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Weifang University is a full-time comprehensive general undergraduate university in Shandong Province approved by the Ministry of Education, located in Weifang, Shandong Province, the world-famous capital of kites and the national civilized city. The university is the construction unit of provincial famous school with application-oriented talents cultivation characteristics, A class unit of provincial master's degree awarding construction, the first batch of support units of provincial applied undergraduate college construction, provincial civilized campus, and the university jointly built by Shandong Provincial Department of Education and Weifang Municipal People's Government.
The university covers an area of — mu (1.03 million square meters), has a building area of — square meters, a library of — books and 41.5 terabytes of digital resources, a modern multi-functional gymnasium of — square meters and a campus network of leading level of similar institutions in China, and is the node unit of China Education and Research Network (CERNET) in Weifang. It is the node unit of China Education and Research Network (CERNET) in Weifang and the executive director unit of National Education Informatization Council.
The university now has 26 teaching units and 72 undergraduate majors, covering 10 major disciplines of science, engineering, literature, economics, management, agriculture, law, history, education and art. There are 3 national specialties and 3 pilot majors of comprehensive reform of the Ministry of Education, 13 provincial first-class majors, 30 provincial specialties, high-level application-oriented project construction majors, application-oriented talent training development support program majors, excellent engineer training majors, adult education brand majors, etc.; there are 2 national first-class courses, 96 provincial first-class courses, high-quality courses, bilingual teaching demonstration courses, adult education specialties, etc., and 96 provincial teaching teams. There are 2 national first-class courses, 96 provincial first-class courses, high-quality courses, bilingual teaching demonstration courses and adult education special courses, 5 provincial teaching teams, 4 national off-campus practical education bases, provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers, provincial experimental zones for talent training mode innovation and provincial demonstration bases for college students' entrepreneurship incubation, 542 off-campus teaching practice bases, and 3 modern industrial colleges in cooperation with Weichai, Geer and Tianrui Heavy Industries, among which Weichai Industrial College was selected as the first batch of modern industrial colleges in the province. It has carried out the training program for special education backbone teachers under the "National Training Program" of the Ministry of Education, and undertaken 6 pilot projects in the national education system reform pilot area.
The university has two provincial key disciplines of optics and regional economics, and the provincial key discipline of culture and art science of folklore culture. There are provincial key laboratories of multi-photon entanglement and manipulation, biochemistry and molecular biology, provincial engineering technology research center of fiber optic sensing and photoelectric information, provincial engineering laboratory of vegetable planting equipment intelligence, provincial university collaborative innovation center of modern vegetable seed industry, provincial industrial design center, provincial research base of folk culture industry development, provincial research base of humanities and social science of universities and base of inheritance of excellent Chinese traditional culture, etc. There are 15 provincial scientific research innovation platforms and 21 municipal scientific research innovation platforms. It has built 62 research institutes, such as Quantum Information Technology Research Institute, North Sea Culture Research Institute, Weifang Finance and Finance Research Institute, Energy Conservation Research Institute, Cultural and Cultural Heritage Research Institute, and New Electromagnetic Materials Research Institute, etc. It publishes the academic journal Weifang College Journal. In recent years, it has undertaken more than 120 national projects and more than — projects at provincial and ministerial levels.
There are — teaching staffs in the university, including — full-time teachers, 707 staffs with senior titles and 140 supervisors of doctoral and master students. There are 59 members of the Russian Academy of Engineering, selected personnel of the National Talent Support Program, experts enjoying special allowances from the State Council, members of the Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education, members of the Steering Committee of Entrepreneurship and Employment of the Ministry of Education, national outstanding teachers, leading talents of Taishan industry, young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions from the province and city, etc. Many famous experts and scholars are appointed as special (part-time) professors or heads of professional committees of the school.
The university is open to students from 29 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) and has more than — full-time students, including more than — undergraduates, nearly 80 international students and more than 30 joint master's degree students. In recent years, students have been awarded the "Highest Computing Performance Award" in the World University Supercomputer Competition and the "Xiaoping Science and Technology Innovation Team" supported by the China Youth Science and Technology Innovation Award Fund, etc. They have also won numerous awards in international and domestic academic and professional competitions, science and technology innovation competitions and innovation and entrepreneurship competitions. In recent years, our undergraduates have won many awards in international and domestic academic and professional competitions, scientific and technological innovation competitions, innovation and entrepreneurship competitions, etc. In recent years, the rate of fresh undergraduates going on to higher education has remained above 20%, and the rate of graduates going to graduation has been increasing year by year, and the quality of talent training has been widely praised by employers and the society.
The university adheres to open schooling, takes serving the society as its responsibility, faces the major strategic needs of the country, takes the initiative to dovetail with the modernized and strong province of Shandong in the new era and the modernized and quality city construction of Weifang, deeply promotes the services of talent training, scientific and technological support, cultural education and high-end think tank, and makes positive contributions to the regional economic and social development. The university has widely cooperated with many domestic universities and established friendly exchanges and cooperation with more than 80 universities in more than 20 countries and regions, such as the United Kingdom, France, the United States, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and Australia, and accepted international students from more than 30 countries to study at the university.
In recent years, the university has made great progress in various undertakings, successively passing the level assessment and audit assessment of undergraduate teaching work of the Ministry of Education, being identified as the first batch of provincial joint postgraduate training bases, the first batch of provincial teacher education bases for pilot construction in the national education reform pilot zone, the national special education teacher training base, the first batch of provincial education informatization demonstration units, and winning national and provincial honorary titles for many times.