Second, a brief introduction of Jinan University
Jinan University is the first overseas Chinese university founded by the government in China. The word "Jin 'an" comes from Shangshu Gong Yu: "The east is gradually in the sea, the west is in quicksand, and the south is combined, which teaches the world." It means facing South Asia and spreading Chinese culture.
The school's predecessor was Jinan School, which was founded by the Qing government in Nanjing on 1906. Later, it moved to Shanghai, and 1927 was renamed as National Jinan University. During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he moved to Jianyang, Fujian. 1946 moved back to Shanghai,1949 merged with Fudan University, Jiaotong University and other universities in August. After the founding of New China, Jinan University was rebuilt in Guangzhou, 1958. Suspended during the Cultural Revolution, 1978 reopened in Guangzhou. After the reform and opening up, the school has developed rapidly. 1In June, 1996, Jinan University became a national key university facing the 2 1 century. 20 1 1 In April, the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, Ministry of Education and Guangdong Provincial Government signed an agreement to jointly build Jinan University. 2065438+June 2005, the school was selected as a key construction university of high-level universities in Guangdong Province. 2065438+September 2007, the school was selected as a national "double-class" construction university.
Jinan University, known as "the highest institution for overseas Chinese", abides by the motto of "loyalty and forgiveness" and pays attention to cultivating talents with the excellent traditional moral culture of the Chinese nation. The school actively implements the policy of "facing overseas, facing Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan". Since its establishment, * * * has trained more than 300,000 talents from five continents 170 countries and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions, and is known as the peach blossom and plum blossom in the world.
As one of the oldest universities in China, Jinan University has an important position in the history of higher education in China: the first overseas Chinese institution of higher learning founded by the state, one of the century-old universities whose names have been used all the time, the first batch of universities in China to try out the credit system, the first university to set up a medical college in a comprehensive university, the first university to set up a research institution on overseas Chinese issues, and the first university to set up a business department. ...
At present, the school has a complete range of disciplines, including literature, science and medicine. There are 37 colleges, 64 departments and 19 directly affiliated research institutes. There are 94 undergraduate majors, 4 1 master's degree, 23 doctoral degree and 27 professional degree authorization categories. Postdoctoral mobile stations 16, postdoctoral scientific research mobile stations 1 6.
In recent years, with the efforts of teachers and students, the discipline construction and strength of the school have been significantly improved. At present, there are 4 national second-class key disciplines, 8 the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office key disciplines, 2 state administration of traditional chinese medicine key disciplines, 265,438+0 Guangdong first-class disciplines and 4 Guangdong two disciplines key disciplines. Eight disciplines of engineering, chemistry, clinical medicine, pharmacology and toxicology, materials science, biology and biochemistry, agricultural science and environment/ecology have entered the top of ESI world rankings 1%. In the fourth round of discipline evaluation by the Ministry of Education, our school ranked 30 first-class disciplines, ranking third in the number of universities in the province, among which journalism and communication got A- and applied economics, China language and literature, biology and business administration got B+.
The school has a strong faculty and optimized structure, with 2,409 full-time teachers, including 2 academicians of China Academy of Sciences, 4 academicians of China Academy of Engineering, 16 (including distinguished professor and Young Changjiang), 35 winners of Jie Qing and You Qing, 42 "Pearl River Scholars", 723 professors, 904 associate professors, 808 doctoral supervisors and 65 master supervisors.
The influence of the school is increasing day by day, and it enrolls students in 365,438+0 provinces (cities and autonomous regions) nationwide. It has become the first choice for overseas Chinese and students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to apply for further study, and it is also the largest training base for high-quality talents from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in China. The school has 8 national characteristic majors, 1 national talent training mode innovation experimental zone, 2 national professional comprehensive reform pilots, 3 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 3 national off-campus practical education bases for college students, 13 national network quality courses, 8 national quality courses (including bilingual teaching demonstration courses), 5 national quality video open courses and national quality resources. The Ministry of Education offers four famous English teaching courses in China, namely the National College Students' Cultural Quality Education Base, the National Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language Base and the the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office Chinese Education Base.
There are 379 18 full-time students in the school, including 26,837 undergraduates, 1 108 1 person for graduate students, and 1767 students from overseas Chinese, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, respectively, from 123 different countries and regions. The school campus culture is rich and colorful, community activities are splendid, and the atmosphere of innovation and entrepreneurship is strong. Students have made great achievements in many cultural and sports competitions at home and abroad, such as the Challenge Cup, the National Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Competition and the National Universiade. Jinan athletes Su and Chen Aisen won glory for their country in major international competitions such as the Olympic Games, which inspired the Chinese people. The school was selected as the first batch of demonstration universities in China to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education. Jinan University graduates are well received by employers at home and abroad, and the employment rate has always been in the forefront of similar institutions.
The school's scientific research strength has gradually increased, and now it has 98 provincial-level scientific research platforms of the Ministry of State. The scientific research results are fruitful. In recent years, the school has won three national scientific and technological progress awards, one national technological invention award 1 and one international scientific and technological cooperation award 1. The number of projects approved by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the number of international papers included in authoritative indexes such as SCI continued to increase. Since 20 1 1, 37 major projects of the national social science fund have been approved in the field of humanities and social sciences in our school, and nearly 250 other types of national social science projects. Among them, the number of major projects approved by the National Social Science Fund ranks among the top universities in China 10 in recent three years, and it is the only non-"985" university that ranks among the top ten universities in China. Number and ranking of projects approved by the National Social Science Fund each year. At the same time, high-end achievements in the fields of humanities and social sciences are constantly emerging. Since 20 1 1, * * has won the National Outstanding Achievement Award in Humanities and Social Sciences in Colleges and Universities 18, and published 12 papers in China Social Sciences and 12 papers in SSCI, A &；; HCI and other authoritative foreign index journals published nearly a thousand papers.