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The Rocket Force University of Engineering () a military university in
Baqiao Baqiao District () is one of 11 districts of the prefecture-level city of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, Northwest China. The district borders Gaoling District to the north, Lintong District to the northeast, Chang'an District to the sou ...
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Xi'an Xi'an is the list of capitals in China, capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populou ...
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Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...
, China. It is affiliated with the
People's Liberation Army Rocket Force The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, formerly the Second Artillery Corps, is the strategic missile, strategic and tactical missile force of the People's Republic of China. The PLARF is the 4th military branch, branch of the People's Li ...
. The university consists of 3 colleges and 7 departments. At present, the university has 90 research institutions and research centers, including 1 national engineering research centre, 4 national key laboratories.


History

PLA Second Artillery Engineering University was founded in January 1951, it was initially called "PLA Northwest Military Region Artillery Command College", then it was renamed "PLA First Artillery Command College". In 1956, it was renamed again and called "PLA Xi'an Artillery Command College". In 1959, Teach Brigade of the Department of Defense and 15th PLA Air Force College of Aeronautics merged into the university. The university changed to its currently in January, following the name change of
Second Artillery Corps The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, formerly the Second Artillery Corps, is the strategic and tactical missile force of the People's Republic of China. The PLARF is the 4th branch of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and controls Ch ...
to Rocket Force.


Schools and Departments

* College of Science * College of Basic Education for Commanding Officers * College of Professional Technology for Officers * Department of Measurement and Control Engineering * Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation * Department of Electronic Engineering * Department of Weapons and Launch Systems Engineering * Department of Flight Vehicle Propulsion Engineering * Department of Nuclear Technology and Security * Department of Management Engineering * Department of Environmental Engineering * Department of Fire Control and Command and Control Engineering * Department of Mechanical Engineering and Automation * Department of Communication Engineering * Department of Information Security * Department of Information Engineering * Department of Command Information System Engineering


Notable alumni

* Liu Zheng


See also

* Academic institutions of the armed forces of China


Notes


References

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