Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU; Chinese: 西北工业大学) is a national key public research university in Xi’an, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
The university is a Chinese national Class A Double First Class University.[1] It is also a member of the former Project 985 and Project 211.
NPU specializes in education and research in the fields of aeronautical, astronautical and marine engineering. As of 2012, NPU had 13,736 graduate students (3,063 full-time doctorate candidates, 7,087 master candidates, 3,586 professional degree candidates) and 14,395 undergraduate students.
As of 2021, Northwestern Polytechnical University was listed as one of the top 450 universities in both the Academic Ranking of World Universities and the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking.
Rankings and reputation
As of 2021, Northwestern Polytechnical University was listed as one of the world’s top 450th universities in both the Academic Ranking of World Universities and the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking.
As of 2022, NPU ranked 25th in the Best Chinese Universities Ranking compiled by Shanghai Ruanke. And, NPU’s engineering ranked the tenth among China’s engineering universities.
According to the results of the third Evaluation of Disciplines by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, the ranks of parts of NPU’s disciplines are shown below.
| Discipline | Rank |
|---|---|
| Material Science and Engineering | 3 |
| Aeronautical and Astronautical Science and Technology | 1 |
| Armament Science and Technology | 3 |
| Marine Science and Application | 5 |
| Dynamics | 7 |
| Computer Science and Technology | 12 |
| Mechanics Engineering | 14 |
| Control Science and Engineering | 14 |
| Transportation Engineering | 15 |
| Electronic Science and Engineering | 17 |
| Instrument Science and Technology | 18 |
| Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics | 18 |
| Information and Communication Engineering | 20 |
| Electrical Engineering | 23 |
| BiomedicalEngineering | 23 |
| Optical Engineering | 24 |
| Architecture | 26 |
| Mathematics | 36 |
| Chemistry | 39 |
| Civil Engineering | 46 |
| Business Administration | 50 |
| Foreign Languages and Literatures | 52 |
| Public Management | 55 |
| Applied Economics | 58 |
| Biology | 64 |
| Marxist Theory | 69 |
| Laws | 72 |