Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Since 1952
Introduction to Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA, website) was founded in October 1952 and is one of the first aviation universities founded by New China. In 1978, it was designated as a national key university by the State Council; in 1981, it was approved by the State Council to become the first university with the right to confer doctoral degrees in the country; in 1996, it entered the national “211 Project”; in 2000, it was approved by the Ministry of Education to establish a graduate school; in 2011, Became a key university in the “985 Engineering Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform”; in 2017, it entered the national “double first-class” construction sequence. The school is now part of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
In the course of more than 60 years of schooling, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics has become a research-oriented university with aerospace and civil aviation characteristics, which is based on the combination of science and engineering, engineering, science, economics, management, and literature. The school now has 16 colleges and 174 scientific research institutions, 3 state-level key laboratories, 1 provincial and departmental collaborative innovation center, 1 national and local joint engineering laboratory, and 1 national defense technology industrial technology research and application center. There are 1 national cultural industry research center, 2 national engineering basic course teaching bases and 4 national experimental teaching demonstration centers. There are 55 undergraduate majors, 33 master’s degree first-level disciplines, 17 doctoral-level disciplines, and 16 post-doctoral stations. There are 2 national key disciplines in aeronautical science and technology, mechanics and other first-level disciplines, 9 national key disciplines in secondary disciplines, 2 national key (cultivation) disciplines, and 10 national defense specialty disciplines.
Campus
The university has two campuses, Ming Palace and Jiangjun Road. It covers an area of 2,077 mu and has a construction area of 1.148 million square meters. The library has more than 2.78 million printed documents and 11.2 million electronic and digital information resources. There are 3,131 faculty members, including 1,845 full-time teachers. Among the full-time teachers, there are 1,260 senior titles, 516 doctoral supervisors, 11 academicians and double academicians, 24 overseas high-level talent introduction programs, 20 Changjiang Scholars, and 8 outstanding youth fund recipients. There are 4 famous teachers and 26 young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions at the national, provincial and ministerial levels. They have been selected into more than 600 national and provincial-level talents and enjoy 147 experts from the State Council.
There are more than 29,000 full-time students in the university, including more than 18,000 undergraduates, more than 10,000 graduate students, more than 1,000 degree students, and nearly 5,000 adult education students.
NUAA has become an important base for the cultivation of high-level talents. Since the establishment of the school, the school has trained more than 160,000 senior professional talents for the country. Among the alumni, there are 14 academicians of the two academies, dozens of provincial and ministerial party and government leading cadres and generals, and a large number of famous technologies. Experts and management experts. The school is committed to cultivating social pillars and engineering talents with sense of responsibility, innovation, international vision and humanistic feelings, continuously promoting education and teaching reform, and gradually establishing an innovative talent training system with characteristics of China Southern Airlines, and has achieved a number of high-level teaching achievements. A total of 18 national teaching achievement awards were won; 6 outstanding national doctoral dissertations, 15 national outstanding doctoral dissertations, 11 national quality courses, and 6 national quality video open courses. There are 5 state-level excellent teaching teams, 6 national-level specialty programs (construction points), 8 key departments of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and 7 major national defense majors and 7 majors (directions). The students of China Southern Airlines have achieved a number of remarkable achievements in various competitions at all levels: winning the 2011 Airbus Global Student Aviation Creative Competition Championship; in the National Challenge Cup College Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Competition, our school has eight consecutive years. The second time, the “Yu Sheng Cup” won a total of 9 special prizes and 17 first prizes. In the “Creating Youth” National Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Competition, it has won new highs and won the “Yusheng Cup” continuously; in the “Zhou Peiyuan Cup” National College Students Mechanics Competition, “China Software Cup” National College Student Software Design Contest, Mathematical Modeling Competition, Electronic Design Competition In the competition, the students of China Southern Airlines have repeatedly won the award.
