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. 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. From Wikipedia
