Army Engineering University of the People’s Liberation Army, which was reorganized and established in 2017 on the basis of the PLA University of Science and Technology, the Main Body of the Ordnance Engineering College, the Chongqing Communications College, the Engineering Corps College, and the Wuhan Ordnance Noncommissioned Officer School, is a comprehensive engineering university that attaches equal importance to the cultivation of military talents and scientific research, and the integration of engineering technology and combat command. Located in Nanjing, Jiangsu, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties on the banks of the Yangtze River and where the humanities gather, the university headquarters has five internal colleges: the School of Communication Engineering, the Field Engineering College, the Command and Control Engineering College, the National Defense Engineering College, and the Graduate School, as well as the Shijiazhuang Campus (Shijiazhuang, Hebei), the Communication Noncommissioned Officer School (Chongqing), the Ordnance Noncommissioned Officer School (Wuhan, Hubei) and the Training Base (Xuzhou, Jiangsu).

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