | |||||||
Other name | NWPU | ||||||
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Motto | 公诚勇毅 | ||||||
Motto in English | Loyalty, Integrity, Courage, and Perseverance | ||||||
Type | Public | ||||||
Established | 1938 | ||||||
President | Wang Jinsong (汪劲松) | ||||||
Academic staff | 3,600 | ||||||
Students | 28,131 | ||||||
Undergraduates | 14,395 | ||||||
Postgraduates | 13,736 | ||||||
Location | , China 34°14′41″N 108°54′42″E / 34.24472°N 108.91167°E | ||||||
Campus | Urban 0.8 km2 (0.31 sq mi) (Youyi campus) 2.6 km2 (1.0 sq mi) (Chang'an campus) | ||||||
Newspaper | 西北工大报 | ||||||
Colors | Blue & silver | ||||||
Affiliations | Excellence League Sino-Spanish University Alliance (SSU) | ||||||
Mascot | Aoxiang | ||||||
Website | nwpu.edu.cn | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 西北工业大学 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 西北工業大學 | ||||||
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Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU; 西北工业大学) is a public science and engineering university in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.[1][2]
NPU specializes in education and research in the fields of aeronautical, astronautical and marine engineering. As of 2012, NPU had 13,736 graduate students (3,063 full-time doctorate candidates, 7,087 master candidates, 3,586 professional degree candidates) and 14,395 undergraduate students.
As of 2024, Northwestern Polytechnical University was listed as one of the top 300 universities in the Academic Ranking of World Universities and the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking.[3][4]