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Introduction to NWPU

Located in the historic city of Xi'an, cradle of Chinese civilization and terminus of the ancient Silk Road, Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU) is the only multidisciplinary and research-oriented in China that is simultaneously developing education and research programs in the fields of aeronautics, astronautics, and marine technology engineering.

It is now affiliated to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

Since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), NPU has always been one of the nation’s key universities.

In 1960 it was approved as a state key university by the State Council.

It ranked among China’s top 15 universities in the state’s 7th and 8th Five-Year plans; and NPU is one of the first 22 universities to have established a graduate school.

It was one of the first universities to enter into the 211 Project in 1995 and the 985 Project in 2001.

NWPU is a member of the “Outstanding University Alliance” program and is honored as a National Role Model Unit, a National Pioneer for Optimal Advanced Basic-level Party Organization and a Model University for Graduate Employment etc.

NWPU adheres to the motto “Loyalty, Integrity, Courage and Perseverance” while carrying forward the spirit of “Strong Preparation, Diligent Effort, Practical Attitude, and Creative Innovation”.

NWPU has put its roots down in the west; dedicated itself to national defense and written several “firsts” into the history of the PRC. Now NWPU will continue to pioneer new pathways into the future in the process of building a world first-class university and world first-class disciplines.

Introduction to School of Materials Science and Engineering

The School of Materials Science and Engineering has its origins in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Mining Engineering within the former Northwest Institute of Engineering, established in 1938.

After more than half a century’s development, the School’s five fields of research - including heat treatment of metals, forging, casting, welding and non-metallic materials- has gradually shifted to an educational and discipline development system supported by “three Departments, two Special Zones and three Research Centers”.

The School has a national key discipline-“Materials Science and Engineering” - and two national key sub-disciplines - “Materials Science” and “Materials Processing Engineering”.

The School offers two first-level Doctoral Degrees - in Materials Science and Engineering and in Optical Engineering.

The School of Materials Science and Engineering also has an excellent postdoctoral research station of Materials Science and Engineering.

The school has always embraced the mission of serving the nation’s key strategic requirements and has established several advantageous disciplinary fields, including ultra-high temperature structural composites, high-performance metallic materials and solidification technologies, metal additive manufacturing, and precision plastic forming.

In recent years, it has developed emerging disciplinary directions such as nano-energy materials, advanced lubricating and sealing materials, superconducting materials, materials genome engineering, frontier science and technology for carbon neutrality, and green catalysis.

The interdisciplinary, inclusive, and collaboratively developed academic framework is becoming increasingly prominent.