Beihang University

Beihang University (p=Bihng Dàxué), previously known as Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics , abbreviated as BUAA or Beihang (p=Bihng), is a major public research university located in Haidian District, Beijing, China, emphasizing engineering, technology, and the hard sciences. Beihang University is designated as an eminent key university (literally a "first-rate university" of type-A) by China&s;s Ministry of Education Class A . It was one of China&s;s key universities subsidized by "Project 985" funding and by " Project 211" funding. Beihang was founded on October 25, 1952, with an area of over 100 hectares. Together with Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Beijing Institute of Technology, it is widely considered to be one of the top four engineering research universities in Beijing, with an emphasis on aeronautical and astronautical engineering, but also covering diverse fields in the natural sciences, high technology, economics, management, the liberal arts, law, philosophy, foreign languages, and education.