Nanjing University

Nanjing University

Located in the ancient capital of Jinling, which is rich in natural beauty and has a long history and a good reputation, Nanjing University is a century-old prestigious university. Its predecessor was the Sanjiang Normal School founded in 1902. After that, it went through the Liangjiang Normal School, Nanjing Higher Normal School, National Southeast University, National Fourth Sun Yat-sen University, National Central University, National Nanjing University and other historical periods. In 1950, it was renamed Nanjing University. In 1952, during the adjustment of colleges and departments of colleges and universities across the country, Nanjing University adjusted out some colleges and departments such as engineering, agriculture, and normal education, and merged with the liberal arts and science colleges of Jinling University founded in 1888, and it was still named Nanjing University. The school site was moved from Sipailou to the original site of Jinling University in Gulou. In the course of more than a century of education, Nanjing University and its predecessor have kept pace with the times and shared the fate of the nation, seeking the prosperity of the country and the progress of science, and have made important contributions to the prosperity of the country and the rejuvenation of the nation. Especially since the reform and opening up, as a key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education, Nanjing University has regained new vitality in new historical opportunities, maintaining a good development trend in various fields such as teaching, scientific research and social services, and its various school indicators and comprehensive strength are among the best in the country. In 1996, Nanjing University was identified as a university that is supported by the national "211 Project"; in 1999, Nanjing University entered the ranks of the first batch of high-level universities that are key to the construction of the national "985 Project"; in 2006, the Ministry of Education and Jiangsu Province signed an agreement to jointly build Nanjing University again; in 2011, the Ministry of Education and Jiangsu Province signed an agreement to continue to jointly build Nanjing University; in 2016, Nanjing University was selected as the first batch of national-level dual-innovation demonstration bases; in 2017, Nanjing University was selected into the list of Class A world-class universities, and currently 16 disciplines have been selected into the list of world-class disciplines. Nanjing University currently has four campuses in Xianlin, Gulou, Pukou, and Suzhou, with 33 schools and departments, 13,350 undergraduates, 17,201 postgraduates, 8,385 doctoral students, and 1,117 international students. There are 8 national key disciplines in the first-level disciplines, 13 national key disciplines in the second-level disciplines, 16 “Double First-Class” construction disciplines, 19 disciplines approved for the third phase of the Jiangsu Universities Advantageous Discipline Construction Project, 18 first-level key disciplines in Jiangsu Province, 89 undergraduate majors, 42 first-level disciplines authorized to confer doctoral degrees, 1 second-level discipline authorized to confer doctoral degrees (excluding first-level discipline coverage points), 5 professional doctoral degree authorization points, 4 first-level disciplines authorized to confer master's degrees, 28 professional master's degree authorization points, 38 postdoctoral mobile stations, 12 national basic discipline talent training bases, 1 national life science and technology talent training base, and 14 basic disciplines Outstanding Student Training Bases. There are 1 national laboratory (under preparation), 7 national key laboratories, 1 national engineering technology research center, 1 national science and technology resource sharing service platform, 1 national center for applied mathematics, 1 national and local joint engineering research center of the National Development and Reform Commission, 1 national field science observation and research station, 1 frontier science center of the Ministry of Education, 9 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 1 joint laboratory of international cooperation between universities of the Ministry of Education, 1 field science observation and research station of the Ministry of Education, 3 engineering research centers of the Ministry of Education, 1 engineering technology research center of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, 10 key laboratories of Jiangsu Province, 12 engineering research centers (engineering laboratories) of Jiangsu Province, 1 key discipline laboratory of the Bureau of Science and Technology, 1 key laboratory of the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, 2 national 2011 collaborative innovation centers, 5 collaborative innovation