Xinyang Normal University

Xinyang Normal University is located in Xinyang, a famous historical and cultural city in southern Henan Province. It is one of the two key undergraduate normal colleges in Henan Province. In 2007, it was rated as an excellent school in the undergraduate teaching level evaluation of the Ministry of Education. In 2009, it was named "National Civilized Unit" by the Central Civilization Committee. It is currently the only undergraduate college in Henan Province to receive this honor. It was once praised as "the cradle of teachers" by Mr. Fei Xiaotong, former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, famous social activist and educator.

Xinyang Normal University (XYNU) is the first undergraduate university established in Henan Province after the reform and opening up of my country. It is one of the two key normal universities in Henan Province. It is a shining name card of higher education in the Dabie Mountain area. It is praised by the famous social activist and educator Mr. Fei Xiaotong as "the cradle of teachers", "the most beautiful university in Henan Province", "a university in a garden", and "a good university where you can study freely in the green mountains and clear waters".

Geography and history: Xinyang Normal University is located in Xinyang, the tea capital and red city of China. It is located at the northern foot of Xianshan Mountain and the bank of Xishui River. It is close to Jigong Mountain, one of the four major summer resorts in China. You can take a walk to Nanwan Lake, the "Pearl of Changhuai", with green mountains and beautiful waters, high and low, red and green four seasons, poetic and picturesque, fragrant tea and beautiful people, and a good place to live and study. Beautiful Normal College is a university you don't want to leave once you come here. In spring, you can see the flowers on the grass, in summer, you can listen to the cicadas singing under the green shade, in autumn, you can smell the fragrance of osmanthus and tease the swans, and in winter, you can embrace the white snow and feel poetic.

The school was founded in 1975, then known as the Xinyang Branch of Kaifeng Normal College (now Henan University). In 1978, it was approved by the State Council as an undergraduate institution and changed to its current name. In 1998, it was approved by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee as a master's degree authorization institution. In 2018, it was approved as a provincial "13th Five-Year Plan" doctoral degree authorization project construction unit.

In 2020, the Henan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government issued the "Several Opinions on Implementing the Spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Speech During His Inspection of Henan and Supporting the Accelerated Revitalization and Development of the Old Revolutionary Base Area of ​​Dabie Mountains in Henan", which clearly pointed out that "Support Xinyang Normal College to build a comprehensive university in the Dabie Mountains region, include it in the provincial characteristic backbone university construction colleges, and build a Huaihe campus". The school vigorously promotes the Dabie Mountain spirit, integrates high-quality development into talent training, scientific research, social services, cultural inheritance and innovation, and strives unremittingly to build a high-level normal university!

Basic information: The school has more than 40 years of undergraduate and more than 20 years of graduate school history and experience. There are 23,876 full-time students, including 1,690 graduate students. It has the School of Marxism, the School of Law and Sociology, the School of Literature, the School of Mathematics and Statistics, the School of Physical Electronic Engineering, the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the School of Foreign Languages, the School of Life Sciences, the School of Tea Science and Food Technology, the School of Geographical Sciences, the School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, the School of Computer and Information Technology (Software School), the School of Tourism, the School of Business, the School of Physical Education, the School of Educational Sciences, the School of Fine Arts and Design, the School of Music and Dance, the School of History and Culture, the School of Media, the School of International Education, the School of Teacher Education, the School of Medicine, and the School of Continuing Education. It has 11 major disciplines including literature, history, science, engineering, economics, management, law, education, art, agronomy, and medicine. It has 83 undergraduate majors, 16 first-level disciplines authorized for master's degrees, and 14 types of master's professional degree authorization categories. It jointly trains doctoral students with Minnan Normal University, Chinese Academy of Forestry and other institutions.

School conditions: There are two campuses, Tanshan and Huaihe, covering an area of ​​more than 2,500 acres and a total building area of ​​more than 900,000 square meters. The library has 2.83 million paper books, 2.27 million electronic books, 58 digital resource databases, 152 accessible resource databases, and 4,652 Chinese and foreign periodicals. Various laboratories, multimedia classrooms, and micro classrooms fully meet the needs of education and teaching and the growth of students.

