Introducing Beihang
Since its inception, Beihang has nurtured generations of academic elites, professional experts, and leaders in national governance, making outstanding contributions to national technological progress. It has actively facilitated global knowledge exchange and collaboration, exerting a profound influence on the aerospace endeavors of humanity. The university offers high-quality educational programs spanning ten major disciplines, including engineering, science, management, liberal arts, law, economics, philosophy, education, medicine, and interdisciplinary studies. Currently, Beihang has over 44,000 students and more than 6,200 faculty and staff, including 31 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, as well as 18 overseas academicians working on campus. These achievements are underpinned by the core values of "inclusion, innovation, and collaboration" that define the university's identity.
Beihang is a university of innovative excellence, with innovation embedded in its DNA. In its early years, Beihang faculty and students successfully developed China's first light passenger aircraft, the first drone, and Asia's first sounding rocket. Building on this legacy, Beihang continues to innovate in aerospace, contributing critical technologies to major national projects including the C919 large passenger aircraft, Long March rockets, Tiangong space station, BeiDou navigation system, Chang'e lunar exploration program, and Zhurong Mars rover. Moreover, the university has numerous research laboratories and centers at the forefront of scientific research and technological advancement. Keeping up with the latest trends in technology, industry, and social development, the university continuously refines its academic portfolio—strengthening foundational disciplines, fostering emerging and interdisciplinary fields, and enhancing full-chain innovation in fundamental research, key technologies, and application verification. It actively integrates into the global innovation network, leveraging its international platform to attract and cultivate world-class talent. Since 2004, Beihang has received 15 first-class national science and technology awards, including nine first prizes of the State Technological Invention Award—the highest number among Chinese universities. Its researchers have also published numerous high-impact results in top-tier journals such as Nature and Science, as well as other leading disciplinary and industry journals.
Beihang is a collaborative university that fosters an inclusive mindset and a spirit of openness. Throughout its development journey and educational achievements, team culture stands out as a defining feature of Beihang. Firmly believing that outstanding students are the cornerstone of an exceptional university, Beihang meticulously constructs a collaborative platform that integrates teaching and research, encouraging students to participate in high-level international scientific competitions and fostering creativity through collaboration. It actively explores work-study integration models in cooperative education to cultivate outstanding engineers. While solidifying students' foundational theoretical knowledge, the university places equal emphasis on developing interdisciplinary competencies and practical innovation skills in technological sciences. Furthermore, it promotes synergistic development across disciplines, platforms, and teams, thereby establishing a robust collaborative ecosystem for scientific research. By actively engaging in a government-industry-academia-research collaborative innovation system, Beihang transforms more technological achievements into real productivity, supporting high-quality development of local communities and enterprises. On the global stage, Beihang promotes international exchange and addresses global challenges, which is integral to its mission of fostering students' global competence, pooling worldwide resources, and driving institutional transformation for higher-quality development. Through its commitment to open education, Beihang establishes substantive collaborative projects and platforms that integrate education, science and technology, and talent development, building a high-quality and resilient global partnership network. To date, the university has established active partnerships with over 240 overseas universities, research institutions, enterprises, and organizations, yielding fruitful results in joint publications, joint laboratories, technological cooperation, and faculty-student exchanges.
