The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences on Tuesday unveiled a School of Space Exploration in Beijing to strengthen the country's deep-space capacity and cultivate interdisciplinary talent.

The new school builds on three existing platforms for cutting-edge science, key technologies and strategic applications at the Beijing Huairou National Comprehensive Science City. It will add six facilities designed to expand training and research.

These platforms, spanning intelligent drone patrol flight simulation, end-to-end satellite science training and space-ground collaborative experimentation, are expected to give students an immersive environment that links classroom study with real world challenges.

The School of Space Exploration will cultivate not merely technical specialists confined to rocket manufacturing and spacecraft engineering, but interdisciplinary experts capable of addressing the full-spectrum, end-to-end demands of space exploration.

Student competencies will directly interface with breakthroughs in critical challenges -- encompassing engineering mastery in satellite fabrication, propulsion systems, and spaceship control alongside deep study of frontier disciplines spanning space science, life science, and artificial intelligence (AI).