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Introduction of Zhengzhou University |
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A national ¡°211 project¡± key university co-built by the Henan Provincial
Government and the State Ministry of Education On July 10th, 2000, the
new Zhengzhou University was founded through the merger of three
universities: Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University of Technology
and Henan Medical University. It is a comprehensive university with 11
disciplines: science, technology, art, medicine, literature, history,
philosophy, law, economics, management, agriculture and education, and
the only one of the national ¡°211 project¡± universities in Henan
Province under the administration of both the Henan Provincial
Government and the State Ministry of Education, P.R.C.
Zhengzhou University has an abundance of resources. The
University now has four main campuses, namely, New Campus, South Campus,
Technological Institute and Medical School, occupying an area of 1070
acres (6493 mu), of which the New Campus (located in New High-tech Zone)
comprises 799 acres (4845 mu). Construction of the New Campus has a
construction budget of 1.97 billion RMB and a total construction area of
1.651 million square meters.
Zhengzhou University has a grand running scope and rich
faculty resources. At present, the enrolled number of full-time students
is over 36,000, with 6£¬639 graduate students and 342 international
students. The University has a teaching and administrative staff of
5,861 of which 3056 are academic staffs of teaching and research, 15 are
academicians with the Chinese Academy of Science and Engineering (among
which 3 of them are full-time and 12 are part-time scholars), 529
professors, 1,019 associate professors, 221 Ph.D. tutors, and more than
1,500 Masters Degree tutors. Of the teachers, 960 have Ph.D. degrees
that account for 31.4% of the total professional teachers. There are 15
national experts of distinguished contributions, 171 experts are winners
of special government allowance, 81 excellent specialists of Henan
province, 228 excellent provincial youth backbone teachers, 9 teachers
chosen into National hundred ten-million talented people projects, 121
cultivated objects of the new century academic and technical guides.
The university has an established teaching system of quality
and solid scientific research condition .The university consists of 43
schools and departments, 5 affiliated hospitals, offering 86
undergraduate programs, 8 first-degree doctoral programs, 72
second-degree programs, ranging across 6 subjects, 17 first-degree
disciplines; 34 first-degree graduate programs, 218 second-degree
graduate programs covering 11 disciplines, 51 first-degree subjects, 7
post-doctoral research stations, ¡° The State Base for Teaching and
Research in Fundamental Sciences¡±, ¡°The State Research Base for Cultural
Quality Education of College Students¡±, 2 national-level key disciplines
, 6 key disciplines granted by the national ¡° 211 project¡± and 57
provincial key disciplines . There are a variety of 169 scientific
organizations, with the State Center for Engineering Research, one State
Popularizing Center for Technology Research, 2 key laboratory of the
State Ministry of Education, one State Research Base for Clinical
Practice of Medicine, 10 provincial key laboratories (Engineering
Research Center), 7 higher institutions key discipline open laboratories
of Henan Province, one animal experimental center of Henan Province, one
key research base for the study of humanities and Social Sciences (
co-sponsored by the State Ministry of Education and Henan Provincial
government ) and 9 higher institutions key research bases for the study
of humanities and social sciences of Henan Province. The university is
acknowledged for its strong capabilities of fundamental research and
applied research as well as for its scientific innovation.
Zhengzhou University has a sound and developing
infrastructure and the school condition is superior. The National
Afforestation Committee has recognized it as one of the top 400
institutions in planting trees. The University Library contains about
4.2 million volumes, and 1.05 million volumes of electrical books. The
university has its own publishing house, and issues 13 academic
journals. Under the university, there are 3 cooperative schools: Shengda
Economics Trade and Management College, SIAS International College and
College of Physical Education.
Zhengzhou University has taken an active part in
international academic exchange and cooperation. At present, it has
established a sound exchange relationship with 84 universities from more
than 30 countries and regions of the world, mainly from the United
States of America, Great Britain, France, Japan, Russia, Canada,
Australia, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Finland, Ukraine, Taiwan,
Hong Kong and other countries and districts.
The university focuses on the people, pays attention to the
students¡¯ quality in a comprehensive way and has trained a group of
qualified graduates for the society. In the areas of the party
construction, ideology and political science, teaching, scientific
research, medical care, management, students¡¯ work and logistics
service, the university has won above-provincial level honor titles many
times.
Zhengzhou University¡¯s development has received great care
and support from the Central Government, State Department of Education,
and the Henan provincial government and all the people in Henan
Province. The national leaders Jia Qinglin, Li Changcun, Luo Gan, Li
Lanqin, members of the Standing Committee of the Central Political
Bureau of the CPC Liu Yunshan, etc, have visited Zhengzhou University
respectively. The leaders of the State Ministry of Education, Henan
Provincial Communist Party Committee, and Henan Provincial Government
frequently come to visit the university. Under the care and support of
the leaders from the higher level, the university has achieved
trans-normal development in the areas of intellectuals¡¯ cultivation,
academic disciplines, faculty, new campus, teaching scientific research,
etc.
Zhengzhou University insists on scientific and fast
development, and centers on the construction of academic disciplines and
new campus, optimizes the university¡¯s structure, develops special
features, strengthens the innovation system, and enlarges the policy of
openness. It is located in central China where it faces the nation and
prepares for the world. The university is adapting to the economic and
social conditions of the country and the region as well. The university
follows the world¡¯s scientific technology and cultural development and
fully promotes the university¡¯s modernization and internationalization
and aims to establish a first-class comprehensive university in China,
being internationally well known as well, and demonstrating a strong
function in the region.
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