The school of civil aviation of Northwestern Polytechnical University was established in December 2018. Its predecessor is the school of civil aviation engineering of Northwestern Polytechnical University (1994), which was jointly established by Northwestern Polytechnical University, Beijing aircraft maintenance Engineering Co., Ltd. (AMECO) and China Northwest Airlines with the approval of China Aviation Industry Corporation and CAAC.

The college has national 211 and 985 discipline construction platforms and two doctoral degree authorization points of Aerospace Science and technology and mechanics. The bird strike branch of CAAC is attached to the school of civil aviation of Northwestern Polytechnical University. Under the guidance of the national "double first-class" strategy, the college adheres to the construction goal of "building a first-class college, running a first-class major and cultivating first-class talents", aiming at the international forefront in an all-round way. Around the aircraft safety and security technology, aircraft airworthiness certification technology and UAV airworthiness technology and management to carry out personnel training, discipline construction and scientific research.