Civil Aviation University of China (simplified Chinese: 中国民航大学; traditional Chinese: 中國民航大學; pinyin: Zhōngguó Mínháng Dàxué) is a national university in Tianjin, China under the Civil Aviation Administration of China. The university was established in 1951 to provide civil aviation tertiary education and training for new pilots in China. It is next to the Tianjin Binhai International Airport. CAUC consists of two campus, the northern and the southern campuses, with a total area 1.03 million m. The university founded in 1951 began as a dedicated civil aviation university for the People's Republic of China. CAUC celebrated her 50th. anniversary on September 22, 2001 in Tianjin. The University is administered by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, which comes under the umbrella of the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China. The university has grown to over 1000 staff. This include 450 teaching staff, including 34 full professors, 162 associate professors, nearly 200 master degree or doctor degree holders. In addition, 93 experts or scholars are engaged as visiting professors to the university.