The school currently has more than 1,900 faculty members, including more than 600 teachers with senior professional and technical positions, more than 1,300 teachers with doctoral and master's degrees, 1 dual-appointed academician, 1 academician, 1 national "Ten Thousand Talents Plan" teaching master, 4 experts enjoying special allowances from the State Council, 4 national outstanding teachers, Henan Province Outstanding Experts, Henan Province Outstanding Young Social Science Experts, Henan Province "Zhongyuan Hundred Talents Plan" Experts, Henan Province "Zhongyuan Thousand Talents Plan" Experts, Henan Province Special Allowance Experts, Henan Province Academic and Technical Leaders, Henan Province Outstanding Teachers, Henan Province Distinguished Professors of Higher Education Institutions, Henan Province Teaching Masters, Henan Province Outstanding Scholars of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Higher Education Institutions, Henan Province Science and Technology Innovation Talents, Henan Provincial Education Department Academic and Technical Leaders, Henan Province Young Backbone Teachers and other experts and scholars more than 200 people. The "Nanhu" series of reward plan talent projects lead the construction of a talent highland in southern Henan.

Education and Teaching: Adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the Party's education policy, adhere to the fundamental task of cultivating morality and cultivating people, implement the spirit of the National Education Conference and the National Undergraduate Education Work Conference of Higher Education Institutions in the New Era, focus on the talent training goals of "broad caliber, solid foundation, strong practice, and innovation", follow the educational concept of "student-centered, output-oriented, and continuous improvement", strengthen the construction of undergraduate teaching quality engineering and teaching quality assurance systems such as majors, courses, and grassroots teaching organizations, and continue to promote the reform of education and teaching and talent training models to ensure the continuous improvement of talent training quality.

The school has 6 national first-class undergraduate major construction sites, 4 national characteristic majors and national comprehensive reform pilot majors, 16 provincial first-class undergraduate majors, 22 provincial characteristic majors and provincial comprehensive reform pilot majors, and 1 provincial engineering education talent training model reform pilot major. It has 4 national courses such as national first-class courses and national boutique resource sharing courses, and 89 provincial courses such as provincial first-class courses and provincial boutique online open courses. It has 20 provincial excellent teaching organizations and 8 provincial excellent teaching teams. It has 12 provincial virtual simulation experimental teaching projects and 9 provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers. It has won 4 national teaching achievement awards and 70 provincial teaching achievement awards. It was rated as excellent in the undergraduate teaching work level assessment of the Ministry of Education in 2007. In 2018, it passed the review and assessment of the undergraduate teaching work of the Ministry of Education. Three majors, including mathematics and applied mathematics, Chinese language and literature, and ideological and political education, passed the second-level certification of the teacher education major of the Ministry of Education. The school was approved as a national language and writing promotion base, and took the lead in establishing the "Southern Henan Teacher Education Alliance", and established a collaborative education mechanism for colleges and universities, local governments and basic education. It has provincial platforms such as the Henan Basic Education Research Center, the Henan Teacher Education Linkage Community, the Henan Teacher Teaching Development Demonstration Center, and the Henan Primary and Secondary School Teachers and Principals Training Institute.

Discipline research: The disciplines are complete and the foundation is solid, and the discipline system of a comprehensive university has been basically established. The "Dabie Mountain Agricultural Biological Resources Protection and Utilization Discipline Group" was selected as the first batch of provincial advantageous and characteristic discipline construction projects. There are currently 2 characteristic backbone disciplines in Henan Province, 10 first-level key disciplines in Henan Province, and 1 discipline in the top 1% of ESI. Four disciplines, namely Marxist theory, pedagogy, psychology, and mathematics, have been listed in the Soft Science "Best Disciplines" ranking for three consecutive years from 2018 to 2020. In the fourth round of national discipline evaluation, two disciplines, namely Marxist theory and mathematics, were included in the list. In the first national professional degree level evaluation, the Master of Education received a C-.

