Shihezi University

Shihezi University
Shihezi University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	石河子大学
Traditional Chinese	石河子大學
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shíhézǐ Dàxué
Uyghur name
Uyghur	شىخەنزە ئۇنىۋېرسىتېتى‎
Latin Yëziqi
Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqi	Shixenze univërsitëti
Yengi Yeziⱪ	Xihənzə universiteti
Siril Yëziqi	Шихəнзə универсиtеtи

Shihezi University
石河子大学
Type	Public
Established	1996; 26 years ago
Academic staff	2,619
Undergraduates	31,716
Postgraduates	2,353
Location	Shihezi, Xinjiang, China; 44°18′24″N 86°03′16″E / 44.30667°N 86.05444°ECoordinates: 44°18′24″N 86°03′16″E / 44.30667°N 86.05444°E
Campus	Urban
Website	[1]

Shihezi University (SHZU; Chinese: 石河子大学) is a public university located in Shihezi, Xinjiang, China. Founded in 1996, it is administered by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) and co-funded by the Ministry of Education under the Chinese state Double First Class University Plan and former "Project 211" for national key universities.^[1]

In August 2000, the Central Government designated Shihezi University as a key institution to develop in northwestern China. The university has been developing with the support of several leading institutions in China, including Peking University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, East China University of Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Chongqing University, Jiangnan University, University of International Business and Economics, Nanjing Normal University, and South China Agricultural University.^[1] It became a "Double First Class University‘ identified by the Ministry of Education of China in 2017.^[2]

History[edit]

Shihezi University was officially formed in September 1996 with the merge of Shihezi Medical College (est. 1949), Shihezi Agricultural College (est. 1959), XPCC Vocational College of Economics (est. 1959), and XPCC Vocational College of Education (est. 1960).^[1]

Academics[edit]

Gate of Shihezi University

Shihezi University offers 10 specialties—Agriculture, Medicine, Engineering, Economics and Trade, Management, Literature and Arts, Sciences, Education, Law, and History. It has 21 colleges, offering four doctorate degrees, 52 master's degrees, 66 bachelor's degrees,1 pre-university senior middle school programs, five specialties that enroll on-job-teachers for master's degrees, one post-doctoral scientific work station, two post-doctoral mobile stations. The university has jointly set up graduate education bases with Peking University and Tianjin University, as well as a program for culture-oriented quality education.

The university has 11 disciplines of Ministry of Agriculture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), three key laboratories co-constructed and supported by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the XPCC. It has two key laboratories of XPCC, two key bases for art and scientific research, and 24 graduate schools and research centers. The university has become a key scientific research base of XPCC and XUAR.

Faculty and students[edit]

The university has 2,611 staff. There are 1,560 full-time teachers including a specially-engaged academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 166 professors, 489 associate professors, 58 experts and scholars receiving outstanding achievement awards at national and provincial level, and 80 distinguished experts and scholars receiving special subsidies from the government. It employs more than 10 foreign experts and teachers every year.

Students come from 31 provinces and regions. The student population is currently 30,261, including 22,635 undergraduates, 2120 postgraduates and 245 international students from countries such as United States, India, Russia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, etc.

Campus[edit]

Street view by the campus

The campus covers 1,870,000 square meters. It has 950,000 square meters of building, and the area of its laboratories is 170,000 square meters. The library has a collection of 2,900,000 Chinese and foreign books and periodicals, and is only one model project in Xinjiang, as university digital libraries in State High-tech Project 863. It has a book collection spot of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Location[edit]

The university is located in Shihezi, the Garden City, by the river of Manas on the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "学校概况". www.shzu.edu.cn. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
^ "教育部财政部国家发展改革委关于公布世界一流大学和一流学科建设高校及建设学科名单的通知 (Notice from the Ministry of Education and other national governmental departments announcing the list of double first class universities and disciplines)".

Shihezi University (Official site for International Students)

External links[edit]

[:0-1] "学校概况". www.shzu.edu.cn. Retrieved December 13, 2021.

[Chinese_Department_of_Education-2] "教育部财政部国家发展改革委关于公布世界一流大学和一流学科建设高校及建设学科名单的通知 (Notice from the Ministry of Education and other national governmental departments announcing the list of double first class universities and disciplines)".

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v t e Former Project 211
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See also: Project 985

v t e Universities and colleges in Xinjiang
Provincial	Kashgar University Shihezi University Tarim University Xinjiang Agricultural University Xinjiang Arts Institute Xinjiang Medical University Xinjiang Normal University Xinjiang University Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics Yili Normal University
See also: List of universities in China Education in China History of education in China

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