NUAA’s scientific research capabilities continue to increase. Since the establishment of the school, the school has won nearly 1,556 scientific and technological achievements awards at or above the provincial level, including 78 national awards. It has five national-level scientific research platforms including mechanical structural mechanics and control national key laboratories, and 71 provincial-level scientific research platforms. Contributed several firsts to the Republic, including China’s first unmanned large-scale drone, the first unmanned nuclear test sampler, the first plateau unmanned aerial vehicle, the first unmanned helicopter, and A micro-aircraft, etc., independently developed the “Tianbang No. 1” microsatellite successfully launched. In the field of basic research, the school has obtained a number of theories that have important influence at home and abroad, such as “Helicopter Generalized Eddy Current Theory”, “Nonlinear Dynamics Theory of Vibration Control System”, “Coordinated Accuracy and Tolerance Distribution Theory of Aircraft Manufacturing”. Results. In the field of national defense science and technology, the school has participated in the pre-research, technical research and experimental research of almost all important aviation models in China. A number of technologies have been successfully applied in aerospace projects such as the “Chang’e III”, and have been developed for the development of China’s aerospace industry. Made an important contribution. In the field of national economy, the school actively promotes cooperation in government, industry, research and research, promotes the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and provides strong support for economic and social development.
NUAA vigorously promotes open education, actively carries out collaborative innovation, has established a number of cooperative research bases for production, education and research; has carried out extensive international exchanges and cooperation, and has established long-term and stable cooperative relations with nearly 100 famous universities and famous research institutions abroad. It has formed a new pattern of open education, “Serving aerospace and civil aviation, serving Jiangsu, facing the country and facing the world.”
Entering the new century, NUAA will unswervingly strive for the goal of a world-class university with distinctive characteristics in aviation and aerospace, and make new and greater contributions to the Chinese dream of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!
Foreign English Teacher Recruitment
Job Description:
The role of a Foreign English teacher is to help our students speak English and improve English practical skills. Those responsibilities include preparing lessons and lesson material, teaching young adult students, holding counseling sessions, assisting colleagues, maintaining records, writing progress reports, etc. You will have about 10-12 classes per week, each class for 45 minutes; there is no office hours required for this position.
Qualification
1. Native English speakers.
2. 25-60 years old.
3. Bachelor’s degree or above. Master’s degree preferred.
4. At least 2 years of English teaching experience, or holding a TEFL/TESOL/CELTA certificate. (Nanjing has a stricter regulations on teaching experience; teachers are expected to have more than 2 years experience to be considered for university teaching positions)
5. Teach English speaking and western culture courses, around 10-12 classes per week.
Life on Campus
1. Campus Life at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Campus Scenery, Food, Activities etc.)
2. Nanjing City Life: City Guide: Living in Nanjing
Location
Ming Palace Campus: 29 Yudao St., Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210016
Jiangjun Rd. Campus: 29 Jiangjun Ave., Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 211100
About The City – Nanjing
Nanjing is a city full of vigor and opportunities. It is a window for you to get a glimpse of real China. Touring, studying and living here, you may find it changing and growing every day, you may find it a city with Chinese tradition as the background and full of many modern qualities, and you may feel the hospitality of the people here.
Nanjing is situated in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, about 300km to Shanghai, the largest city of China. Its annual average temperature is 16℃. Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu Province with the total area of 6,587.02 square kilometers, and its resident population is 9.535 million.
Work Visa
NUAA and ISAC will guide you through the Work Visa Application process
“Nanjing is a city full of culture and history. As a foreign language teacher you will be teaching mainly at our Jiangjun Road Campus which is about 30 minutes from city center by subway. It is right at the Cuipingshan subway station, which is half way in between Lukou International Airport and downtown. Chinesse and foreign restaurants, supermarkets, shopping malls are within walking distance. The food at NUAA is famously good among Nanjing universities. There are 6 canteens serving delicious Chinese dishes to faculty and students. Also the Jiangjun Mountain is about 10 mins walk from the campus, which is a popular hiking place. If you want to hit the downtown, take the subway for 30 minutes so you can visit various historical sites including the Ancient Wall and the Presidential Palace. Nanjing is a big historical city so there are many places for you to check out in and around the city while still enjoying the convenient location of our university. Welcome to join NUAA.”
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