Beijing Union University

Beijing Union University is a comprehensive university under the Beijing Municipal Government established in 1985 with the approval of the Ministry of Education. Its predecessor was 36 university branch campuses established by Beijing in 1978 relying on Tsinghua University, Peking University, etc. After more than 40 years of construction and development, the school's comprehensive strength has been significantly enhanced, forming 10 disciplines including economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, medicine, management, and art, which support each other and develop in a coordinated manner, with undergraduate education It is a comprehensive talent training system that focuses on the coordinated development of graduate education, higher vocational education, continuing education and international student education. It is a key applied talent training base in Beijing and one of the largest universities in Beijing.

The school implements the strategy of "establishing the school academically, strengthening the school with talents, and developing the school through openness", continuously promotes connotative development, and strives to build a high-level application-oriented university. The school takes it as its own responsibility to cultivate high-quality applied talents that meet the needs of the country, especially the capital’s economic and social development. Since its establishment, the school has trained more than 200,000 graduates for the country. They are active in all walks of life in the country’s economic and social construction. Many graduates Students have become leaders and business backbones of government departments and large enterprises.

The school currently has School of Applied Arts and Sciences, Teachers College, School of Business, School of Biochemical Engineering, School of Tourism, School of Continuing Education, School of Smart City, School of Robotics, School of Urban Rail Transit and Logistics, School of Management, School of Special Education, School of Art, There are 14 colleges including the School of Applied Science and Technology and the School of Marxism.

A metropolitan university in the inner circle of the capital

After years of development, Beijing Union University has formed a school-running structure that combines concentration and decentralization with the North Fourth Ring Campus as the center. Most of the campuses are located in the core areas of Beijing.

Here, you can not only appreciate the grandeur and splendor of the Olympic Center, feel the rigor and richness of the academic atmosphere on Xueyuan Road, but also appreciate the prosperity and bustle of the CBD Financial Center, and feel the profound and broad cultural heritage of old Beijing, the capital of the imperial city.

The school is a digital campus model school in Beijing. By connecting the campus networks of each campus, it can realize high-quality classroom video interconnection and the sharing of excellent educational and teaching resources in each campus.

Coordinated development of disciplines and professional systems

The school proactively adapts to the needs of the country and Beijing’s economic construction and social development, continuously integrates and optimizes the structure of disciplines and majors, and condenses the characteristics of disciplines and majors. It has initially formed a discipline and professional system with optimized structure, reasonable layout, obvious application characteristics, and coordinated development of multiple disciplines. The school currently offers 70 undergraduate majors, covering ten major disciplines including economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, management, art, and medicine. 8 undergraduate majors have been approved as national first-class undergraduate major construction sites, and 14 undergraduate majors have been approved as Beijing municipal first-class undergraduate major construction sites. Three undergraduate majors have been approved as “key first-class majors” in universities in Beijing. 5 undergraduate majors have been rated as national-level characteristic major construction sites, and 7 undergraduate majors have been rated as Beijing-level characteristic major construction sites. One major was approved as a national-level undergraduate major comprehensive reform pilot, and three majors were approved as a Beijing municipal-level undergraduate major comprehensive reform pilot. The strength and level of our school's undergraduate majors have been further improved. 18 undergraduate majors have entered the top 20% of the country's rankings (RCCSE), providing candidates with a broad choice of majors.

The school has two cutting-edge disciplines in Beijing, Beijing Studies and Business Administration, and 9 disciplines including Marxist Theory, Archeology, Chinese History, Geography, Food Science and Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Business Administration, and Design. Master's degree authorized first-level disciplines, with 10 master's degree categories in finance, law, education, journalism and communication, cultural relics and museums, transportation, traditional Chinese medicine, accounting, tourism management, and library and information. Among them, the field of vocational and technical education is a pilot area for the professional master's degree in education under the Degree Office of the Ministry of Education. The professional master's degree in traditional Chinese medicine for visually impaired students has filled the gap in domestic higher special education. These provide students with a good space for development and further study.

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the school will combine the discipline layout and the characteristics of a comprehensive university, take discipline construction as the leader, regard discipline construction as an important task to improve the school's comprehensive strength and talent training capabilities, and drive discipline construction with high-level discipline leaders. Use high-level discipline construction to promote the construction of high-level teachers, the application of high-level results, and the training of high-level applied talents, drive the overall reform and career development, aggregate "comprehensive" advantages, and achieve high-quality connotative development.

