XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology is located in the historical and cultural city of Xi'an. It currently has two campuses, Yanta and Caotang, and a science and education industrial park. The Yanta campus overlooks the world-famous Big Wild Goose Pagoda of the Tang Dynasty in the south and faces the world-famous ancient city wall of the Ming Dynasty in the north; the Caotang campus is located on Caosi East Road in Caotang Temple Scenic Area of ​​the High-tech Zone, adjacent to the thousand-year-old Caotang Temple; Huaqing Science and Education Industrial Park is located in the southern section of the Xingfu Forest Belt in the Xi'an High-tech East Development Zone, and is adjacent to the scenic Chanba Ecological Park in the east; the two campuses and industrial parks cover a total area of ​​more than 3,700 acres.

The university has a long history and profound cultural heritage, which can be traced back to the Tianjin Beiyang Western Learning School founded in 1895. In 1956, when the colleges and departments of higher education institutions across the country were adjusted, the civil engineering, architecture, and municipal engineering departments (disciplines) of the former Northeast Institute of Technology, Northwest Institute of Technology, Qingdao Institute of Technology, and Sunan Industrial College were merged as a whole, accumulating the earliest batch of civil engineering, architecture, and environmental engineering departments (disciplines) in the history of modern higher education in my country. At that time, it was named Xi'an Institute of Architecture and Engineering. It is the first undergraduate architectural institution in Northwest China, one of the famous "old eight schools" of civil engineering and architecture in my country, and a key university directly under the former Ministry of Metallurgical Industry. In 1959 and 1963, the university was renamed Xi'an Metallurgical Institute and Xi'an Metallurgical and Architectural Institute; on March 8, 1994, with the approval of the former State Education Commission, it was renamed "Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology". In 1998, the university was transferred to the management of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government. It is now a university implementing the "National High-level University Project" and the "Basic Capacity Construction Project for Colleges and Universities in Central and Western China", and a university jointly built by Shaanxi Province, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.

After more than 60 years of construction and development since the merger, the school has been continuously strengthened and has become a multidisciplinary university with civil engineering, environmental engineering, materials metallurgy and related disciplines as its characteristics, engineering technology as its main body, and coordinated development of engineering, management, art, science, literature, law, philosophy, economics, and education. The school was awarded the "Special Contribution Award for Architectural Education" by the International Union of Architects (UIA), the "National Advanced Employment Work Unit" by the State Council, and the school party committee was awarded the title of "National Advanced Grassroots Party Organization" by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

The school is the first unit approved by the State Council to grant doctoral, master's and bachelor's degrees. The school has 3 original national key disciplines (structural engineering, environmental engineering, architectural design and its theory). The school currently has 9 first-level doctoral degree authorization points and postdoctoral mobile stations, 1 doctoral professional degree authorization point, 27 first-level master's degree authorization points, and 18 master's professional degree authorization points. The doctoral programs cover two disciplines, engineering and management, and the master's programs cover seven disciplines, including engineering, management, art, science, law, philosophy, and literature, which basically cover all undergraduate majors of the school. In the fourth round of national discipline evaluation in 2016, five disciplines, including architecture, urban and rural planning, landscape architecture, civil engineering, and environmental science and engineering, were rated B+ (top 20% in the country); materials science and engineering was rated B (top 30% in the country); management science and engineering was rated B- (top 40% in the country); in the ESI global ranking. Engineering has entered the top 3‰, and the two disciplines of environment and ecology and materials science have entered the top 1%.

The school currently has 20 colleges and 65 undergraduate majors, among which 21 majors including architecture, urban and rural planning, landscape architecture, civil engineering, urban underground space engineering, water supply and drainage science and engineering, environmental engineering, engineering management, materials science and engineering, material forming and control engineering, environmental design, building environment and energy application engineering, building electrical and intelligent, cultural industry management, metallurgical engineering, transportation, historical building protection engineering, business administration, mechanical design and manufacturing and automation, computer science and technology, information management and information systems have been selected as national first-class undergraduate major construction sites, and 35 majors have been selected as Shaanxi Province's first-class undergraduate major construction sites. 11 majors including architecture, civil engineering, engineering management, urban and rural planning, building environment and energy application engineering, water supply and drainage science and engineering, environmental engineering, materials science and engineering, metallurgical engineering, computer science and technology, and functional materials have successively passed the national professional evaluation and certification.

The school has 1 National Key Laboratory of Western Green Building, 1 National International Science and Technology Cooperation Base, 1 National Think Tank, 1 National Research and Promotion Center, 2 National and Local Joint Engineering Research Centers, 1 Provincial and Ministerial Collaborative Innovation Center, 1 National Technology Transfer Demonstration Institution, 14 National (Virtual Simulation) Experimental Teaching Demonstration Centers, and 3 Class A Qualified Design Research Institutes. Shaanxi Province has established the "Shaanxi Circular Economy Engineering Technology Institute", "Shaanxi New Urbanization and Human Settlement Environment Research Institute", and "Shaanxi Membrane Separation Technology Research Institute" based on the school.

