中国民航大学是中国民用航空局直属的一所以培养民航高级工程技术和管理人才为主的高等学府，被誉为“中国民航人才的摇篮”。学校始建于1951年，历经多年发展，已成为一所具有工学、管理学、理学、经济学、法学等多学科协调发展的高等院校，在民航特色学科领域享有较高声誉。

Civil Aviation University of China is a key university directly under the Civil Aviation Administration of China, mainly cultivating advanced engineering and management talents for civil aviation, and is known as "the cradle of Chinese civil aviation talents". Founded in 1951, after years of development, the university has become an institution of higher learning with coordinated development of multiple disciplines such as engineering, management, science, economics, and law, enjoying a high reputation in the field of civil aviation characteristic disciplines.

学校现有天津东丽、宁河两个校区，总占地面积约2000亩，教学科研设施先进，拥有国家级实验教学示范中心、国家级虚拟仿真实验教学中心等多个高水平教学科研平台。学校紧密围绕民航强国战略需求，开设了飞行器动力工程、交通运输、航空宇航制造工程等一批民航特色优势专业，形成了覆盖民航产业链各个环节的学科专业体系。

The university currently has two campuses in Dongli and Ninghe, Tianjin, with a total area of about 2000 mu. It has advanced teaching and research facilities, including a national experimental teaching demonstration center, a national virtual simulation experimental teaching center and other high-level teaching and research platforms. Closely focusing on the strategic needs of building a strong civil aviation country, the university has set up a number of civil aviation characteristic and advantageous majors such as aircraft power engineering, transportation, and aeronautical and astronautical manufacturing engineering, forming a discipline and professional system covering all links of the civil aviation industry chain.