Build a scientific research platform, establish an effective mechanism and model for in-depth cooperation between schools, schools, enterprises, and local governments, and strive to improve the contribution to economic and social development and enhance core competitiveness. It has 29 provincial key scientific research platforms, including efficient utilization of non-metallic mineral resources in Henan, tea tree biology, micro-electric energy, Henan Province Education Big Data Analysis and Application, and Henan Province Water and Soil Environmental Pollution Coordinated Prevention and Control, 9 Henan Province Innovative Science and Technology Teams, and 4 Henan Province University Philosophy and Social Science Innovation Teams. Together with the National University of Singapore and Hohai University, the first international testing platform for the real power generation capacity of photovoltaic systems in China was built. In cooperation with Henan University and the People's Government of Xinyang City, the "Xinyang Forest Ecosystem Positioning Research Station" was built. Together with the Chinese Academy of Forestry, the "Key Laboratory of Population Ecological Simulation and Control in Dabie Mountains" was built. Together with Xinyang City, the "Dabie Mountain Spiritual Research Institute" and the "Xinyang Development Research Institute" were built. From 2008 to 2020, teachers presided over more than 900 scientific research projects at the provincial and ministerial levels or above, including more than 290 projects from the National Social Science Foundation and the National Natural Science Foundation. The Yanhuang Research Institute was established first in the country, and the "Introduction to Yanhuang Studies" special commissioned project of the National Social Science Foundation was approved. More than 15,600 academic papers have been published at home and abroad, of which more than 2,700 have been included in authoritative databases at home and abroad such as SCI, EI, ISTP, and CSSCI; more than 430 books have been published, and more than 3,900 scientific research awards at the prefecture and department level or above have been won. Journal of Xinyang Normal University is published in more than 10 countries and regions, and has been published as a fixed journal in important international databases such as Ulrich's Periodical Guide (Ulrich PD), Chemical Abstracts (CA), Abstracts Magazine (AJ), Japan Science and Technology Agency Database (JST), Mathematical Abstracts (Zbl), International Agricultural and Biosciences Research Abstracts (CABA), Zoological Record (ZR), Copernicus Index (IC), Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), and EBSCO host. The Natural Science Edition is now a national Chinese core journal, RCCSE Chinese core academic journal, and Chinese science and technology core journal, and has won the titles of "Excellent Science and Technology Journal of Chinese Universities", "Top 20 Natural Science Journals in Henan Province", and "First-level Journal of Henan Province". The Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition is now a RCCSE Chinese core academic journal and an extended core journal of Chinese humanities and social sciences, and has won the titles of "National College Social Science Excellent Journal", "National College Social Science Journal Featured Column", and "Henan Province First-level Journal".

Cooperation and Exchange: The initiative took the lead in establishing the "Dabie Mountain Revolutionary Old Area University Alliance", which enhanced the school's influence and radiation in the region. Expanding the vision of international education, it has established exchanges and cooperation with universities and educational institutions in more than 10 countries and regions, and signed framework cooperation agreements with Plymouth State University in the United States, Artois University in France, Belarusian State University, Moulay Ismail University in Morocco, Ural Federal University in Russia, Central China Normal University, Henan University, Henan Normal University and other universities, and signed exchange student cooperation agreements with Sivitas University in Poland, City University of Malaysia, University of Kuala Lumpur, Providence University in Taiwan and other schools. Deepen multi-level and multi-form cooperative education, and sign cooperative education agreements with Millersville University, Webber International University in the United States, Hanyang University in South Korea, Qingyun University, Whitley Institute of Technology in New Zealand and other schools to jointly train students. Strengthen international academic exchanges, invite Canadian sinologist Bai Runde, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Yang Shuzi, Fan Mingwu, Tang Shouzheng, Wu Kongming, famous mathematicians Zhu Guangtian, Chen Lansun and other well-known experts and scholars at home and abroad to serve as lecturers and visiting professors, and open new channels for international cooperation and exchanges in teaching, scientific research and talent training. Establish a working model for foreign teachers to carry out bilingual teaching of undergraduates during the summer vacation. The school began to recruit the first batch of international students in 2008, and successively sent students to South Korea, New Zealand and other universities for further studies, and accepted international students from the United States, Russia, Morocco, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Vietnam, Botswana, Madagascar and other countries. At present, the school is aiming to enhance the international influence of education, with greater openness as the driving force, expanding two-way exchanges and cooperation in education, and striving to create an international vision and a multicultural school environment. The school also actively promotes the construction of alumni associations and foundations, widely gathers strength and helps development.

Party building and ideological and political work: adhere to the party's overall leadership over party building and ideological and political work, and ensure that colleges and universities become a strong position for adhering to the party's leadership. Deeply promote the reform and innovation of the education model, and build Tanshan Academy, Zhixue Academy and Chongshi Academy. The school has won the title of "National Civilized Unit" for four consecutive terms. In 2020, the "National Civilized Campus" fell to our school, continuing to write the "Golden Business Card" of the National Civilized Unit. It has won more than 30 honorary titles at the provincial level and above, including the National Model Workers' Home, the National May Fourth Red Flag Youth League Committee, the National Advanced Collective for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, the National Advanced College for Social Reform of Logistics in Colleges and Universities for Ten Years, and the Advanced Unit for Ideological and Political Work in Henan Province. It has been rated as an advanced unit for social practice activities for college students in the country for 13 consecutive years. One teaching and staff party branch was rated as a "National Model Branch for Party Building Work", and one work case was selected as the "Selected Cases of Grassroots Party Organization Secretaries" (Higher Education Edition) jointly edited by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee and the Ministry of Education as the only case in the Henan Provincial College System. The school was rated as an advanced unit for the construction of grassroots party organizations in colleges and universities across the province, and has been awarded double "good" grades in the provincial school-local paired assistance and targeted poverty alleviation work assessments for many times. "Telling Value Stories, Realizing Youth Dreams" The Socialist Core Values ​​Theme Education Achievements Exhibition was reported on the front page of China Education Daily, Guangming Daily, Xuexi Qiangguo and other platforms, and generated a great social response.

