【University】Shaanxi Normal University
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A good choice of university in China will win yourself out in future career life. During the following days, we are going to recommend some nice universities and institutes for international students. Our topic in this section is Shaanxi Normal University.
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Shaanxi Normal University
Introduction to SNNU
Directly administered by the Ministry of Education of China, Shaanxi Normal University, a key university under the construction plan of China's national "211 Project" and a university under China's Innovation Platform Construction Plan of the "985" Superior Discipline of Teacher Education, is a major base for training teachers and administrators of higher learning institutes and secondary schools as well as other high-level professionals in China, and is known as the "Cradle of Teachers" in Northwest China.
The University, situated in the ancient capital city of Xi’an, one of the four internationally renowned historical and cultural cities, was founded in 1944 under its original name "Shaanxi Provincial Teachers' College", and then renamed "Xi'an Teachers' College" in 1954. In 1960, it merged with "Shaanxi Teachers' College" to become "Shaanxi Normal University". In 1978, it was brought under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education of China.
During its more than 70-year history in education, the University, while rooted in China's West, has embraced the whole country, developed a school spirit of "Morality, Learning, Aspiration and Action" and has seen itself become firmly established in Western China as an influential top-tier comprehensive teachers training university, as it strives to achieve the goal of building itself to be a major comprehensive research university distinguished by its teacher education.
The current chairman of University Council is Prof. Gan Hui, while Prof. Cheng Guangxu serves as the university president.
Facts & Statistics
The University, admitting students from 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions nationwide, in addition to admitting postgraduate students from the regions of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, currently has 17,900 full-time undergraduate students and 15,300 postgraduate students, with more than 37,000 students in continuous education and long-distance learning programs, as well as more than 900 international students.
The University currently has more than 2800 faculty and staff members, including about 1,740 full-time teachers. Among the full-time teachers, there are about 400 full professors, 680 associate professors and 293 doctoral advisors, with 66% of them holders of doctoral degrees.
The University hosts 18 post-doctoral mobile research stations, 1 National Engineering Laboratory, 1 Ministry of Education humanities and social science research base, 4 Ministry of Education key laboratories and engineering research centers, 1 State Sports Administration Sports Sociology key research base, 8 Shaanxi Provincial key laboratories and engineering research centers, 4 Shaanxi Provincial key humanities and social science research bases, 12 Shaanxi Provincial laboratory teaching demonstration centers, as well as 60 other research centers and institutions.
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