On June 8, the reporter learned from the Municipal Education Bureau that the 500 mu main building of Hubei University of Aeronautics will be basically completed by the end of this year, which will ensure the smooth passing of the evaluation made by the expert group that is responsible for the establishment of college and university set by the Ministry of Education.

　　It is learnedthatHubeiUniversity of Aeronautics is located in the Dianjunarea, Qiaobiantown, by tripartite cooperationof Wuhan MidlandReal Estate Co., Ltd., Hna AviationGroup Co., Ltd., HubeiEducation Investment Co., Ltd., coveringan area of about 1000 mu, total construction area of 600,000 square meters, the main constructionwill bethe administrative office building, teaching building, library, teachers' apartment, entrepreneurship center, dining room and supporting facilities, etc.

　　The total investment of the project is about 2 billion yuan, of which the estimated total investment in the first phase is 1.2 billion yuan, funded by Hubei Three Gorges Education Development Co., Ltd. The duration of project construction will be from 2020 to 2025, and the duration of phase I project construction will be from 2020 to 2021. We will strive for the official enrollment in September 2021.

　　According to the introduction, the school is an application-oriented private university with an undergraduate level and a scale of 10,000 students, including 5,000 students in the first phase and more than 280 full-time teachers. It plans to open 10 second-level colleges and 34 majors orprofessional directions.

　　As a key project of the city, the establishment of Hubei University of Aeronauticshas been included in the Ministry of Education, Hubei Province "13th Five-Year" higher education development planandthe provincial key project category in 2020.

　　"After the school is officially opened, it will help enrich the types of colleges and universities in Hubei province, optimize the regional layout of higher education in Hubei Province, provide strong talent and intellectual support for the development of the aviation industry in our province, and also help Yichang to introduce and retain talents to serve the high-quality development of regional economy and society."said by relevant person in Municipal Education Bureau.

　　At present, the school construction work is progressing in an orderly way.(Reporter: Fu Jiangshan; Correspondent: Qu Youqiang, )