About the university
Founded in — and a university since —, Tianshui Normal University is known for its excellent teaching quality, research potentials and its strong links to local agriculture, industry and education. This was confirmed by the National-wide University Evaluation Program initiated by Ministry of Education, P. R. China in —. In —, the university was listed one of the pilot institutions for the programs of professional Master of Education by the Ministry of Education, P. R. China, and started recruiting students of professional Master of Educationin —. It was selected into the first batch of pilot universities aiming towards the universities of applied sciences by Gansu Provincial Government in —. In —, the university was authorized to confer Master’s Degree by the Ministry of Education. This university offers 57 undergraduate and postgraduate programs in arts, science, education, history, law, engineering, economy, and management for Chinese and oversea students, and also provides Continuing Professional Development Programs for local teachers of basic education and engineering technicians of industry and agriculture.
Campus and Location
Tianshui Normal University has 370, 000 square meters floor area and 110 acres of land in total. It is situated in Tianshui,a famous city for its long history and rich culture, and one of the most welcoming cities in the southeast Gansu Province. Being one of the places where the Chinese national civilization started, Tianshui is also the birthplace of Fuxi and Nüwa who were the ancestors of Chinese nation.
People and Facilities
Tianshui Normal University enrolls students from 27 provinces (municipalitiesor regions ), with a population of — students, among whom — are undergraduates, 883 professional Master of Education students, — students for further education, 4 oversea students and 80 preparatory undergraduates. It has 943 staff including 105 professors, 281 associate professors, over 540 doctor’s or master’s degree academic staff, 1 Ph.D supervisor, 82 master supervisors, 8 yearly-contracted foreign teaching staff and 10 professors of national-wide prestige. The university library has a collection of over 2, 260, 000 books, 32 kinds of database. The teaching and research facilities of the university amounts to — and its fixed assets totals — in price. An up-to-date network service system has been built to undertake the functions of distance learning, comprehensive academic management, campus computer network, campus communication, and cable television network.
Teaching and Research
The university consists of 17 schools, 64 departments, 18 research centers, with 57 undergraduate and postgraduate programs (2 national-level feature education programs, 11on provincial level), covering a wide range of disciplines such as teacher education, engineering and technology, business management, culture, sports and arts etc. It has 2 first-class provincial cultivation disciplines: history and ecology, 2 provincial key construction disciplines: history of particular subjects and literary theory. Microbiology is the provincial key cultivation discipline. It has 1 national-level teaching team of Huang Da-nian Style, 5 provincial-level teaching teams, 22 provincial-level high-quality curriculum and 2 provincial-level shared courses of quality resources.
In recent years, over — academic research projects including 105 national projects and 249 provincial projects have been completed. TSNU has won a total of over 500 scientific research awards, 91 of which areat the provincial or ministerial level. More than — pieces of academic papers have been published on domestic and foreign academic journals, including 500 on SCI or EI source journals, and over 450 pieces on CSSCI source journals. Over 650 monographs and textbooks have been published. Journal of Tianshui Normal University has been awarded the title of “High-quality Social Science Journal of China” many times, and one of its feature columns “Studies on the Cultures of Eastern and Southern Gansu Province”, has repeatedly won the title of “National-level Column of Social Science Journal of China” .
Programs
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