The National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) is a national key comprehensive university in China. It was founded in 1953 in Harbin and was moved to Changsha in 1970. NUDT is one of the first 22 universities which were approved to found Graduate Schools by the State Council in 1984, one of the 15 universities which were in the priority project for the development of national key universities during the 7th and 8th “Five-year Plan”. It is also one of the first higher-level universities designated for the “211 project” and “985” project, and supported by special funds from the central authorities. 

NUDT has thus become a comprehensive university providing a wide range of programs in science, engineering, economics, management, literature, education and philosophy. It has 10 colleges that contain 22 departments and 19 sections for undergraduates. It now confers masters’ degrees in 59 disciplines and doctors’ degrees in 28 disciplines, which include 7 first-class disciplines and 9 state key disciplines. Post-doctoral research centers have been set up in 9 areas. At present NUDT has set up over 50 research groups including 3 State Key Laboratories and 3 Ministry-and-Commission-Level Key Laboratories. NUDT is devotedly carrying out the national strategic policy of “State Development by Science and Education” and has formed a high-level, multi-type training system which is focused on training people with ability and aims to develop undergraduate education, graduate education and continuous education in perfect harmony promoting teaching, research and social services all together. 

NUDT currently has over 20,000 students. The university has over 2,000 full-time teachers and professional researchers, including over 300 full professors, 800 associate professors, 130 doctorate supervisors, 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Science, 5 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 13 of whom have been awarded the title of “National Middle-and-Young-aged Experts with Outstanding Contribution to the Country”, and over 200 of whom receive the government’s special subsidies. The university also has 14 disciplines offering “the Changjiang River Program Awarding Scholars” for the posts of the specially appointed professors.

In recent years the university has improved its teaching and research facilities and public service system. NUDT has 4 campuses which cover an area of 180 hectares and it has more than 1 million square meters of floor space, including over 300 thousand square meters of teaching and research space. It has a library holding over 2 million volumes of publications, a sports ground with 20 thousand seats and a fully-functional and modern gymnasium. Its high-speed information network on campus is connected with the national education net and internet and is the communication bridge between the university and the world.
NUDT devotes much attention to international exchange and cooperation which has enhanced the university’s teaching and research. It has successively established close relations of academic exchanges and collaboration with over 100 universities, colleges and scientific research institutes in more than 40 countries and regions. Every year the university engages 8 to 10 long–term foreign culture and education experts and 10 to 12 foreign honorary professors or guest professors, invites 70 to 100 foreign well-known scholars for academic cooperation and exchange, holds 1-3 international academic meetings and sends abroad over 100 faculty members under various programs.

国防科学技术大学是一所直属中央军委的综合性大学。1984年,学校经国务院、中央军委和教育部批准首批成立研究生院，肩负着为全军培养高级科学和工程技术人才与指挥人才，培训高级领导干部，从事先进武器装备和国防关键技术研究的重要任务。国防科技大学是全国重点大学，也是全国首批进入国家“211工程”建设并获中央专项经费支持的全国重点院校之一。学校前身是1953年创建于哈尔滨的中国人民解放军军事工程学院，简称“哈军工”。

学校座落在古城长沙，占地总面积6200余亩，拥有先进的教学、科研实验条件和公共服务体系。全校有3个国家级国防科技重点实验室、1个国家“863”高技术重点实验室、1个军队院校重点实验室和一批高水平的教学科研实验室。新建的现代化教学大楼拥有先进的计算机辅助教学系统。图书馆藏书200多万册，中外期刊4000多种，并建立了全套“美国政府四大科技报告”检索系统。学校计算机网络分别与国家教育科研网、国际互联网和全军军事训练信息网互联。全军军事训练信息中南中心设在国防科技大学,由学校承建和管理。全校教职员工均可方便地使用网络。

学校现设有：航天与材料工程学院、理学院、机电工程与自动化学院、电子科学与工程学院、信息系统与管理学院、计算机学院、光电科学与工程学院、人文与社会科学学院、指挥军官基础教育学院、继续教育学院。军队学位委员会在学校设立了军队学位与研究生教育研究中心。

Web: www.nudt.edu.cn

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