centers of Jiangsu universities, 4 key research bases of humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, 1 national high-end think tank construction and cultivation unit, and 3 key high-end think tanks of Jiangsu Province. Nanjing University has a high-quality faculty, including 28 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 327 national leading talents, 347 national young talents, 103 chief scientists of major national science and technology projects, "973 Program", "863 Program", national key research and development programs, 22 members of the subject evaluation group of the State Council Academic Degree Committee, 11 national teaching masters, and 38 national candidates of the "Hundred Thousand Talents Project". Spring breeze and rain, peaches and plums are fragrant. Over the past century, Nanjing University has always adhered to the principle of educating people, and has cultivated and created many Chinese talents in various historical stages. They have made outstanding achievements in their respective fields. Since the reform and opening up, Nanjing University has carried out many explorations in education and teaching reforms, formed many important educational ideas and teaching concepts, and had an important impact on higher education at home and abroad. At present, Nanjing University has put forward the goal of "providing the best undergraduate education in China", adhered to the talent training concept of "integrating discipline construction with undergraduate teaching, integrating general education with personalized training, integrating broadening the foundation with strengthening practice, and integrating learning to learn with learning to be a person", and continuously deepened the reform of innovative talent training mechanism, actively cultivating future leading talents and top innovative talents with innovative spirit, practical ability and international vision for all walks of life in society. The predecessor of Nanjing University is "famous for science". The scientific spirit and tradition of studying things to gain knowledge and pursuing truth have always run through the development history of Nanjing University, becoming the most important feature of Nanjing University. Generation after generation of Nanjing University people have been diligently seeking, climbing high and tackling difficulties, winning glory for the country and benefiting the people, and a large number of excellent scientific research results have emerged, which are well-known in domestic and foreign academic circles. Today, Nanjing University takes "strengthening application, focusing on foundation, developing edge, and promoting cooperation" as its policy, and "basic research facing the international academic frontier, applied research facing the national strategic needs and the main battlefield of national economic construction, and committed to solving major theoretical and practical problems related to the national economy and people's livelihood" as its guiding ideology, adjusts the scientific research layout, strengthens scientific research organization, and improves the original scientific research capabilities and level as a whole, and builds Nanjing University into an important scientific research center in my country. Since its establishment at the beginning of the last century, Nanjing University has been one of the most active Chinese universities in international exchanges and cooperation, and has established close cooperative relations with many first-class universities and high-level scientific research institutions in the world. Among them, the Nanjing University-Hopkins University Sino-US Cultural Research Center, which was founded in the 1980s, has been successfully held for more than 30 years. It is the earliest long-term project of international cooperation in higher education implemented after China's reform and opening up. It has cultivated many backbone talents for Sino-US cultural exchanges and has had a huge impact at home and abroad. At present, Nanjing University is vigorously promoting various wide-ranging and multi-channel international exchanges and cooperation under the new historical situation, and comprehensively improving the internationalization level of school management. At present, Nanjing University's school-running cause has opened a new century-old chapter. All Nanjing University people will always maintain a high-spirited spirit and a simple and down-to-earth work style, thoroughly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's instructions on "the first Nanjing University", focus on connotation development, highlight the characteristics of Nanjing University, work hard to build Nanjing University into a world-class university as soon as possible, and make greater contributions to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation! (Data deadline: March 1, 2022)

