NIAOT is also one of the certified educational bases，offering doctor、master degree and postdoctoral programs in the fields of astronomical instrumentation and technology，and is in collaboration with a number of internationally renowned astronomical observatories and astrophysics institutes in cultivating young scientific and technical talents。

By now the institute has professors more than 20，including two CAS academicians and one academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering。At present the number of postgraduates in study is approximate 60 as well as number of postdoctorals in station is 4。