At present, the total number of students of all types in the school is more than 36,000, including more than 20,000 full-time undergraduates, nearly 9,500 postgraduates, more than 200 international students; more than 1,800 full-time teachers. The university has 1 in-service academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1 academician of the South African Academy of Sciences, 9 alumni academicians, 1 National Outstanding Teacher, 1 National Model Teacher, 4 National Excellent Teachers, 3 National Model Teachers, 1 National Outstanding Educator, 1 National "May 1st" Labor Medal winner, 3 Distinguished Professors of the "Changjiang Scholars Program", 4 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, 1 winner of the National Outstanding Young Scientist Fund, 6 selectees of the "Ten Thousand Talents Program", 7 national-level selectees of the "Million Talents Project", 13 members of the National Teaching Steering Committee, and 7 members of the National Evaluation and Certification Committee. There are 4 young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions to the country, 3 young and middle-aged science and technology innovation leaders of the Ministry of Science and Technology, 2 winners of the China Youth Science and Technology Award, 13 people who enjoy special government allowances from the State Council, 3 candidates for the "New Century Excellent Talent Support Program" of the Ministry of Education, 1 team with the National Natural Science Foundation of China's Innovation Research Group Science Fund Project, 2 teams selected for the Ministry of Education's "Changjiang Scholars and Innovation Team Development Program", 2 Huang Danian-style teacher teams in national universities, and 3 national-level teaching teams, forming a faculty team with a neat lineup, reasonable structure, excellent quality and strong strength.

In recent years, the school has won 2 second prizes in the National Technological Invention Award and 9 second prizes in the National Science and Technology Progress Award. It has won a total of 10 national teaching achievement awards, 1 "Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Progress Award", 1 Science Exploration Award, and the first National Innovation Award. In the major national education and teaching reforms, the school has been selected as a national "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" implementation school, "Postgraduate Professional Degree Education Comprehensive Reform Pilot Unit" and "National High-level University Public Postgraduate Program Platform and Excellent Undergraduate International Exchange Program Implementation School"; selected as a "National Demonstration University for Deepening Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Reform" and "Engineering Master Education Innovation School"; selected as the first "National Graduate Employment Typical Experience University" by the Ministry of Education. The school's students have repeatedly achieved good results in competitions. Won 1 gold medal in the 5th China "Internet +" College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition; won 1 special prize in the 17th "Challenge Cup" National College Students Extracurricular Academic and Technological Works Competition, and won the national "Champion Cup"; won 3 gold medals in the 12th "Challenge Cup" China College Students Entrepreneurship Plan Competition, and won the national "Champion Cup"; won 3 first prizes in the 6th National College Students Art Exhibition; won the world's highest award in the 27th International Construction Association UIA College Students Architectural Design Competition; In addition, the National College Students Mathematical Modeling Competition, College Students English Competition, College Students Structural Design Competition, College Students Advanced Drawing, E-commerce "Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship" Challenge Competition, College BIM Graduation Design Innovation Competition, College Students Digital Art Design Competition, Metallographic Skills Competition, 3D Digitalization Competition and many other competitions have repeatedly won the highest awards. The school ranks 40th in the 2021 National College Students Competition Ranking.

Over the past 60 years since the merger, the university has taken root in the western part of the motherland, forged the school-running purpose of "inheriting civilization, creating the future, cultivating talents to revitalize the country, and enriching the people with science and technology", condensed the school motto of "self-reliance, honesty, seeking sources, and innovation", and established the fine school spirit of "being honest, solid foundation, simple style, and down-to-earth work". It has successively provided more than 300,000 pillars of both moral integrity and talent for national construction, and has become an important training base for national civil engineering, environmental municipal engineering, and material metallurgy talents.

The school adheres to the implementation of the "five-in-one" overall layout and the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, firmly implements the strategy of revitalizing the country through science and education, deeply implements the innovation-driven development strategy, based on the new development stage, implements the new development concept, and builds a new development pattern. Adhere to the school-running philosophy of "academic establishment, self-reliance and serving the country", comprehensively deepen reforms, promote connotation development, strive for self-improvement, and work hard to build a distinctive internationally renowned and domestically high-level university.

Looking to the future, the school will adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, implement the fundamental task of cultivating morality and educating people, uphold the school-running philosophy of "establishing the school with academics and serving the country with self-reliance", take root in the west, be based on the industry, seek truth and be pragmatic, work hard, and strive to build the school into a new international architectural technology highland with the most complete disciplines, the largest training scale, and the highest academic level along the Silk Road.

Source: Publicity Department, Updated: May 2022