Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics was established in 1949.  It is the only aeronautical university in Henan Province and is among the original 6 affiliated universities of China Ministry of Aeronautics & Astronautics.  In its development, 70 years are with aeronautical industry historically.  In 2017, ZUA was selected as National Basic Ability Construction Project of Western and Central China. In 2018, Henan provincial government and CAAC（Civil Aviation Administration of China） signed the agreement with ZUA, which represents  ZUA  is now co-sponsored  on  Henan Province and ministry level.

ZUA now has 7 disciplines, including management, engineering, economics, law, literature, science and art, with 18 major schools and departments.  The university has 1,075 full-time teachers, including 107 professors, 323 associate professors, 392 teachers with doctoral degrees, and 1,010 teachers with master's degrees or above. ZUA has at present over 28,000 full-time students and over 100 international students from 13 countries and regions.

Now ZUA actively participated in the construction of Zhengzhou Aeronautical Economy Experimental Zone. With John Kasarda’s  Work  Station  and a group of  aeronautical economic experts and scholars as Guest professors，an Aeronautical Economy Collaborative Innovation Center has  been established, which has even been enrolled in Henan Collaborative Innovation Center Construction Project. ZUA also set up an Expert Advisory Committee made up of a group of CEOs or CFOs of aeronautical industry companies as China Aviation Industry Corporation, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China LTD, China Aviation Engine Group Co. LTD etc. and cooperated in enterprise production, academic study and scientific research. 

The university attaches greatimportanceto exchanges and cooperation at home and abroad. It cooperates with more than 20 foreign universities such as University of Southern California, Florida Institute of Technology, Northwestern University and Ottawa University of Canada to carry out many kinds of in-depth exchanges of students and teachers, scientific research cooperation, etc. ZUA co-established a Confucius Institute at the University of Dodoma, Tanzania. It works with the University of Highlands and Islands and Warsaw Humanities and Social Sciences University in terms of undergraduate projects, signed a strategic contract with China Aviation Industry Corporation, co-trained student pilots with Beihang University. It is working with Florida Institute of Technology and Henan Yuanjie Co. Ltd. to set up a flight school. The university has built the first French-language alliance base in Henan province and the first Henan base of the China University of Political Science and Law's hard cases research center.

Adhering to the operation philosophy of “highlighting the discipline of aeronautics with a combination of management and polytechnics”, ZUA, located in the Central Plains, strives for abetter service for the aviation industry and regional economic development through its unique characteristics and a higher level of school operation. The university is now pushing forward toaccomplish a higher-level aeronautical university that enjoys unique characteristics, reasonable structure and ever innovative, coordinated and sustainable development.

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