Northwestern Industrial University

Northwestern Polytechnical University is a National Key University, directed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, located in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. The university specializes in education and research in the fields of aeronautical, astronautical and marine engineering.  And, NPU's engineering ranked the 10th among China's engineering universities. As of 2012, NPU has 13,736 graduate students (3,063 full-time doctorate candidates, 7,087 master candidates, 3,586 professional degree candidates) and 14,395 undergraduate students. The university is a member of Project 985 and Project 211.HistoryNPU builds upon the legacies of its three major predecessors.Northwestern Engineering InstituteIn 1938, due to the Japanese invasion of northwestern China, many institutes were relocated to Shanxi. Among them, the National Beiyang Engineering Institute, the Engineering School of Beiping University, the Engineering School of the National Northeastern University, and the (private) Jiaozuo Engineering Institute were combined to form the then National Northwestern Engineering Institute in Hanzhong, Shaanxi, which is a city surrounded by mountain ranges. In 1946, following the end of World War II, the National Northwestern Engineering Institute, one of the three predecessors of NPU, was relocated from the mountains to the city of Xianyang. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, all institutes became state-owned, and in 1950 the National Northwestern Engineering Institute was renamed the Northwestern Engineering Institute.

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