Yangzhou University

Yangzhou University (Chinese: 扬州大学) is a university in Jiangsu Province, China. The university grew out of a merger on May 19, 1992 of six existing colleges. The school has around 2,000 faculty and 31,000 undergraduates. It offers 92 undergraduate programs covering 11 disciplines.

YZU has been striving to provide quality education to its students and emphasize the practical application of knowledge students learn in the classroom. To make excellent contributors to our society and well-rounded citizens, YZU spares no efforts in developing students' social, moral and cultural sensitivity in addition to their intellectual ability while taking care of their individuality.

YZU is a comprehensive learning institution in real sense. The programs and research going on at YZU include almost all the disciplines and branches of sciences: humanity, science, business, engineering, architecture, computer, medicine, art, music, agriculture, animal husbandry, etc.

The success of YZU is based on the high standard of its faculty. Around 2,000 faculty members work on campus, including around 1000 professors and associate professors. 97 faculty members are entitled to State Fund for Specialists, 29 are entitled as Outstanding Contribution-making Young Experts by the government. Through its 24 schools (School of Chinese Language and Literature, Social Development, Law, Educational Science and Technology (The Teachers’ College), Foreign Languages, Mathematical Science, Physical Science and Technology, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Physical Education, Mechanical Engineering, Information Engineering, Architectural Science and Engineering, Water Conservancy and Hydraulic Engineering, Environmental Science and Engineering, Agriculture, Animal Science and Technology, Veterinary Science, Bio-science and Bio-technology, Economics, Management, Medicine, Arts, Tourism and Cuisine (Food Science), and Guangling College (university investment), YZU offers its 31,000 undergraduates 92 undergraduate programs covering 11 disciplines. At undergraduate level, the university now has over 16,000 adult students in its continued education programs. Undergraduate programs are also available for students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

With their solid academic ground and keen sense to practice, 79% of the graduates of YZU can find jobs immediately upon their graduation.

At the graduate level, around 3800 graduate students are studying in 21 doctoral and 122 master's programs, in which around 748 faculties are involved as doctoral and master's program supervisors.

To facilitate teaching and researches, the university has worked hard to find financial resources to update its laboratories and teaching facilities. YZU has 1 national key laboratory and 14 ministerial and provincial key laboratories, and 37 teaching laboratory centers.

YZU has 7 libraries with a collection of 3.25 million volumes of books and journals. The libraries are especially proud of their collection of rare Chinese classics. Journals from around the world can be found here. The university also has its own Yangzhou University Journal (Humanities and Social Sciences Edition, Natural Science Edition and Higher Education Research Edition), Jiangsu Agricultural Research, Jiangsu Clinical Medicine Journal and Yangzhou University Cuisine Journal.

YZU attaches great importance to its connection with industry and manufacturing, and closely combines industry, teaching and research together. It takes advantage of its research achievements to aid the development of local economy. There are now over 900 research projects underway at the university, including 65 national projects listed in 863 Hi-tech Projects, 973 High-tech Projects and National Priority Projects for the Ninth Five-year Plan, and 144 provincial- or ministerial-level research projects. Ever since the ninth five-year plan of the university began, the research projects have achieved great success. More than 260 research accomplishments have received awards at provincial or national level. The annual research fund amounts to over 120 Million RMB, ranking far above other universities of the same level.

YZU holds that international exchange and cooperation and the interaction of different cultures will promote the university's development and elevate its academic level. YZU has established ties with institutions of higher education in over 10 countries. More than 100 foreign language teachers and experts and over 2500 foreign scholars have taught, delivered lectures or participated in academic exchange programs over the past few years. Meanwhile, over 700 faculty members were sent abroad for academic visits, advanced studies, research cooperation or attendance at international academic conferences. Besides the exchanges at the faculty and researchers level, exchanges at the student level are also steadily developing. The number of international students in Yangzhou University is on the rise.

External links

* [http://www.yzu.edu.cn/english/index.htm Official website]