Beijing Normal University,Zhuhai

Founded in 1902, Beijing Normal University is a key university directly under the Ministry of Education. It is a famous university with teacher education, educational science and basic liberal arts and science disciplines as its main features. Over the past century, Beijing Normal University has created a rich cultural heritage, outstanding disciplinary advantages and strong educational resources. Represented by Li Dazhao, Lu Xun, Liang Qichao, Qian Xuantong, Wu Chengshi, Li Jinxi, Chen Yuan, Fan Wenlan, Hou Wailu, Bai Shouyi, Zhong Jingwen, Qi Gong, Hu Xianqiong, Wang Kunren, Zhou Tingru and others, a large number of famous teachers and sages have promoted literature and education here. After more than a hundred years of development, the school has adhered to the fine traditions of "patriotism and progress, honesty and simplicity, truth-seeking and innovation, and being a model for others" and the school motto of "learning to be a teacher and behaving as a model for the world", and has formed the educational concept of "studying and self-cultivation, and benefiting the world". The comprehensive strength of Beijing Normal University's disciplines ranks among the top universities in the country, and its disciplines cover 11 disciplines except military science, forming a comprehensive discipline layout. Beijing Normal University is rich in educational resources and is an important base for the cultivation of high-quality innovative talents in the country. Beijing Normal University has a reasonable structure and excellent quality of teachers. It has a large number of scholars with profound academic attainments and are well-known both at home and abroad. It is one of the most important bases for the cultivation of senior talents in my country.

School Profile

Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus (formerly Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Education Park) is a full-time general higher education institution approved by the Ministry of Education and jointly organized by Beijing Normal University and Zhuhai Municipal People's Government to provide undergraduate education.

The construction of Zhuhai Campus is an important part of Beijing Normal University's grand goal of building a world-class university. Under the guidance of the relevant reply from the Ministry of Education, Zhuhai Branch resolutely implements the school-building policy of "national resources, school-run, market-operated, and brand-new model" proposed by Beijing Normal University, and resolutely implements the development idea of ​​"survival by quality, development by innovation, support by contribution, and cooperation by win-win". In the construction and development of the school, it boldly carries out reform attempts in teaching mode, management mode, operation mechanism, international cooperation, and integration of industry, academia and research, and strives to build the school into a comprehensive reform experimental zone with distinctive characteristics and compound development of education and science and technology industries, and develops it into an open, distinctive, and application-oriented high-level university.

According to the regulations of the Ministry of Education, the teaching organization and management of Zhuhai Branch are the responsibility of Beijing Normal University. Beijing Normal University attaches great importance to the education quality and school-running level of Zhuhai Branch, and sends experienced management cadres to be responsible for the administrative and education and teaching management of the branch.

Relying on the high-quality subject resources of Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai Branch focuses on contemporary economic development and social needs, and is committed to cultivating application-oriented professionals with broad humanities, scientific literacy and subject expertise. Since its establishment, the school has recruited students from 27 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government) and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It recruits students in the first batch in Sichuan and Qinghai provinces, and in the undergraduate or second batch in other provinces. In 2018, the proportion of students admitted from outside Guangdong Province who were above the first batch reached 60%. In 2011, our school and 63 other universities including Tsinghua University, Peking University and Beijing Normal University were included in the list of universities that admitted Hong Kong students without examination in 2012 formulated by the Ministry of Education of China. There are more than 23,000 students currently enrolled.

Zhuhai Branch has 14 schools (departments), including the School of Arts, School of Education, School of Management, School of Information Technology, School of Real Estate, School of Logistics, School of Law and Administration, School of Design, School of Art and Communication, School of Foreign Languages, School of Engineering Technology, School of Applied Mathematics, School of Sports and Leisure, and Department of International Business, covering 61 undergraduate majors in 8 major disciplines, forming a comprehensive discipline layout with applied disciplines such as economics, management and engineering as the main body, education as the main feature, and traditional disciplines such as literature, art, law, and science developing in a coordinated manner.

Students of Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Branch will be awarded a graduation certificate of Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Branch if they complete all the credits required by the teaching plan of their major; those who meet the requirements of the "Regulations on the Award of Bachelor's Degree of Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Branch" can apply for a bachelor's degree certificate of Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Branch.

