The School of Energy and Power Engineering, formerly known as the Department of Aero Engines, is one of the earliest-established departments featuring aerospace engineering at Beihang University. It was founded in 1952 by renowned professors such as Ning Huang and Wang Shaozeng. It was approved as a "National Pilot College" by the Ministry of Education in 2012. The School undertakes two first-level doctoral programs: "Power Engineering and Engineering Thermal Physics" and "Aerospace Science and Technology," two national first-class undergraduate majors: "Aircraft propulsion engineering" and "Energy and power engineering," as well as the "Wu Daguan Class," a special doctoral program for high-level talents in national key fields by the Ministry of Education.
School of Energy and Power Engineering
Study
The School has a total of 1,806 students, including 834 undergraduate students, 540 master's students, and 432 doctoral students. It offers 193 courses for graduate students. During its 70-year history, the School has cultivated nine academicians of the CAE, including Liu Xingzhou and Yin Zeyong, and many senior managers and chief teachers. It has provided a large number of outstanding scientific and technological talents and management talents for China's aviation, aerospace, civil aviation, energy and other sectors.
Faculty
The School has a total of 158 faculty members, including 39 professors and 44 associate professors. It has one national innovation leading team, two innovation teams from the Ministry of Education, and ten key model support teams/joint design teams/joint research centers from China Aviation Industry Corporation.
Research
The School has won 12 national science and technology awards. At present, the School has ten national-level platforms, including the Virtual Teaching and Research Room for Aircraft Power Engineering, the "2011" Advanced Aircraft Engine Collaborative Innovation Center, the Advanced Aerodynamics and Thermodynamics Science Center, the "111" Aerospace Propulsion Theory and Engineering Innovation Introduction Base, a major basic science center, the Wu Daguan Innovation Center, the National Key Laboratory of Aerospace Engine Aerodynamics and Thermodynamics, the Aerospace Engine Numerical Simulation Center, the Aerospace Experimental Teaching Center, and the National Demonstration Practice Base for Joint Training of Senior Aeroengine Talents. It also has five provincial and ministerial-level key laboratories, including the Beijing Key Laboratory of Aircraft/Engine Comprehensive System Safety and the Beijing Key Laboratory of Aircraft Engine Structural Strength, as well as eight teaching units, including six departments and two centers.
International Cooperation
The School has set up the Center for International Cooperation, which oversees its school-level international exchanges and collaborations. The center consists of several departments, including those focusing on Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, and South America. Over the past five years, six school-level education and technology cooperation agreements have been signed with renowned institutions such as the National Technical University of Athens in Greece, the University of Hong Kong, Politecnico di Torino in Italy, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in Spain, and the University of São Paulo in Brazil. With the support of its international academic team, the School has carried out joint basic research and technological cooperation. On average, it welcomes over 40 foreign experts for exchanges annually, with approximately 300 students taking part in related academic activities. Each year, five faculty delegations are dispatched to countries such as Italy, South Korea, and Russia.
International cooperation serves as a catalyst for cutting-edge and interdisciplinary research and speeds up the cultivation of talent in new energy and new power fields. Recently, hydrogen-powered aviation and electric propulsion have emerged as key academic directions. The School has introduced new undergraduate majors like Energy and Power Engineering and Electric Propulsion for Aviation. Focusing on green aviation power, it co-organized the 1st and 2nd International Green Aviation Development Forums with the Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics and launched the "Beihang International Hydrogen Week." In addition, the School initiated the International Association of Green Aviation (IAGA) - International Hydrogen Energy Commission, with the aim of showcasing cutting-edge technology and major achievements in green aviation power and promoting its global application.
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Tel: +86-10-61716793
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Email：zhangdan@buaa.edu.cn
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Address：School of Energy and Power Engineering, Beihang University, Changping District, Beijing 102206, P.R. China