Harmonious teaching and scientific research

The school aims to cultivate high-quality applied talents with firm beliefs, unity of knowledge and action, solid basic knowledge, strong practical ability, strong sense of social responsibility, innovative and entrepreneurial spirit and sustainable development capabilities. Guided by the OBE educational philosophy, the school continues to Deepen the reform of education and teaching. In recent years, the school has been approved as 8 national-level first-class undergraduate major construction sites, 1 national-level talent training model innovation experimental area, 2 national-level experimental teaching demonstration centers, 1 national-level virtual simulation experimental teaching center, and national-level off-campus 1 practical education base, 1 national teaching team, 4 national quality courses, 2 national quality resource sharing courses, 1 national video open course, 9 national quality textbooks, "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" ordinary higher education 15 types of planning textbooks for undergraduate education, etc.

The school currently has 5 national teaching platforms and 10 municipal teaching platforms; it has won 6 national teaching achievement awards and 64 municipal teaching achievement awards; 6 projects have been selected into the new engineering research and practice projects of the Ministry of Education. It has 14 national, provincial and ministerial level scientific research platforms, and 2 academician scientific research workstations; the school also has 41 school-level scientific research institutions such as the Human Settlements Research Center, the Small and Medium Enterprises Research Center, and the Urban and Regional Development Institute. In recent years, he has presided over 1 National Science and Technology Support Plan project, 85 National Natural Science Foundation projects, and 82 National Social Science Foundation projects, including "Research on Intelligent Car Driving Brain Cognition Technology, Platform and Transformation" and "Research on the Construction of Chinese Braille Corpus" Eight projects including "Research and Development and Application Demonstration of Intelligent Excavation and Display Technology of Museum Cultural Tourism Value", "Research on the Scientific Connotation and Evaluation System of World Tourism Powers" and "Research on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Labor Market and the Transformation of Workers' Knowledge and Skills" are national level major or key scientific research projects. In recent years, the school has been approved as a total of 9 provincial and ministerial key laboratories, engineering technology research centers, and research bases. Among them, the Beijing Studies Research Base was selected into the first batch of China Think Tank Index (CTTI) source think tanks in 2017 and 2019, and teachers have been approved for 752 patents. item. "Journal of Beijing Union University (Humanities and Social Sciences Edition)" has been selected as the source journal of the Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI) for three consecutive years. It has been included in "Overview of Catalog" and has been selected into "Journals as Important Reprint Sources of Reprinted Newspaper and Periodical Materials" many times. "Journal of Tourism" is included in the CSSCI Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index, Peking University's "Chinese Core Journals Overview" and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' "Chinese Core Journals of Humanities and Social Sciences". It is the only tourism academic journal selected into the first batch of national social sciences. It is an academic journal funded by Science and Technology Fund, and has been continuously selected as "China's Most Internationally Influential Academic Journal" and "Journal of Important Reprint Sources of Reprinted Newspaper and Periodical Materials". Our school’s teachers and research team have won the second prize of the 14th to 16th Beijing Philosophy and Society Award, the second prize of the Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award for Science and Technology Progress Award, and the second prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award of the China Electronics Society Science and Technology Award. Waiting for multiple awards.

Rich and high-quality educational and teaching resources

Beijing Union University has a relatively strong teaching staff, with nearly 1,550 full-time teachers. There are 1 national-level outstanding teacher, 1 new century talent, 20 deputy directors and members of the Ministry of Education’s Teaching Steering Committee and Industry Steering Committee; 16 currently employed distinguished professors, 27 famous teaching teachers, and 10 Great Wall Scholars people, 3 special professors of ideological and political theory courses, 1 special professor of ideological and political theory courses, 6 cultural celebrities and "four batches" talents, 4 people selected into Beijing's high-level innovation and entrepreneurship talent support plan, and Beijing's outstanding youth There are 2 talents and 27 outstanding talents in Beijing. It has 1 national-level teaching team and 25 outstanding teaching and research teams in Beijing. At present, the school has formed a teaching team with a relatively reasonable overall structure in terms of age, academic qualifications, and professional titles, high quality, strong ability, and professional proficiency.

As a governing unit and member school of the Xueyuan Road Teaching Community (the Xueyuan Road Area University Teaching Community is composed of a total of 21 institutions including Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing Normal University, University of Science and Technology Beijing, and Beijing Union University), our students can cross campuses Students can take high-quality courses from other member schools in 11 subject areas including literature, art, physical education, medicine, natural sciences, etc., minor in a wide range of majors from other member schools and obtain minor certificates, enjoy rich high-quality teaching resources, and appreciate different campus cultures. , broaden students' horizons and knowledge, improve students' comprehensive quality, and enhance students' entrepreneurial competitiveness and social adaptability.

The school makes full use of Beijing's advantages in gathering high-quality educational resources and provides students with higher-quality educational resources and learning experiences through the "bringing in and going out" approach. "Bringing in" means that the school actively introduces high-quality teacher resources to hire as visiting professors, and provides lectures by famous teachers, etc. "Going out" means that the school continues to implement the "Famous School Visiting Program" and selects outstanding students to study at the University of Science and Technology Beijing, Foreign Economic and Trade The University, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing Forestry University and other centrally-affiliated universities carry out study tours to create a broader learning platform for students.