Teachers and students

In order to ensure the quality of education and teaching at Zhuhai Branch, Beijing Normal University has selected a team of teachers with well-known scholars and professors as the backbone to undertake the education and teaching of related majors at Zhuhai Branch since its establishment; relevant departments have also selected some well-known scholars and excellent teachers to teach at Zhuhai Branch. Professor Jiang Zhenghua, a famous management scientist and doctoral supervisor, Professor Huang Zuqia, a hero of the "two bombs and one satellite" and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mr. Zhang Houcan, a counselor of the State Council, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an executive director of the Chinese Psychological Society, vice president of the International Union of Psychological Science, a doctoral supervisor, and a professor of Beijing Normal University, and a group of well-known domestic and international scholars have been hired to participate in education and teaching at Zhuhai Branch or give lectures to students. Professor Gu Mingyuan, President of the Chinese Society of Education and doctoral supervisor of Beijing Normal University, personally presided over the education and teaching evaluation of Zhuhai Branch. Some well-known scholars at home and abroad have also been hired to teach or give lectures at Zhuhai Branch.

Zhuhai Branch adheres to the strategy of "strengthening the school with talents" and has a team of teachers with rigorous academic research and reasonable professional title structure, age structure, and knowledge structure. At present, among our own faculty, more than 82% have master's degrees and more than 25% have doctoral degrees; the proportion of senior professional titles accounts for 38%, of which 14% are senior professional titles; full-time teachers under the age of 35 account for 47%; middle-aged and young teachers with high academic qualifications, high professional titles and strong vitality have become the main force of the teaching team. In addition, the proportion of foreign teachers is about 10%, which is also a relatively high proportion.

Educational innovation and talent training

Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Branch follows the instructions of the Ministry of Education to "boldly carry out reform attempts in teaching models, management methods, international cooperation and integration of industry, academia and research in accordance with the spirit of seeking truth from facts, reform and innovation". On the basis of inheriting the fine traditions and disciplinary advantages of Beijing Normal University, after more than ten years of development, it has embarked on a unique road of educational and teaching innovation.

Principles of educational innovation:

Internationalization principle - fully absorb and utilize the high-quality educational resources of famous foreign universities, introduce majors and courses from well-known universities, and implement a diversified international cooperative education model. At present, it has established cooperative relations with many colleges and universities (universities) in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and other countries and Hong Kong and Macao.

Principle of application - adapt to the needs of economic, scientific and social development, guided by market demand, and emphasize practicality in talent training.

Principle of regionalization - provide intellectual and talent support for the social and economic development of the Pearl River Delta and surrounding areas.

Principle of individualization - student-oriented, providing the greatest choice space for students' independent development.

Education and teaching system:

Flexible learning system - breaking the traditional academic year system restrictions. According to relevant regulations, students can decide on their own how many years they will study at school; within the prescribed 3-6 years, they can graduate after completing the required credits; during the school period, students can apply to retain their student status, and can continue to return to school after a short-term leave of absence or employment.

Secondary major selection - students can make a secondary major selection independently according to the prescribed time and procedures after admission.

Credit recognition - the same courses are offered to different majors, and each major recognizes each other. Credits for interdisciplinary courses can be converted within the prescribed course modules.

Independent course selection - all general elective courses are optional for all students in the school. Starting from the 2008 grade, all students can freely choose general compulsory courses within 20% of the capacity; in professional courses (except special courses), students can choose courses, teachers and class times across majors and departments within 20% of the capacity.

Minor majors - each major formulates a teaching plan for minors, double majors and double degrees according to needs. Students who take courses in other majors in addition to their majors for 30 credits can obtain a minor certificate; students who take courses in another major for 50 credits can obtain a second major graduation certificate; students who take courses in another interdisciplinary major for 50 credits and complete the graduation thesis/design credits of the major can obtain a second degree certificate. The school has also formulated dual-major courses in Chinese as a foreign language - English, finance - statistics, and finance - accounting specifically for the development needs of compound talents.

Service learning - obtain the effect of "learning" in the process of social (community) service, so that students' social practice ability can be developed.

Students develop their own classroom independently - students plan their own development goals, design course content, organize educational activities and choose their own learning forms according to their own personalized development needs, so that moral cultivation, physical and mental development and professional ability can be coordinated.

