Lanzhou University

[basic information]

Lanzhou University is a national key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of education. It is one of the key construction universities of "985 Project" and "211 Project". Founded in 1909, the school was formerly Gansu law and politics school established during the New Deal period in the late Qing Dynasty. It is the symbol of the beginning of modern higher education in Gansu Province and the pioneer of higher education in Northwest China. In 1928, it was expanded to Lanzhou Zhongshan University, and in 1945 it was named national Lanzhou University. After the founding of new China, Lanzhou University adheres to the party's educational policy, adheres to the correct direction of running a school, develops and grows rapidly. Under the guidance of the strategic objectives of "developing the northwest" and "establishing the strategic rear", it has become a university with an important strategic position in the pattern of national higher education, shouldering the historical responsibility of training senior professionals and developing science, technology and culture for the country, especially for the western region. Since the reform and opening up, the university has grasped the historical opportunity of the implementation of the national strategy of "rejuvenating the country through science and education", "strengthening the country through talents" and "211 Project" and "985 Project" to comprehensively improve the school running level with emancipation of the mind as the guide and reform and opening up as the driving force. In 2002 and 2004, the former Gansu Grassland Ecology Research Institute and Lanzhou Medical College were merged into Lanzhou University, making the University's discipline more comprehensive It has entered a period of rapid development in history, and has entered the ranks of first-class university construction with long academic history, strong school running strength and outstanding school running achievements.

Lanzhou is located in the hinterland of the mainland and the upper reaches of the Yellow River. It is an important town in the northwest. It is a beautiful city with rich historical and cultural heritage, where multi-ethnic cultures meet. It is the best place to start a school and cultivate talents. The campus covers an area of 3807 mu, with 6 campuses, 2 affiliated hospitals and 1 stomatological hospital. The university has 20081 undergraduates and 10821 postgraduates. There are 4296 on-the-job teaching staff, including 2057 full-time teachers, including 474 professors, 931 associate professors and 1 graduate tutor, There are 283 academicians, 9 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 members of the thousand talents program, 18 "Changjiang Scholars" of the Ministry of education, 21 winners of the national fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 12 winners of the national ten million talents project, 4 national famous teachers, 10 members of the discipline appraisal group of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, 1 member of the top-notch young talents program, 10 national young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions, and 10 national outstanding young scholars There are 11 NSFC winners, 129 new century (cross century) talents of the Ministry of education, 19 famous teaching teachers in Gansu Province, 82 leading talents in Gansu Province, 3 innovative research groups of NSFC, 8 "Yangtze River scholars" innovative teams of the Ministry of education, 6 innovative talent introduction bases of colleges and universities, and 5 national teaching teams.

Lanzhou University has a complete range of disciplines with distinctive characteristics, covering 12 disciplines. At present, there are 8 national key disciplines, 2 National Key Cultivation disciplines, 32 provincial key disciplines and 6 provincial key cultivation disciplines. There are 2 national key laboratories, 6 key laboratories of the Ministry of education, 1 Key Open Laboratory of the Ministry of agriculture, 2 key research bases of Humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of education, 14 key laboratories of Gansu Province (including cultivation bases), 4 engineering research centers of the Ministry of education, 2 engineering technology research centers of Gansu Province, and 1 Sino German Research Center of NSFC.

Lanzhou University is one of the first batch of universities in China with the right to confer bachelor's, master's and doctor's degrees, the first batch to establish post doctoral research mobile station, the first batch to set up the national basic science research and teaching talent training base of Arts and science, and the first batch to be selected into the national innovative experiment program for college students. With the approval of the Ministry of education, there is a graduate school. At present, the university has 91 undergraduate majors, 235 master's degree authorized majors, 116 doctoral degree authorized majors, 44 master's degree authorized first-class disciplines, 19 doctoral degree authorized first-class disciplines, 18 master's degree authorized types, 1 doctoral degree authorized type, and 19 post doctoral research mobile stations. There are 6 national talent training bases, 5 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 2 national talent training mode innovation experimental zones, and 8 provincial and ministerial basic scientific research and teaching talent training bases. Graduates are welcomed by the society for their solid foundation, broad knowledge and hard work. Since its establishment, the university has trained more than 100000 talents of all kinds for the country, and many of them have become famous experts, scholars, entrepreneurs and excellent party and government management talents. Since 1999, 12 alumni have been elected academicians.

Lanzhou University's scientific research is good at basic research, and widely carries out applied research. In recent years, the University adheres to the national goal, based on the characteristics of Northwest China, vigorously supports new growth points of disciplines, and greatly improves its ability to undertake major national projects and serve local economic and social development. It has won more than 500 national, ministerial and provincial awards for scientific and technological achievements, edited and published more than 1000 monographs, textbooks and translations, and published more than 4000 academic papers in 2012. According to SCI statistics, Lanzhou University is one of the universities with the most papers published in international academic journals and high citation rate in China. In recent years, the number of sci-tech papers collected by the University ranks the top 24 in the national universities, and the number of sci-tech papers cited by SCI journals ranks the top 16 in the national universities.

Lanzhou University actively develops international exchanges and cooperation with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It has established exchange and cooperation relations with 196 universities and scientific research institutions in 39 countries and regions in the world, with partners all over Asia, the United States, Europe, Africa and Oceania. In the past five years (2009-2013), we have received more than 7300 foreign visitors and guests from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. More than 3300 faculty members have gone abroad on business and participated in academic conferences, cooperative research and other activities in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Nearly 2500 undergraduates and postgraduates have been sent abroad to exchange, study or pursue degrees. More than 1700 international students have been recruited and trained. There are three Confucius Institutes in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Georgia.

[development orientation and objectives]

The University adheres to holding high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, takes Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of "Three Represents" as the guidance, thoroughly implements the scientific outlook on development, implements the national medium and long-term education reform and development plan, adheres to the development idea of "connotation promotion, innovation driven, quality priority, structural adjustment", and strengthens the "national team" in the field of higher education We should take the development road of "characteristic and high level", take improving the quality of personnel training as the foundation, take the teaching staff as the basic support, take the discipline construction as the strategic measure, take the scientific and technological innovation and serving the society as the important responsibility, take the reform and innovation as the development power, take the international cooperation as the effective way, take the university culture as the deep soil, and promote the development of the University The school has entered a new stage of quality improvement, innovation oriented, structural optimization and overall coordination, making it a more important talent highland for the country, especially for the Western high-level talents.

Standing at a new historical starting point, Lanzhou University will take the construction of an internationally renowned high-level research university as its goal, adhere to the motto of "self-improvement and uniqueness", carry forward the spirit of Lanzhou University, strengthen the awareness of opening up, pay attention to connotation construction, improve the quality of education, adhere to the strategy of strengthening the university with talents, and strive to build a harmonious campus with a broader vision, a more open attitude and a more sustainable development With persistent efforts, we will create a new situation for the development of the school cause, and make greater contributions to the economic and social development of the western region, the development of higher education and the rejuvenation of the nation!

Lanzhou University

Nature of institutions: public

Education level: General Undergraduate

Location: Gansu

Admission telephone: 0931-8912116

mail box: zsb@lzu.edu.cn

Admission website: http://www.lzu.edu.cn/

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