Xinjiang University of Engineering is a regular undergraduate institution sponsored by the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and supervised by the Department of Education. It is located in the beautiful city of Urumqi. Schools are built because of coal and thrive because of work. In 1958, 163 officers and soldiers from the Second Preparatory School of the General Rear Service Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army transferred to Xinjiang and established the Urumqi Coal Mine School. In 1985, it was renamed Xinjiang Coal Vocational College. In 1994, it was renamed Xinjiang Industrial Higher Vocational College. In 2012, it was upgraded to Xinjiang Engineering College with the approval of the Ministry of Education. In the same year, Xinjiang Mechanical and Electrical Vocational and Technical College was merged. For over 60 years, the school has adhered to the Populus euphratica spirit of "hard work, rooted in the border, self-improvement, and willingness to contribute", and cultivated the school motto of "unity of knowledge and action, pursuit of excellence". The school party committee has set the goal of building a first-class applied university in Xinjiang, put forward the work ideas of "strengthening party building, ensuring stability, facing evaluation, promoting transformation, seeking development, and creating first-class", seized the "five opportunities", solved the "five difficulties", enhanced the "five competitiveness", established the "five spirits", provided "five services", and achieved the development strategy of three "five-year goals", accelerating the transformation and development of the school. The school has four campuses, covering an area of 1929.60 acres and a building area of 436500 square meters. The collection consists of 1.0835 million printed books, 337500 e-books, and 14 databases in both Chinese and foreign languages. There are two key laboratories in the autonomous region, one engineering technology research center, one experimental teaching demonstration center, one key laboratory of the education department of the autonomous region, one postdoctoral innovation practice base, six key research platforms at the university level, and 60 on campus laboratories. The school currently has 14 secondary colleges, one teaching department, and 34 undergraduate majors, covering four disciplines: engineering, economics, management, and arts. We have one national first-class major, one "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" major from the Ministry of Education, and six first-class undergraduate majors from autonomous regions. The school currently has 1099 faculty members and 694 full-time teachers, including 590 teachers with master's degrees or above, accounting for 85.01% of full-time teachers; 225 teachers at or above the rank of associate professor, accounting for 32.42% of full-time teachers; There are 168 "dual teacher" teachers, accounting for 24.21% of full-time teachers. One member of the Teaching Guidance Committee for Ideological and Political Theory Courses in Higher Education Institutions under the Ministry of Education, one member of the Teaching Guidance Committee for Safety Science and Engineering Majors in Higher Education Institutions under the Ministry of Education, two experts who enjoy special government allowances from the State Council, one recipient of the National Excellent Youth Fund, one national specially appointed young expert, one expert from the Expert Advisory Group of the Autonomous Region Government, 30 "Tianshan Scholars" and "Tianshan Talents" involved in eight disciplines, three autonomous region teaching masters, one autonomous region excellent teacher, and six autonomous region teaching experts. The school currently has 16176 full-time students, including 13585 undergraduate students, accounting for 83.98% of the total number of students. Since its establishment, the school has been committed to cultivating high-quality applied talents for the front line of production management and services. More than 90% of graduates are employed in Xinjiang, making contributions to the regional economic and social development. In the past three years, the employment rate of graduates from the school has ranked first among undergraduate colleges in Xinjiang. The school attaches great importance to the cultivation of students' quality education and innovation ability. In the past three years, students have won 64 innovation and entrepreneurship projects, and a total of 35 awards in the National College Student Mathematical Modeling Competition. In the past four years, students have won 534 awards in various subject and professional competitions at or above the provincial and ministerial levels. Among them, the College Student Mechanical Design Innovation Association was awarded the honorary title of "Xiaoping Technology Innovation Team". In recent years, the school has undertaken 287 national and autonomous region level scientific research projects, 12 National Natural Science Foundation projects, 31 provincial and ministerial level projects, and has won multiple provincial and ministerial level scientific and technological progress awards. Over the past 63 years, the school has produced more than 70000 graduates for society, most of whom have become the main force in Xinjiang's coal and related industries, making positive contributions to Xinjiang's social stability and economic development, and winning widespread praise from all sectors of society. The horn of "engineering reform" has sounded for the needs of the country and the trends of the industry, and the era of "new engineering" has arrived. Looking ahead to the future, Xinjiang Institute of Technology will take "running a good applied university" and "cultivating applied talents" as the main line, adhere to the leadership of the Party, adhere to the fundamental task of cultivating morality and talents, focus on the overall goal, gather consensus and strength, and strive to build a first-class applied university in Xinjiang! Deadline: March 2021
