Beihang University

I. Educational Objectives

Based on the education background and development need of oversea students, our Electronic Information Sciences are committed to developing advanced talents that: meet the needs of social development; have high moral integrity and social responsibility; are sound both in body and mind; have a solid grasp of natural science basics and essential expertise; possess good ability in learning, practice, specialty and innovation, as well as team spirit and international outlook. Training professionals in aircraft conceptual design, structural design, configuration design, performance calculation and analysis, structure stress and analysis, airworthiness certification, fault diagnosis and maintenance, aircraft environmental control and life support, etc. 

II. Study Period 

Study Period：4 Years， Maximum: 6 Years (not including military service time)

Degrees Conferred: Bachelor of Engineering

III. Characteristics

Established in the early days of new China by merging the Aircraft Design majors from many famous universities’ Aerospace Engineering schools, BUAA’s Aircraft Design and Engineering is one of the first majors in China to offer PhD and Master’s degree programs, as well as one of the first post-doctoral research stations. In 1992, it was named the first among the nation’s similar disciplines, and now it is a national key discipline. Every year, the discipline undertakes or participates in the research tasks from many funding and projects, including the pre-research and development of national aircraft, national “973” Project, “863” High-tech Plan, and National Natural Science Foundations. It has developed China’s first light civil airplane named “Beijing-1”, China’s first high-altitude and high-speed unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and China’s first co-axial helicopter. The major bears the following features: 1. High domestic status. Since 1950s, BUAA’s aircraft design has formed an eminent tradition and accumulated rich experience in academic research and engineering practice, enjoying a good reputation in China aviation and aerospace fields. The first-level discipline of Aeronautic and Astronautic Science and Technology to which it is affiliated ranks first in the country. 2. Comprehensive research. The research covers the fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, micro air vehicles (MAVs), tactical missiles/rocket projectiles, aerospace planes, etc. Ithas formed a comprehensive and stable disciplinary framework which is of prominent national defence features. In particular, its helicopter research has made remarkable progress during the past decade. 3. Prominent model features. It has assumed a number of national model projects, including the national key model project “coaxial twin-rotor helicopter”, with remarkable results achieved. 4. It leads the nation’s light aircraft and coaxial unmanned helicopter design technology, stealth design technology, aeroelastic design technology, advanced aircraft structure design, flight mechanics, etc.

Aircraft Design and Engineering major offers the following orientations for students to choose: aircraft design, helicopter design, technology and management of airworthiness and flight mechanics. The graduates mainly engage in the design, experiment, research, operation and maintenance of aeroplanes, rockets, missiles, satellites, etc. They can also embark on the design, research and teaching of civilian machinery, transportation engineering, ship and marine engineering, industrial and civil construction engineering, software engineering, etc. 

IV. Program Structure and Modules

There are three course modules: Foundation Courses, General Education (GE) Courses, Major Courses. 

V. Main Major courses

Theoretical Mechanics A(1)、Theoretical Mechanics A(2)、Mechanics of Materials A、Aerodynamics A、Descriptive Geometry、Mechanical Drawing、Basics of Machine Design A(1)、Fundamentals of Thermal Engineering (1)、Automatic Control Theory B、Flight Mechanics、Aircraft Conceptual Design、Aircraft Structural Design、Structural Mechanics of Aircraft、Graduation Project.