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Yangzhou University (YZU) is a key comprehensive provincial
university, who pioneered in China in the merging of institution of
higher learning. The University was established in 1992 as a merger
of 6 colleges namely Teachers College of Yangzhou, Agricultural
College of Jiangsu, Engineering College of Yangzhou, Medical College
of Yangzhou, Water Conservancy
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College of Jiangsu and Business School of Jiangsu. Former Chinese
President Jiang Zemin calligraphed the name for YZU and Li Lanqing,
former Chinese Vice-Premier inspected YZU five times. Many leaders from
the Ministry of Education and Jiangsu Provincial Government have visited
YZU, giving instruction and guidance.
The history of YZU can be traced back to as early as 1902, when Mr.
Zhang Jian, a renowned modern businessman and educator set up the
Teachers School of Tongzhou and Tonghai Agricultural School (which
became part of Nantong College later). The former Agricultural College
of Jiangsu and Teachers Colleges of Yangzhou, 2 components of the YZU
merger, were developed out of the agriculture section of Nantong College
and of the literature and history section of Teachers College of
Tongzhou respectively. The other 4 all had a history of more than 50
years.
Currently in YZU there are 33,900 full-time undergraduate students,
6,200 postgraduate (doctorate and master) students and 16,000 students
of continued education. YZU has 27 colleges offering 94 undergraduate
programs in 11 disciplines. YZU has 4 state-level specialized majors, 1
state-level teaching team, 1 state-level experimental teaching
demonstration center, 7 national superior courses, 25 provincial brand
majors and 8 provincial-level experimental teaching demonstration
centers in basic courses.
About 4,100 faculty and staff members are working in YZU, of which 2,050
are professional teachers including 1100 professors and associate
professors and 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (a
top honor for professors in China). In YZU, 97 faculty members enjoy the
Special Government Allowance and 29 are entitled Young Expert with
Outstanding Contribution. There are over 800 supervisors to Ph. D and
master students. As one of the first among colleges and universities
allowed to grant master and doctoral degree, YZU now has 5 mobile
stations for post-doctoral research, 32 doctoral programs, 133 master
programs, 1 granting right in doctoral degree and 6 granting rights in
master degrees targeting students for continued education; YZU has 3
state-level key disciplines (including one cultivation program), 8
ministerial (provincial-level) key disciplines, and 15 ministerial
(provincial-level) key laboratories, engineering technology research
centers and provincial-level researching institutes.
There are around 900 ongoing research projects that receive a total of
RMB 140 million yuan in research fund annually. In terms of the number
of the projects granted by the National Natural Science Foundation of
China, YZU is among the top rung universities in Jiangsu Province, and
goes into the top 40 in the whole country. Since the Ninth Five-Year
Plan Period of the country, more than 300 research accomplishments in
YZU have received awards at ministerial or provincial-level. The joint
research project with the Chinese Academy of Science, ¡°Trans-genetic
Somatic Cloned Goat¡±, was bulletined as the No. 1 Fundamental Research
News Report in 1999. ¡°Precise Sequencing of Rice No. 4 Chromosome¡±
project came on top of the 10 Scientific Progress News Report in 2002. 3
research achievements have won the second prize of the National
Scientific Development Award. YZU has embarked on a successful road to
serve agricultural and rural development through combining agriculture
field work, related scientific research and teaching work together with
northern Jiangsu as a foundation and efforts can reach the adjacent
central and southern Jiangsu.
YZU covers an area of about 4300 mu (or some 287 hectares) with a
build-up area of 1.22 million square meters. The eight campuses of YZU
are closely located in the downtown area of Yangzhou. The University
also owns experimental factories, farms, an animal hospital, an
affiliated high school and primary school, and affiliated clinical
hospitals with a full range of modern facilities to meet the needs of
teaching, research and students¡¯ internships. YZU attaches great
importance to international exchange and cooperation. It has set up
close links and academic relations with a number of institutions of
research and higher education in over 20 countries and regions. YZU is
well qualified to enroll international students and students from Hong
Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
In more than a decade, as it has undergone an innovative process from
combing to merging to restructuring and to improving, YZU is now truly
developing in an all-round manner. In the Teaching Assessment of
Undergraduate Education organized by China¡¯s Ministry Of Education, YZU
was rated Excellence (the best level).
With old glory behind it, YZU now aims to achieve new heights of
success. As a university of more than 100 years, YZU presses ahead with
reform and innovation, determined to contribute more valuable experience
to the administrative reform in China¡¯s higher education. It has thus
been regarded as a banner in China¡¯s university reform. In its new
journey, Yangzhou University will keep following the guidance and
leadership of the government and upholding the scientific overview of
development to build a harmonious school with a brighter future.
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Facts:
Foundation:
Merged
into present YZU in 1992. University history dates back as early as
1902.
Undergraduate
Students:
33,900
Postgraduate
Students:
6,200
Students in Adult
Education:
16,000
Faculties:
2,050
Professors &
Associate
Professors:
1,100
Annual Research
Funding:
140 million RMB
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