Public university in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Xidian University (西安电子科技大学; lit. 'Xi'an Electrical Science and Technology University') is a public university in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, SASTIND, and China Electronics Technology Group Corporation. The university is part of the Double First-Class Construction and Project 211.
Xidian University focuses on electronics and information education and research, and has programs covering engineering, computer science, management, economics, liberal arts and social sciences.
History
The predecessor of Xidian University is the Central Military Commission Radio School, which was born in Ruijin, Jiangxi Province in 1931. It has gone through historical periods such as the Central Military Commission Radio Communication School, the North China Military Region Telecommunication Engineering College, the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Commission Engineering School, and the Chinese People's Liberation Army Communications Engineering College. It moved to Xi'an in 1958.[1]
In 1966, the college was converted into a local organization and renamed Northwest Telecommunications Engineering College. In 1988, it was renamed Xi'an University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. The school had been affiliated with the Central Military Commission, the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the Sixth Machinery Department, the Fourth Machinery Department, the Ministry of Electronics Industry, the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics, and the Ministry of Information Industry. In 2000, it was transferred to the Ministry of Education.[1]
Research
Research at Xidian University consists of:
- Telecommunication Engineering
- Signal and Information Processing
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Microelectronics, IC design
Xidian University has four State Key Laboratories:
- The State Key Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing
- The State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Network
- The State Key Laboratory of Antennas and Microwave Technology
- The State Key Laboratory of Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Technology
Xidian University has 5 Key Labs of Ministry of Education:
- Intelligent Perception Image Understanding
- Electronic Information Countermeasure and Simulation Technology
- Super high-speed Circuit Design and Electromagnetic Compatibility
- Electronic Equipment Structure
- Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Materials Devices
Xidian has 17 Provincial Key Labs:
- Network and System Security
- Wireless Communications
- Computer Peripherals &Instruments
- general-purpose Electronic Devices Measurement
- New Semiconductor Materials Instruments
- Electric System Integration Design Techniques
- Computer Network Information Security
- Microwave Communication Techniques
- Intelligent Materials and Sensors
- Electronic Countermeasure
- Biomedical Engineering
- Wireless Physics
- Electro-mechanics
- Mathematical Modeling
- Software Systematic Engineering
- Microcircuit High Reliability Techniques
- New Laser Instrument and Optical Information Processing