Talent training goals:

Application-oriented - facing social needs, cooperating with the industry to jointly train talents. Focus on the combination of general education and professional training, carry out a variety of professional qualification training, professional certificate training, etc., so that students have both solid basic knowledge and practical operation ability.

Extroverted - adopt teaching plans in line with international standards, introduce foreign teachers, introduce original textbooks for some courses, and implement bilingual teaching to cultivate students' international vision and modern competitive awareness.

Compound - in addition to strictly implementing professional training, provide students with a number of minor courses, double majors, and double degree courses to encourage students to become compound talents with one specialty and multiple abilities.

Academic - through solid professional basic knowledge learning, stimulate students' interest in academic research, and after graduation, they can go to domestic and foreign universities for further study and study for postgraduates.

Zhuhai Branch actively explores talent training, and the comprehensive quality of graduates has been well evaluated by the society and recognized by employers. Many well-known enterprises have established cooperative relations with our school; in recent years, the proportion of graduates who have been admitted to domestic graduate schools and studied abroad (outbound) accounts for more than 10% of the total number of graduates. Most of the students who have been admitted to domestic master's degree programs have entered "985" and "211" key universities, and most of the students who have studied abroad have been admitted by world-renowned universities such as Cambridge University, Cass Business School, Imperial College London, University of Washington, Australian National University, and University of Melbourne. Every year, a certain proportion of graduates from Zhuhai Branch participate in projects such as "Three Support and One Assistance", "Western Plan", enlistment in the army, and self-employment, and have achieved outstanding results. In 2011, the school was rated as "Advanced Collective of Graduate Employment in Ordinary Higher Education Institutions in Guangdong Province"; in 2013, it was rated as "National Graduate Employment Typical Experience University in 2012-2013" by the Ministry of Education.

Construction scale and study and living conditions

Zhuhai Branch is located in the beautiful coastal city of Zhuhai. The school is surrounded by mountains and seas, with green mountains and clear waters, and the campus environment is beautiful.

Zhuhai Branch covers an area of ​​more than 5,000 acres, with a total planned construction area of ​​1 million square meters. At present, the construction area has reached more than 620,000 square meters, with a total investment of 3.139 billion yuan. The teaching and living facilities are advanced and can be regarded as first-class in China.

Zhuhai Branch has 80 professional laboratories, 4 national laboratories, 15,647 laboratory instruments and equipment, with a total value of more than 102.3769 million yuan. There are 479 practical teaching bases. The Computer Teaching Demonstration Center of the School of Information Technology and Software Engineering was rated as the Guangdong Provincial Teaching Demonstration Center. The Graphics and Image Laboratory has become a public laboratory for scientific and technological innovation in Zhuhai. The school's network infrastructure is highly developed and was awarded the "China Education and Scientific Research Computer Network Zhuhai City Node" unit by the China Education and Science Computer Network Network Center.

The library of Zhuhai Branch has a superior environment, with a total construction area of ​​34,000 square meters. It has a collection of more than 1.1 million Chinese and foreign paper books, more than 800,000 electronic books, more than 2,000 Chinese and foreign newspapers and periodicals, and 45 Chinese and foreign databases. It has 7 printed document reading rooms, 1 multimedia reading room, 5 general seminar rooms, 1 trial audio seminar room, 16 leisure academic seminar areas, and 3,500 reading seats. It provides readers with open lending, reading, trial audio, Internet access, information retrieval and various technical services. All computers and audio-visual equipment in the library are open to readers free of charge, providing a good environment for academic research and learning and discussion for teachers and students.

Zhuhai Branch has complete sports facilities, including 2 football fields, 1 350-meter and 400-meter standard plastic sports fields, 1 standard competition swimming pool and 1 beach leisure swimming pool, a large weatherproof playground (indoor stadium) and outdoor standard basketball courts, volleyball courts, tennis courts and other sports facilities to meet the training and exercise needs of teachers and students.

Zhuhai Branch has excellent living conditions. There are dormitories of different sizes, which are equipped with air conditioners, toilets and solar automatic heating systems. The dormitories are equipped with modular furniture and broadband network interfaces. There are 5 bus routes and long-distance buses on campus to Zhuhai City and Guangzhou. The community service facilities such as banks, post offices, communication departments, and medical clinics are complete, providing high-quality services for teachers and students, and providing good conditions for students to study and live.