Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, founded in June 1952, is one of the earliest aviation institutions of higher learning in New China. 1978 was identified as a national key university by the State Council; 198 1 was approved by the State Council to become the first batch of universities in China with the right to confer doctoral degrees; 1996 entered the national "2 1 1 project" construction; In 2000, the Graduate School was established with the approval of the Ministry of Education; 20 1 1 became the key construction university of "985 Engineering Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform". The school is now under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. 201212 In February, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Civil Aviation Administration of China signed an agreement to jointly build Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
In the course of running a school for more than 60 years, the people of China Southern Airlines have been adhering to the tradition of "serving the country by air", following the excellent school spirit of "unity, frugality, realism and innovation" and practicing the school motto of "wisdom surrounds everything and Dao Ji is the world", which has continuously promoted the rapid development of the school.