Systematic and complete student growth mechanism

In order to meet the individual development needs of students and promote students' growth and success, the school actively builds a systematic and complete mechanism for students' growth and success: promotes the implementation of credit system reform; pilots dual degree, second major and minor major system, major and minor (minor) system, The dual degree system, major transfer system, school-level experimental classes, etc. provide students at different levels with diversified growth channels.

Relying on the national and Beijing talent training model innovation experimental zones, the school has established four school-level experimental classes in software engineering, finance, tourism management, and international economics and trade (all English-taught experimental classes) to explore application-oriented top-notch innovative talents. Reform of training model. The experimental class is well-equipped with teachers, employing well-known professors from the school and backbones of well-known enterprises as double tutors, and employing famous teachers from inside and outside the school as course lecturers. The proportion of municipal-level famous teachers teaching is not less than 50%. Students in the experimental class enjoy various preferential policies: those with excellent grades are given priority to participate in Sino-foreign cooperative education projects, and the proportion of students sent abroad for study or exchange is not less than 50%; they enjoy dedicated self-study classrooms with good environment; they enjoy independently established scholarships and technical practice and entrepreneurial funds; the school has also set up special funds to support the teaching construction and reform of experimental classes.

Various forms of international exchanges and cooperation

Actively promoting internationalization is one of the school's major development strategies. The school focuses on building various platforms to enrich students' overseas study experience, and strives to create an international learning atmosphere to cultivate students' international awareness and broaden students' international knowledge. to enhance students’ future competitiveness in the construction of international exchange centers. The school has established inter-school cooperation and exchange relationships with 255 institutions in more than 50 countries and regions in Asia, Europe and America. Approved by the Ministry of Education, the school cooperates with Russia's Jiaotong University to organize the Sino-foreign cooperative education institution "Beijing Union University and Russia's Jiaotong University Joint School of Transportation", and cooperates with Russia's Ural State University of Transportation to organize a Sino-foreign cooperative education project in rail transit signaling and control; and the British Swann University Western University, University of Huddersfield, York University in Canada, Huron University College, etc. have launched "2+2" and "3+1" projects; they have cooperated with Kazan University in Russia, All-Russian University of International Business and Economics, Budapest Business School in Hungary, and Poland Jagiellonian University, Niigata University in Japan, Seoul City University in South Korea, Konkuk University, University of Malaya in Malaysia, etc. have carried out on-campus student exchange projects; they have carried out master's degree programs with the University of Kent in the United States, the University of Western Canada in Canada, and the Technical University of Dresden in Germany. Degree programs and more. The school runs a Confucius Institute with Trinity Saint David University in Wales, UK, and cooperates with the University of Nizhny Gorica in Montenegro to organize an independent tourism-specific Confucius Classroom. Students who pass the training and assessment can apply to serve as volunteer Chinese teachers. The school sets up overseas study scholarships for students and encourages students to actively participate in various overseas exchange projects. In addition, students can also apply for the Beijing Municipal Government Elite Scholarship. Every year, our school selects more than a thousand students to study and exchange abroad.

Focusing on the national “Belt and Road” initiative, China-Central and Eastern Europe “17+1” cooperation, and the construction of Beijing’s “Four Centers”, the school has participated in, organized, and held a number of high-end forums and conferences to help the country’s diplomacy and capital construction and development. Expand the international influence of the school and improve the international level of the school. In recent years, our school has hosted important conferences such as the "China-Russia Jiaotong University Presidents Forum" and the "17+1" China-Central and Eastern European Countries Tourism Schools Alliance Annual Meeting, which have had a great impact on the education community at home and abroad. The school actively introduces advanced educational resources from foreign partner universities and advanced international education and teaching experience and practices, implements the effective integration of education internationalization and education localization, and hires foreign teaching experts and local excellent bilingual teachers to carry out bilingual, all-English teaching and non-universal teaching. Language teaching allows students to receive advanced international education on campus. The school's international education attracts students from various countries and regions around the world, and international students from more than 40 countries study in our school. Here students will feel the international atmosphere permeating the campus and the foreign culture around them.

