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.