National public aviation university in Guanghan, Sichuan, China
This article is about the civil flight training university. For the university for civil aviation engineering technology and management, see Civil Aviation University of China.
Civil Aviation Flight University of China
中国民用航空飞行学院
Motto
Lofty Aspiration, Far-reaching Flight, Profound Knowledge and Great Perseverance
The Civil Aviation Flight University of China (CAFUC; 中国民用航空飞行学院) is the national civil flight training university of China, headquartered in Guanghan, Sichuan, China. It is owned by the Civil Aviation Administration of China and co-funded by the Sichuan Provincial People's Government.
The university is the largest civil aviation university in Asia and the world's largest flight training institution.[1]
CAFUC is the only full-time regular institution of higher education mainly for civil aviation pilots and controllers, from which nearly 90% civil aviation captains and 50% air traffic controllers graduated. With its headquarter located in Guanghan City, Sichuan Province, CAFUC, covering a total area of 10.66 square kilometers (2636 acres), owns five airports as its sub-colleges for flight training, which are Xinjin Airport, Guanghan Airport, Luoyang Airport, Mianyang Airport, and Suining Airport.[1]
CAFUC was founded on May 26, 1956 by Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) in the name of Aviation College of CAAC. On September 22 of the same year, CAFUC was transferred to the administration of Chinese National Defense and named after The 14th Aviation College of People's Liberation Army (PLA). On October 25, 1963, CAFUC became Advanced Chinese Civil Aviation College after a negotiation and discussion between CAAC and Chinese Air Force. On May 19, 1971, CAFUC was again brought into the system of Chinese Air Force. In 1980, CAFUC returned to the administration of CAAC and was listed among the colleges for higher education. Since December 15, 1987, CAFUC has been entitled as Civil Aviation Flight University of China.[1]
Today CAFUC has more than 16,000 full-time students, 5 airports and 262 airplanes. There are more than 3300 faculties and 1300 teachers working in CAFUC. Among them there are more than 400 people who enjoy respectful titles such as first-class pilot, honored pilot, winner of special government allowance, expert in ICAO and senior engineer. CAFUC is the largest civil aviation university in Asia and has contributed more than 100,000 graduates for civil aviation of China as well as of other Asian and African countries.[1]
Facilities
Besides covering a total area of 10.66 square kilometers (2636 acres), CAFUC also possesses various valuable facilities for education, worthing more than 6.2 billion Yuan (1 billion US dollars):[2]
5 airports for flight training purpose, among which both Luoyang Airport and Mianyang Airport are also served as commercial airports with more than 1 million registered passenger traffic and total traffic movements;[2]
In total 262 airplanes for different training levels and 45 sets of 360 degrees flight simulators;[2]
The exclusively state-of-the-art air traffic control system with 360-degree full view built in the ATC tower building in campus;[1][2]
The largest library of civil aviation in China with more than 1 million books, more than 3 million e-books and 33 international database.[2]
Research
CAFUC has in total 7 key labs including key national bases for scientific research of flight technology and aviation safety, digital simulation research lab (cooperate with Wisesoft Co., Ltd.) and key research lab for flight in plateau. In recent 5 years, CAFUC has launched 33 national projects such as ‘the 863 project’, Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China and Major Program of National Philosophy and Social Science Foundation of China, and won more than 127 national prizes in science and technology.[1]
International Collaboration
CAFUC has received international students from countries in Asia and Africa since early 1960s, from which more than 6000 international students preparing to become pilots, air traffic controllers and maintenance personnel have achieved their graduation. Since then, CAFUC has established wide connections with a wealth of international organizations and companies including ICAO, IATA, FAA, Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA), Boeing, Airbus, EADS, SNECMA, GE and IAE. Since the year 2000, more than 5000 students have studied abroad in the US, UK and Australia. Currently there are about 25 visiting scholars from all over the world.[1]
College of Flight Technology mainly conducts theoretical teaching for junior pilot students as well as for inflight pilots. Currently, the college has more than 80 faculty members which are involved in 4 teaching groups: Flight mechanics, Basis of flight technology, Aviation psychology and Navigation. Meanwhile, it has been a leading power in the research of flight technologies, security and human factors. The college is also home to some research/teaching labs including Flight simulation, Psychology of pilots, Wind tunnel and Advanced navigation technologies.[citation needed]
Aviation Engineering Institute
Air vehicle propulsion engineering
Aircraft manufacturing engineering
Electronic and information engineering
Electrical and automation engineering
Security engineering
Airworthiness engineering
School of Airport Engineering and Transportation Management
Business management
Marketing
Logistics management
Traffic engineering
School of Computer Technology
Computer science and technology
Information and computation science
School of Foreign Language Studies
English
School of Cabin Attendants
Cabin attendants
School of Air Security Protection
Air safety guard
Air security inspection
Center of Aviation English Study (School of Continuing Education)
