Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA; simplified Chinese: 南京航空航天大学; traditional Chinese: 南京航空航天大學; pinyin: Nánjīng Hángkōng Hángtīan Dàxué) is a university located in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. In Chinese, the university name is sometimes shortened to Nanhang, or 南航, meaning Nanjing Astronautics. The university has two campuses, Ming Palace (明故宫) campus and Jiangjunlu (将军路) campus. The school was founded in October 1952, as the Nanjing College of Aviation Industry. In 1956 it was renamed as Nanjing Aeronautical Institute, and, in 1993 as the current name, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, (NUAA), (南京航空航天大学) mainly offers courses in science and engineering and strives for the coordinated development in applied science, management, humanities and social sciences with the combined features of aeronautics, civil aviation and astronautics. It is among the nation's first institutions of higher learning authorized to grant degrees of Doctor, Master and Bachelor. In 1996 it succeeded in becoming one of the China's 100 most key universities for the 21st century (China's 211 Project).