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Xinjiang Normal University is a key teacher training institution in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It was established in December 1978 with the approval of the Ministry of Education. Its predecessor was Urumqi First Normal School and Xinjiang Teacher Training Department. Xinjiang Normal University is one of the first batch of newly established universities in China after the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. It has been bathed in the spring breeze of the Party and the country's reform and opening up, and has always grown and shared the same fate with the reform and opening up for more than 40 years, paving a path of rapid development. The school always adheres to the socialist direction of education, fully implements the Party's educational policy, implements the fundamental task of cultivating morality and talents, and integrates the socialist core values into the entire process of education and teaching; The school has consistently pursued science, civilization, progress, and truth, adhering to the school motto of "being knowledgeable, diligent, and a role model", and has formed a fine school spirit of "unity, dedication, practicality, and innovation"; The school has always taken it as its responsibility to cultivate talents for the Party and the country, and has made important contributions to the economic and social development of Xinjiang, especially the development of teacher education. The school's teaching area covers an area of 2435 acres and is divided into three campuses: Wenquan, Kunlun, and Wenguang. They are located at No. 100 Guanjing Road in Shuimogou District, No. 102 Xinyi Road in Shayibake District, and No. 16 Kashgar East Road in Xinshi District. The Wenquan Campus is the main campus and administrative center of the school, with a teaching area covering an area of 1994 acres. It undertakes the education and training of undergraduate and graduate students in liberal arts majors, as well as preparatory education and training tasks; The Kunlun campus currently mainly undertakes tasks such as undergraduate and graduate education in science and art majors, as well as continuing education, distance education, teacher training, and education for international students; The Wenguang Campus mainly undertakes the task of vocational training. The school currently has 20 colleges, among which the Marxism College is a national key Marxism college. The school was authorized as a master's degree institution in 1993 and a doctoral degree institution in 2013. It currently has 6 first level discipline doctoral degree authorization points and 1 education doctoral professional degree point, 19 first level discipline master's degree authorization points, 11 professional master's degree authorization points, and 62 undergraduate majors, covering 10 disciplinary categories. The school has 2 affiliated kindergartens, 1 primary school, 2 junior high schools, and 1 high school, with a total of 5389 students, all of whom are high-quality schools in Xinjiang. The high school department is a demonstration senior high school and a moral education demonstration school in the autonomous region. It has successively won the National Education System Reform Pilot Project School, Advanced School for Moral Education and Research in the Autonomous Region, and the first Peking University Preparatory Course Base in the Autonomous Region. After long-term efforts, the school has formed a complete education system including regular undergraduate and vocational education, graduate education, basic education, adult continuing education, international student education, and preparatory education. There are currently 1864 faculty members in the university department of the school (1709 on staff, 155 staff members with the same level of treatment, excluding logistics personnel), and 428 in affiliated middle schools, primary schools, and kindergartens. There are 1092 full-time university teachers in the school, including 159 senior teachers and 327 deputy senior teachers, with a proportion of 44.5% holding senior professional titles. The school currently has 5 experts who enjoy special allowances from the State Council, 1 national cultural expert and "Four One Batch" talent (theoretical field), 3 autonomous region cultural experts and "Four One Batch" talent (theoretical field), 1 autonomous region cultural expert and "Four One Batch" talent (literary and artistic field), 2 autonomous region Tianshan leading talents, 9 autonomous region "Tianchi Special Appointment Program", 2 autonomous region high-level talents, 11 autonomous region "Tianshan Talents", 38 autonomous region "Tianchi Doctor", 14 autonomous region level teaching masters, and 13 autonomous region level teaching experts. The school currently has 27369 college students, including 19977 regular undergraduate and junior college students, 3712 graduate students (232 doctoral students, 3480 master's students), 205 international students, and 3475 mainland preparatory students. The school focuses on connotation construction and quality improvement, and has achieved outstanding results in teaching management and reform. In recent years, a total of 24 autonomous region level teaching achievement awards have been won. There are currently 23 first-class majors, including 11 national first-class majors and 12 autonomous region level first-class majors; There are 27 first-class courses, including 1 national first-class course and 26 autonomous region level first-class courses. The school closely focuses on the major strategic needs of the country and the autonomous region, promotes the innovative development of basic research and its close integration with applied research, continuously improves the level of scientific research and social service capabilities, provides strong support