The departments of China Southern Airlines are arranged according to the time of their establishment.

The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics was founded in 2006.

After the establishment of the institute, the Department of Aerospace Control, Department of Aerospace Information and Application, and Department of Space Science and Application were successively established.

In 2013, the Microsatellite Research Center and the Institute of Biomimetic Structure and Material Protection of the former High-tech Research Institute were merged into the School of Aerospace Science.

As of November 2017, the college has 6 departments, research institutes (centers), 4 undergraduate majors, 5 second-level discipline doctoral programs, 1 first-level discipline master's degree program and 8 second-level discipline master's degree programs, 3

There are 9 professional master's degree programs and 96 faculty members.

Extended information: The emblem of the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics consists of two parts: text and pattern, and is composed of five elements including the English abbreviation of the school name, the Chinese name of the school, plum blossoms, spacecraft (also in the shape of cedar), and trajectory.

The composition is concise and lively, the interface is friendly, and the virtual and the real are combined. The overall emblem of the college is integrated with arts and sciences, rich in connotation, and profound in meaning.

As of November 2017, the college has undertaken 5 National Natural Science Foundation key projects, 5 major international cooperation projects, 34 National Natural Science Foundation general projects, 38 National Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund projects, and national “973” sub-projects.

1 project, 23 "863" projects, 6 national defense pre-research projects, 7 general assembly pre-research projects, more than 100 provincial and ministerial projects of various types, and published more than 870 academic papers (of which more than 180 are included in SCI and EI)

More than 230 articles), and 114 authorized invention patents.

Independently developed and successfully launched the "Skyscanner-1" satellite.

He won 1 second-class National Science and Technology Progress Award, 1 first-class and second-class Ministry of Education Technology Invention Award, and 2 second-class National Defense Science and Technology Progress Awards.