
Chang’an University
Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
عن الجامعة
Chang’an University, or CHD, is a national key university. Under the direct leadership of the Ministry of Education, it is listed under Project 211,Project 985 Innovation Platform, and Double First-Class Project of China. Located in Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, CHD has two campuses and three training bases, with a total area of 250 hectares.
In —, CHD was first built as Xi’an Highway University. Merged with Xi’an Engineering Institute and Northwest Institute of Construction Engineering, it was later renamed as Chang’an University in —. Since —, CHD has been successively financed and supported by Ministry of Education, Ministry of Transport, People’s Government of Shaanxi Province, Ministry of Natural Resources, and Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.
CHD has 23 schools and departments which offer advanced degree programs in 7 major fields, namely, engineering, science, management, economics, philosophy, law and literature. Many research institutions are launched in the new era, such as Modern Transportation Research Institute, Qinling Ecological Environment Research Institute, Yellow River Research Institute, Sichuan-Tibet Railway Engineering Research Institute, Hangzhou Future Transportation Research Institute, and Xiong’an Modern Industry Research Institute. CHD has 4 academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Singapore Academy of Engineering. CHD faculty is composed of over — professors and associate professors, including 267 doctoral supervisors and 931 master supervisors. At present, CHD has over — registered undergraduates, — master’s and doctor’s candidates, and — international students.
CHD has 9 first-level disciplines in doctoral level, 33 first-level disciplines in master’s level, and 9 post-doctoral research centers. Four disciplines, namely, engineering, earth science, materials science, environmental science and ecology, are listed top 1% of ESI. There are 82 undergraduate majors currently. Twenty-three undergraduate majors are selected as first-class majors in the National Double Ten Thousand Plan, and seventeen undergraduate majors have got the certification of national engineering. The discipline of civil engineering and transportation ranks 44 globally according to U.S. News university rankings.
CHD is known as the cradle of highway and transportation talents. Over the years, it has produced more than — outstanding professionals at home and abroad. Among CHD alumni, many of them have worked as engineers, scientists, politicians and entrepreneurs, such as Su Quanke, chief engineer of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Ding Han, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Feng Zhenglin, director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China. CHD has been selected as the national practice base and national experienced university on innovation and entrepreneurship of college students.
CHD has 3 national experimental teaching centers, 15 provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers, 2 national engineering laboratories, 1 international joint laboratory, 1 national applied mathematics center, and 62 provincial and ministerial level key research bases. Connected and automated vehicle test field, built exclusively at CHD in domestic universities, is recognized by the Ministry of Transport as one of the country's three national closed field test base of autonomous driving.
CHD attaches great importance to academic innovation, creating a four-in-one scientific and technological innovation system of “great teams, grand platforms, major projects and fruitful achievements”. The scientific research funding exceeds 850 million RMB annually. The awarded projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China and National Social Science Fund of China exceed 110 every year. In recent years, CHD won 22 first and second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. More than — patents are authorized each year. CHD has successively overcome the complete set of scientific and technological problems in road construction in special areas, developed a disaster warning system for loess landslides and large-scale collapses, and solved the problem of ground fissure risk prevention in subway construction. In the new era, the university actively deploys interdisciplinary strategies, such as ‘wisdom+’, ‘green+’ and ‘big data+’, aiming to transform and upgrade traditional industry in the future.
CHD focuses on the promotion and application of its scientific research results, applied in marvelous constructions of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Beijing Daxing International Airport, Hutong Yangtze River Bridge, Qinghai-Tibet Highway, QinlingZhongnanshan Highway Tunnel and Yujing Expressway. The university has established in-depth strategic partnerships with dozens of Fortune 500 companies.