noun
Northwestern Polytechnical University; NPU
Proper noun referring to a specific university in China. Often abbreviated as NPU in English contexts.
彼は西北工業大学で航空工学を学んだ。
He studied aeronautical engineering at Northwestern Polytechnical University.
The name is composed of 西北 (northwest), 工業 (industry/engineering), and 大学 (university), directly translating the English name.