Talent training model that pays equal attention to knowledge and action

The school attaches great importance to the cultivation of students' practical and innovative abilities, and continuously strengthens the construction of practical teaching software and hardware environment to create favorable conditions for the school's cultivation of high-quality application-oriented talents. The school has built 2 national-level experimental teaching demonstration centers, 1 national-level virtual simulation experimental teaching demonstration center, 2 municipal-level experimental teaching demonstration centers, 3 municipal-level on-campus innovation practice bases, and 12 school-level experimental teaching demonstration centers; There is 1 national-level off-campus practical education base for college students and 4 municipal-level off-campus talent training bases. The school attaches great importance to industry-university-research cooperation education, and has cooperated with well-known domestic and foreign companies such as German SIEMENS Company, China Railway Group, BAIC Group, Pacific Insurance Company, China Railway Electrification Group, China Railway Culture and Tourism, Beijing Metro, Beijing Gongmei Group, Quanjude Catering Group and other well-known enterprises in the professional field. A close cooperative relationship has been established in terms of construction and renovation, high-tech application, student practical ability training, and construction of training bases inside and outside the school. Off-campus talent training bases such as Beijing Tourism Group, Capital Museum, Beijing Municipal Archives, and Beijing Holding Group have been rated as Beijing-level off-campus talent training bases. Among them, the Off-campus Practical Education Base of Beijing Tourism Group has been rated as a national-level off-campus practical education base for college students. The school attaches great importance to the implementation of dual certificate education, encourages students through various policies and systems, and participates in more than 20 authoritative technical programs at home and abroad.

The school also actively builds a practical platform for subject competitions and student science and technology activities, and builds a four-level subject competition system at the college, school, city and national levels. It hosts the Beijing University Student Computer Application Competition, and expands it to the five provinces (cities, autonomous regions) in North China and the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan University Student Computer Application Competition. It has achieved excellent results in well-known competitions such as the National Mathematical Modeling Competition, the National College Student Electronic Design Competition, the American College Student Mathematical Modeling Competition, the National Vocational College Skills Competition, and the "Higher Education Society" Cup English Speaking Competition. The school encourages students to participate in scientific and technological innovation activities such as subject competitions through incentive policies such as credit rewards, cultivates students' innovation and practical abilities, and has achieved fruitful results. At present, our school has more than 30 school-level subject competitions, and more than 7,000 students participate in various competitions at all levels every year. Every year, hundreds of awards at the municipal and higher levels are won, and the trend is increasing year by year. The Research Working Group on the Evaluation and Management System of College Competitions of the China Higher Education Society released the 2020 National Ranking of College Students' Competitions. Our school ranked 188th in the "Top 300 National College Students' Competition Rankings (Undergraduate) 2016-2020" (number of awards: 205, score: 59.68), ranking third among Beijing-affiliated universities. The school actively builds the "Morning Star" student science and technology innovation activity platform. Through the science and technology innovation activity platform, students are encouraged to participate in scientific research practice and promote the improvement of talent training quality. In the past five years, a total of 2,375 "Morning Star" college student science and technology innovation projects have been established and completed, including 200 national projects, 918 municipal projects, and 1,257 school projects. Nearly 10,000 students participated, and nearly 500 teachers guided students in scientific research projects, published 389 papers, applied for 56 patents, and designed and produced 282 scientific and technological innovation physical achievements.

Improve and perfect employment service system

The school focuses on continuously improving students' employment competitiveness and career development ability by building a perfect employment service system, establishing a perfect employment mechanism, and broadening employment channels. Incorporate career planning and employment guidance into students' compulsory courses to provide systematic career guidance for students; establish an employment assessment system, carry out one-on-one career consultation, and help students grasp the characteristics of their careers through job hunting training camps, career experience weeks, public examination guidance and other activities, so as to reasonably and accurately position their careers and plan their careers, and improve their employment strength. The school also established the Beijing Union University Employment Assistance Fund for Difficult Graduates to help students from families with difficulties find employment smoothly through multiple channels.

The school closely focuses on the urban functional positioning of Beijing, focuses on Beijing's development needs, integrates resources at both the school and college levels, actively explores the employment market based on majors, explores the win-win goals of "precise employment services" and "improving the degree of fit with Beijing's social needs", organizes recruitment activities by category and industry, and establishes employment internship bases with enterprises and institutions to jointly help graduates find high-quality employment. As a branch of the Beijing University Student Entrepreneurship Park, the school relies on the school-level comprehensive incubation park and 4 school-level entrepreneurship incubation bases to carry out entrepreneurial team guidance and practical activities, and has won the "Beijing Area University Demonstration Entrepreneurship Center" and "National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Typical Experience University". Han Lei, a 2011 graduate, was the only college student entrepreneurship representative in the country to attend a symposium in Zhongnanhai in 2014 and talked about entrepreneurship face to face with Premier Li Keqiang.

The school's graduate employment rate has remained at around 98% for many years, and the employment units are all over the government agencies, large state-owned enterprises and institutions, high-tech enterprises and other industries. The number of graduates admitted to domestic and foreign graduate schools has increased year by year.