Directly under the jurisdiction of Civil Aviation Administration of China, CAUC is located in Tianjin on the border of Bohai Sea, adjacent to Tianjin Binhai International Airport. Occupying an area of 1.1 million square meters, the university has an enrollment of over 24,000 students, dedicating itself to fostering advanced engineering technicians and senior management personnel for the civil aviation industry. Conforming to its guiding principle of “setting its foothold on the civil aviation industry, serving the entire society and embracing the whole world”, CAUC has grown to cover all the necessary disciplines within the civil aviation industry, which integrates the two disciplinary groups –Aviation Science undefinedamp; Technology and Transportation Engineering, functioning as an important base for cultivating professional talents and offering scientific and technical support for China’s civil aviation industry.

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