The fragrance of peaches and plums: a strong academic atmosphere, a large number of talents, and alumni all over the world. Over the past 40 years, more than 200,000 talents of all levels and types have been sent to the country. More than 400 people such as Wang Lixin have become outstanding teachers in the country and Henan Province. A large number of alumni such as Wang Jinan, Liu Lizhi, and Chen Xiaojia have become well-known experts and scholars at home and abroad, and have cultivated ministerial leaders and academicians, university presidents, entrepreneurs, national outstanding teachers and other industry elites and industry leaders at all levels. It has been rated as "the most ideal university in the minds of candidates", "higher education quality socially satisfactory colleges and universities", "the most competitive Henan education business card", etc. The proportion of graduates admitted to postgraduates ranks among the top in similar universities in the country, and some majors exceed 50%; the employment rate of graduates has remained above 95%, and has been awarded "National Advanced Collective for Graduate Employment of Ordinary Colleges and Universities" and "National University with Typical Experience in Innovation and Entrepreneurship" by the Ministry of Education. In the first national college young teacher teaching competition, our graduates won the first prize in the science and liberal arts categories of the youth competition. Students Cheng Shuangze, Li Junchang, and Chen Lingqin won the only highest award "Higher Education Society Cup" in the undergraduate group of the 2014 National College Mathematical Modeling Competition, breaking the monopoly of the "Higher Education Society Cup" by key universities across the country, etc.

School motto: Virtue, Respect for Reality, Good Learning, Quick Action

Positioning: Rooted in Henan, Based in Dabie Mountains, Serving the Central Plains, Facing the Whole Country

Goal: Don't forget the original intention, forge ahead, rooted in the land of China, run a socialist university with Chinese characteristics, take the construction of "Innovative Normal College", "Vigorous Normal College", "Open Normal College" and "Beautiful Normal College" as the main line, pass on the torch, go all out, accelerate the pace of building a distinctive backbone university in Henan Province, and write a new chapter of a distinctive high-level normal university and a comprehensive university in the Dabie Mountains region!

Mission: To cultivate excellent teachers and high-quality professionals with a sense of patriotism, critical thinking and innovative spirit, and to serve the national and local economic and social development, and to promote the high-quality development of the central region in the new era, especially the education cause in Henan.

We will strive to be the first in development and strive to achieve greater achievements in realizing the "two guarantees" and writing a more brilliant chapter for the Central Plains in the new era!

Concept: Cultivating people with moral integrity, everyone becoming a talent, openness and innovation, vitality and responsibility

Strategy: Adhere to the modernization strategy of higher education, take connotative development as the overall strategy, take the construction of a modern university system as the core, continuously improve the modernization level of educational concepts, educational content, educational methods, educational management and educational facilities, and continuously improve talent training, scientific The level and impact of innovation in research, social services and cultural heritage.

Culture: more open, dynamic and innovative

Vision: Make outstanding contributions in talent training, scientific research and social services, cultural inheritance and innovation, and international cooperation and exchanges, and build Xinyang Normal University into a gathering of scholars and teachers standing on the red fertile soil, attracting students, emerging talents in large numbers, and distinctive features A high-level normal university with significant influence.

Current Party Secretary: Wang Wenpeng

Current principal: Li Jun

For more than 40 years, Xinyang Normal University has made progress with the motherland, developed with the times, and kept pace with the development of higher education in Henan. It has carefully built a solid foundation for an innovative university with "teaching innovation, scientific research innovation, and academic innovation" and carefully created "ideological vitality". The vibrant university cultural atmosphere of "learning vitality, life vitality" and carefully cultivating a more open university governance model of "openness for officers, openness for development, and openness for exchanges" have won the reputation of "the cradle of teachers".

Entering a new era, the people of Xinyang Normal University have a new outlook and new achievements. On the new journey of building a strong country in higher education and promoting the modernization of higher education, building a high-level normal university with coordinated development of multiple disciplines and distinctive characteristics is the unswerving goal of Xinyang Normal University and the firm ambition and common goal of Xinyang Normal University people. !