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Xi'an University of Finance and Economics

Xi'an University of Finance and Economics

Xi'an University of Finance and Economics is a general higher education institution sponsored by the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government and co-established by the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government and the National Bureau of Statistics. The predecessor of the school can be traced back to the Northwest Trade School established in 1952. In June 2001, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Institute of Economics and Trade and Xi'an Institute of Statistics merged to form Xi'an Institute of Finance and Economics. On November 30, 2018, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, Xi'an Institute of Finance and Economics was renamed Xi'an University of Finance and Economics. The school currently has four campuses: Chang'an, Yanta, Cuihua East, and Cuihua West, covering an area of ​​more than 1,600 acres. Yanta and Cuihua campuses are adjacent to the world-famous Big Wild Goose Pagoda of the Tang Dynasty. The Chang'an campus is located on the Shenheyuan at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, with an elegant environment and profound cultural heritage. Xi'an University of Finance and Economics is a general higher education institution sponsored by the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government and co-built by the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government and the National Bureau of Statistics. The predecessor of the school can be traced back to the Northwest Trade School founded in 1952. In June 2001, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Institute of Economics and Trade and Xi'an Institute of Statistics merged to form Xi'an Institute of Finance and Economics. On November 30, 2018, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, Xi'an Institute of Finance and Economics was renamed Xi'an University of Finance and Economics. The school currently has four campuses: Chang'an, Yanta, Cuihua East, and Cuihua West, covering an area of ​​more than 1,600 acres. The Yanta and Cuihua campuses are adjacent to the world-famous Big Wild Goose Pagoda of the Tang Dynasty. The Chang'an campus is located on the Shenheyuan at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, with an elegant environment and profound cultural heritage. The school focuses on economics and management, highlights the advantages and characteristics of disciplines such as statistics, finance, finance, and accounting, and is supported by literature, law, science, engineering, and art, focusing on the coordinated development of multiple disciplines. The school currently has 12 colleges and a physical education department, including the School of Economics, School of Statistics, School of Business, School of Management, School of Information, School of Law, School of Literature, School of Public Administration, School of Foreign Languages, School of Continuing Education, School of International Education, and School of Marxism. There are 1,070 full-time teachers, including 48 national, provincial and ministerial experts, 25 national model teachers, provincial teaching masters, outstanding teachers, advanced workers, model teachers, advanced teachers, and models of teacher ethics in Shaanxi Province. The school currently has 6 first-level disciplines and 30 second-level disciplines, including applied economics, statistics, business administration, law, public administration, and Marxist theory. The school has 12 professional master's degree authorization points, including Master of Finance, Master of Applied Statistics, Master of Accounting, Master of Business Administration, Master of Engineering, Master of Journalism and Communication, Master of Taxation, Master of Auditing, Master of Law, Master of Chinese International Education, Master of Electronic Information, and Master of Public Administration. The school has 4 provincial-level advantageous disciplines, including statistics, finance, law, and management science and engineering, and 1 provincial-level characteristic discipline, Western Regional Economic and Industrial Development Research. Statistics has been listed as a construction discipline of "domestic first-class discipline construction universities" by Shaanxi Province. The school currently has 47 undergraduate majors, including 4 national-level "first-class undergraduate majors" construction sites, 19 provincial-level "first-class undergraduate majors" construction sites, 2 national-level professional comprehensive reform pilot projects, 10 provincial-level professional comprehensive reform pilot projects, 3 national-level characteristic majors, 6 provincial-level characteristic majors, and 3 provincial-level famous majors. There are 21 provincial-level and above first-class undergraduate courses, and 2 national-level and 3 provincial-level "new engineering, new liberal arts, and new agricultural science" research and reform practice projects have been approved. At present, the school has more than 17,900 full-time students and 46 international students. The school has always adhered to talent training as the foundation and improving the quality of education and teaching as the center. The core competitiveness and social influence have been significantly enhanced, and the construction results are remarkable. It won "excellent" in the 2007 Ministry of Education's undergraduate teaching work level evaluation. In the past two sessions, it has won 9 national and provincial teaching achievement awards. There are 5 off-campus practice education bases for college students at or above the provincial level, 7 provincial talent training model innovation experimental zones, 2 pilot colleges for innovation and entrepreneurship education reform in Shaanxi Province, 5 provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers, and 3 provincial virtual simulation experimental teaching centers. The school recruits students from 31 provinces (municipalities, autonomous regions) across the country, and candidates apply for the exam enthusiastically. In the past five years (data from 2017 to 2021), the school's average first choice admission rate in the country was 85.6%, and the average undergraduate employment rate exceeded 88%. The school insists on serving the regional economic and social development, taking serving the regional economic transformation and development as the core, finding the right entry point for scientific research, and using 11 provincial and ministerial scientific research bases such as the China (Xi'an) Silk Road Research Institute, 5 provincial and ministerial science popularization bases and 15 school-level scientific research bases to carry out scientific research work in a targeted manner, serving the fruitful results of regional economic construction, and continuously deepening and expanding the combination of industry, academia and research. In the past five years, teachers have undertaken more than 1,200 scientific research projects at all levels and types, including more than 500 national and provincial and ministerial scientific research projects, and 40 scientific research results have won provincial and ministerial awards for outstanding scientific research results. The school has established a training base for educational statisticians of the Ministry of Education and a training base for statistical staff of the National Bureau of Statistics, and has trained a large number of statistical business backbones for the national education system and the national statistical industry. The school has carried out extensive international cooperation and exchanges, and has established friendly cooperative relations with 87 well-known foreign universities such as the University of South Wales, St. Petersburg State University of Economics, Yonsei University, Malaysia, Bonn Savings Bank Consortium College, Chester University, and Essen University of Economics and Management. At present, the school is comprehensively promoting the development of connotation, taking discipline construction as the leader, faculty construction as the key, improving education quality as the core, and institutional and mechanism innovation as the guarantee, strengthening the construction of "first-class disciplines and first-class majors", vigorously promoting the modernization, internationalization and informatization of education, and striving for the goal of building a distinctive and high-level university of finance and economics in an all-round way. The school's school-running level and social reputation are constantly improving.

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