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A
hundred years of vicissitudes and striving fostered
this celebrated university. The predecessor of HZU
is the combination of Huazhong University, Zhonghua
University and the Pedagogical College of Zhongyuan
University, with Huazhong University as the main
part. Huazhong University was the largest and most
influential mission university in South Central
China, it developed from Wenhua Academy (the first
college of mission school) that was founded in 1903.
In 1951, the public Huazhong University came into
being after the Pedagogical College of Zhongyuan
University merged with Huazhong University. Then,
it was reorganized into Huazhong Higher Normal School
in 1952 and later renamed Huazhong Teachers College
in 1953. In 1985, the university was formally entitled
Huazhong University and Deng Xiaoping, one of the
founders of Zhongyuan University, inscribed the
new name of the university. In1993, President Jiang
Zemin wrote an inscription for the university "Developing
normal education, improving the nation's quality". The
university attaches great importance to the development
of disciplines. After adjusting and expanding some
of the disciplines, HZU has formed a complete and
optimized disciplinary system consisting literature,
history, philosophy, natural science, engineering,
education, economics, law, agriculture and management.
Now, it comprises 18 schools, 9 department and 82
research institutes(centers) and offers 53 doctoral
programs and 94 master's degree programs. The university
also has 5 first-grade doctor's degree disciplines,
3 national key disciplines, 9 provincial and ministerial
level key disciplines, 5 post-doctoral programs.
Moreover, it has established 2 national bases for
personnel training & scientific research, and
3 national key bases for the research of humanities
and social sciences. Our university has set up its
Continual Education College, Higher Vocational Education
College, Network Education College and International
Cultural Exchange College. Entrusted by the Ministry
of Education, it also established a Teachers Training
Center for Teachers Universities and Colleges in
South Central China and a Training Center for Education
Administrators from the same region. HZU
boasts an array of qualified teachers as well as
scholars full of vigor and vitality. Among a total
of over 700 professors and associate professors,
there are 3 experts with national achievements and
22 with provincial achievements. Apart from that,
8 are selected by the Ministry of Education for
"Cross-Century Talents Project" and 1
for "Talent Project". HZU also has many
of honorary professors and adjunct professors, such
as famous writer Wang Meng, sociologist Zheng Hangsheng,
historian Zhang Zhengming, physicist Meng Dazhong,
the academician of Chinese Academy Yuan Longping,
the chief scientist in the field of Nanometer 973
project Zhang Lide, and the academician of Chinese
Academy of Science Ding Xiaqi. HZU
has made noticeable achievements in scientific research.
Since the 7th Five-Year Plan was carried out, our
teaching staff have been entrusted with a great
many important scientific research projects such
as national high-tech project 863,national "Torch
Program" The
university puts fostering qualified talents in the
first place, carries out teaching reform to improves
its teaching quality. Since the country began its
reform and opening-up endeavor, the university had
enrolls undergraduate students and graduates students
from all parts of China. It admits ethnic minority
students from Guizhou, Guangxi, Xinjiang and Tibet
to attend the college preparatory classes. HZU also
recruits international students. At present the
university has a student body of over 20,000, of
whom 2000 are postgraduates. In 1999 and 2000, 3
doctorate these were awarded "Best Hundred
Doctorate Theses" in China. As the university
has attached great importance to quality-oriented
education, the graduates are widely welcomed by
the society. In the years from 1999 to 2003, its
one-time employment rate of undergraduates ranked
the 19th, 12th, 6th, 5th, and 2nd in the country
respectively. HZU
carries on a wide range of international academic
exchanges. It has regular academic links and cooperation
with more than 20 universities, colleges and research
institutes in America, Germany, Russia, Ukraine,
France, Italy, Britain, Japan, Switzerland, Bulgaria. Foreign
experts and teachers are regularly invited to teach
at the university and many faculty members have
been sent abroad for further study, visit or joint
research. Most of them have returned home and become
the backbone in teaching and research; a good number
of them are active on international academic rostrum
and have made admirable contributions to science,
technology, culture and education exchanges between
China and foreign nations.
CCNU
is a key normal university
directly under the Chinese Ministry of Education.
Located in Wuhan, a major hub of transportation, it
has a campus of over 2,000 mu with a construction
area of more than 600,000 square meters on Guizishan,
a hill bordering the East Lake and the South Lake.
It has brilliant flowers and green woods all year
round. With a serene environment, especially the fragrance
of osmanthus flowers all over, the campus is an ideal
place for teaching and studying.
and some international cooperation projects. During
the period of the 8th Five-Year Plan, our faculty
members were involved in 744 scientific research
projects, and more than 130of them won different
awards at the provincial/ministry level or above.
Huazhong
University had set a goal to reshape itself
to be comprehensive in curriculums and research-oriented
with distinctive features. With boundless enthusiasm
and enterprising spirit, the faculty and students
of Huazhong University are determined to make greater
progress o build HZU into a high-level university
well-known both at home and abroad.
