Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is an elite university established in 1952. It is a part of Chinese Ministry of Education, Double First Class Discipline University. The university is said to be the most comprehensive and practical Aeronautics institutions worldwide. The university is considered to be one of its kind across China and other Asian countries. The Aeronautics university is spread across 400 acre of land comprising of research institutions and practical Laboratories for the essential practical work required for education. The university comprises of around 14,000 students pursuing various professional courses in across several fields. The faculty population comprises of 700 making the student to teacher ratio around 15:1 The endowment value of the university is around 1 billion dollars as it has received a lot of donations and monetary help from not just the government of China, but from other aeronautic institutions around the world.