Tianjin Polytechnic University

Tianjin Polytechnic University (天津工业大学) is a university in Tianjin, China under the municipal government. It is also referred to as TJPU. The university was founded in 1921 and currently has fourteen colleges on two campuses in the city. The old campus is located in He Dong district, and the new one is in Xi Qing district. It is known particularly for its textile program and maintains many relationships with other universities around the world.

General information

Tianjin Polytechnical University (TJPU) is a Tianjin key constructive stat-run full-time institution of higher education, which is jointly financed by Ministry of Education and Tianjin municipal government. In 2003, TJPU got outstanding marks in the first group of “Undergraduate Program Evaluation” sponsored by Ministry of Education. The university has a long history, with its primary department established in 1912.Although engineering subjects are its main subject, TJPU presently is a multidisciplinary teaching and researching university, which offers subjects of physical science, liberal arts, management, economics and the science of law with subjects of engineering and science combined and forging ahead harmoniously. And it has formed a complete educational system aiming at cultivating bachelors, masters and doctors. The university consists of 14 teaching units, offers 44 undergraduate specialized subjects, and has an enrollment of 2,500 full-time students.There is 1 key subject at national level, 3 key subjects at provincial and ministerial level,5 key constructive subjects of Tianjin, 2 most important subjects of Tianjin,2 key laboratories of Ministry of Education, 3 key laboratories of Tianjin,2 engineering centre of Tianjin, 1 technological dissemination centre of Tianjin, 1 centre for postdoctoral studies, 1 doctorial programs of the first-level subjects, 7 doctorial programs of the second-level subjects, 4 self-established doctorial programs of the second-level subjects, 43 Master’s degree programs and 9 engineering Master’s fields.Currently, there are 1,500 full-time teachers, of whom 700 teachers are with senior titles such as professors and associate professors. Our university has also specially engaged over 20 academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering and renowned foreign scholars as part-time professors. Nearly 50 advanced talents work in the university, including members in Degree Committee Subject Consultation of State Council, commissioners in Consulting Committee of Ministry of Education, members of the Discipline Construction & Specially Setting-up Committee of the Ministry of Education, professors specially engaged by Tianjin municipal government, expects granted titles by Tianjin municipal government, experts of outstanding contributors commended by the Personnel Ministry, expects taking allowance from the State Council.The notion to run the university is that “Teaching and Research promote each; Learning and Ability improve together”. And the school motto is “Rigorous, Strict, Realistic, Truthful”. Therefore, in our university, the administration is strict and the academic programs are always well projected. In order to actively promote the quality of education, the university carries out various study pattern, such as elastic length of schooling, the credit system, academic study system both in major and minor fields, double degrees system, etc., and introduces a talents cultivating mode of “different levels, individual character, broad requirements, open system”. Laying emphasis on combining the knowledge, ability, innovation and the students’ all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique and beauty so as to promote the students’ overall fine quality, the university endeavors to cultivate high-level talents with high-quality who will satisfy the demands of our society.

TJPU has tremendous strength in scientific research. In the past 3 years, the university has undertaken nearly 1,000 scientific research projects at various levels, such as projects of national defense sophisticated technology, national brain-storm projects, the Eight-Six-Three Program, the National Natural Science Fund Program, the National Torchligh Program, natural science fund programs at ministerial and provincial levels, Projects with 10 billion Yuan fund and some other programs of social sciences. Among them, 300 projects have gained National Science and Technology Progress Award, Invention Award and Science & technology Progress Award at provincial or ministerial levels, and the national and international licensed patents. In 2006, the scientific research fund the university has obtained reached 1 million Yuan. Now, it has an advantage in the scientific research on textile composite materials, hollow fibre membrane separating technology, special functional fibre materials, textile oiling agent, semiconductor lighting, and production of electromechanical equipment integration, all of which have their own notable characteristics. While devoting major efforts to developing autonomously innovative science and technology, in order to give impetus to the combination of production, learning and research, and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, in the Tenth Five-year Plan, the university set up over 60 research and develop institutions in cooperation with some local enterprises, including Motian Membrane Science and Technology Company, industrial corporation with advanced and new technology, Functional Fibre Development Centre, etc. The demonstration project of hollow fibre membrane industry covering an area of about 1,000,000 square meters in has been accepted by the National Development and Reform Committee and has become the largest hollow fibre membrane production base in our country.

The development aims of TJPU is that with the principle of basing itself on Tianjin, facing the whole country, the university is sparing no effort to make itself a multiple-discipline, research and teaching type university which has greater influence in China and some prestige in the world.

External links

* [http://www.tjpu.edu.cn/ TJPU official website] (Chinese) [http://www.tjpu.edu.cn/tjpuo/index.html] (English)