for the economic and social development of the autonomous region, and gradually becomes an intellectual, ideological, and talent pool to serve the overall goal of Xinjiang's work, and to serve the "rule of law, unity and stability, cultural enrichment, prosperity, and long-term construction of Xinjiang". The school currently has one national level international joint research center and 24 autonomous region level scientific research platforms, including a national key Marxist college, a national university student cultural quality education base, a national university counselor development research center, a national Ethnic Affairs Commission Chinese national community research center, an autonomous region key discipline, an autonomous region key laboratory, an autonomous region collaborative innovation center, an autonomous region university humanities and social science key research base, a cultural enrichment research institute, and an Xinjiang related issues research institute. The number of social science projects approved at all levels and types of schools ranks among the top in all universities in Xinjiang. The school has 37 teaching, professional, and research-oriented laboratories, including 458 multimedia classrooms (including recording rooms), 6 language laboratories, 14 smart classrooms, 27 public computer rooms, 1 VR laboratory, 6 calligraphy classrooms, 1 micro classroom, 1 lecture hall, 1 teaching observation room, and 2 centralized control centers. The school library covers an area of 54000 square meters, with a total collection of 1.748 million books, 1281 professional journals, over 148000 selected electronic journals, 547000 electronic books, and 34 various databases. The Journal of Xinjiang Normal University publishes the Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition (in Chinese), Natural Sciences Edition (in Chinese), and Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition (in Uyghur). Among them, the Journal of Xinjiang Normal University (Chinese Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition) is the only comprehensive academic journal in Xinjiang that has been selected as one of the five (all) core social science journals, and has been included in the "China Science and Technology Core Journal Catalog" for the first time. It is also the only comprehensive academic journal in Xinjiang that has been selected as a key supported by the National Social Science Fund, and has been rated as an "Excellent Journal of the National Social Science Fund" by the National Office of Philosophy and Social Sciences; Awarded the titles of "Top 100 Newspapers and Magazines in China" by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, "Most Popular Journal of 2016-2020" and "Most Popular Journal of Comprehensive Humanities and Social Sciences in 2020" by the National Philosophy and Social Sciences Literature Center; The composite impact factor of the journal is 6.593, ranking first among comprehensive humanities and social science journals in China. The school attaches great importance to external exchanges and cooperation, actively engages in scientific research, talent cultivation, social services, cultural exchanges and cooperation with domestic universities, and implements joint undergraduate and graduate training with "Double First Class" universities such as University of Science and Technology of China, East China Normal University, Dalian University of Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, etc. It has established long-term cooperative relationships with more than 20 universities in Russia, Japan, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan; Teachers' overseas training, study visits, and academic exchanges have become normalized. The school regularly hires foreign experts to teach and invites well-known domestic and foreign experts and scholars to give lectures and exchange ideas; The school has three Confucius Institutes in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and has been awarded the title of "Advanced Confucius Institute" by the Hanban. The school is a Chinese project institution under the Ministry of Education's "Demonstration Base for Education of International Students in China", "Central Asian Chinese Language Promotion Base", and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. The school adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implements the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and its plenary sessions, implements the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping on July 1st, implements the spirit of the Third Central Xinjiang Work Symposium, fully and accurately implements the Party's governance strategy for Xinjiang in the new era, and implements the spirit of the 10th Party Congress of the autonomous region. Firmly grasp the overall goal of work in Xinjiang, adhere to and strengthen the Party's comprehensive leadership over school work, focus on the positioning of "cultivating morality and talents, and building first-class teacher education", always regard the cultivation of first-class teachers as the main responsibility of the school, make every effort to do a good job in teacher education majors, conscientiously carry out teacher function training work mainly based on "national training projects", actively carry out teacher education discipline construction and research education, continuously transform the essence of teacher education into the characteristics of teacher education and the advantages of the school, strive to build a complete teacher education talent training system, and strive to build Xinjiang Normal University into a comprehensive and high-level normal university with distinctive characteristics of teacher education, cultivating socialist builders and successors who love their country, Xinjiang, and take responsibility for dedication. (The above data is as of December 31, 2021)
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