National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) is a comprehensive national key university under the dual supervision of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Education, designated for Project 211 and Project 985, the two national plans for facilitating the development of Chinese higher education. NUDT was originally founded in 1953 as the Military Academy of Engineering in Harbin of Heilongjiang Province. In 1970 the Academy of Engineering moved southwards to Changsha and was renamed Changsha Institute of Technology. The Institute changed its name to National University of Defense Technology in 1978. NUDT is located in the urban area of Changsha, capital city of Hunan Province in South-Central China, covering a total area of 373 hectares.
Over 50 years later, NUDT has developed into a comprehensive university of sciences, engineering, military science, management, economics, philosophy, literature, education, law, and history. The university consists of 10 colleges, under with there are over 40 departments, institutes and laboratories, 4 national key laboratories and 1 ke..
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