PLA Information Engineering University

{{Short description|Chinese military university}}

{{Expand Chinese|topic=mil|date=July 2018}}

{{Infobox university

| name = Information Engineering University

| native_name = 中国人民解放军信息工程大学

| native_name_lang = zh

| image = Information Engineering University Logo.png

| image_size = 240px

| caption = Logo of the Information Engineering Institute

| other_name = Zhengzhou Information Science and Technology Institute

| former_name = PLA Information Engineering Institute

| established = {{start date and age|1999}}

| parent = People's Liberation Army

| coordinates = {{wikidatacoord|display=it}}

| website = {{Official URL}}

}}

The Information Engineering University{{Cite web |title=PLA deploys 5,700 to aid disaster relief efforts after C China floods |url=http://eng.mod.gov.cn/xb/News_213114/TopStories/4889874.html |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=eng.mod.gov.cn}} (IEU) is a military university in Zhengzhou, Henan, under the People's Liberation Army. It was established in 1999.{{cite book |last1=Shambaugh |first1=David |url=https://archive.org/details/modernizingchina0000sham/page/79 |title=Modernizing China's Military : Progress, Problems, and Prospects |publisher=University of California Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-520-24238-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/modernizingchina0000sham/page/79 79–80] |author-link=David Shambaugh}} Before that, it was named as the PLA Information Engineering Institute.

The name Zhengzhou Information Science and Technology Institute is used as a cover by researchers from the university, when they wish to hide their affiliation with the Chinese military. The name Zhengzhou Institute of Surveying and Mapping has been used for a similar purpose – that institute, officially known as the PLA Institute of Surveying and Mapping, was integrated into the PLA Information Engineering University in 1999.{{Cite report |url=https://www.aspi.org.au/report/picking-flowers-making-honey |title=Picking flowers, making honey. The Chinese military's collaboration with foreign universities |last=Joske |first=Alex |date=30 October 2018 |publisher=Australian Strategic Policy Institute |author-link=Alex Joske |access-date=7 July 2020}}

It is reputed to be a center for information warfare research.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/r/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/03/08/National-Security/Graphics/USCC_Report_Chinese_Capabilities_for_Computer_Network_Operations_and_Cyber_%20Espionage.pdf|title=Occupying the Information High Ground: Chinese Capabilities for Computer Network Operations and Cyber Espionage|publisher=U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission|author1=Bryan Krekel |author2=Patton Adams |author3=George Bakos |author4=Northrop Grumman Corp. |date=March 7, 2012|access-date=2013-02-18}}