Fuzhou University

Fuzhou University
	福州大学
Motto	明德至诚博学远志
Motto in English	Míng dé zhì chéng; Bó xué yuǎn zhì
Type	Public university
Established	1958
President	Fu Xianzhi (付贤智)
Academic staff	3088 total, 1895 full time
Students	29,200
Undergraduates	21500
Postgraduates	7700
Location	Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Campus	6.45 km2
Nickname	福大, Fúdà
Website	www.fzu.edu.cn/

Fuzhou University (FZU simplified Chinese: 福州大学; traditional Chinese: 福州大學; pinyin: Fúzhōu Dàxué) is a university located in Fuzhou, Fujian, China. Split into two campuses by the Min River, Fuzhou University's Old Campus is located on the north bank of the river in the western part of Fuzhou City, while the New Campus is located on the edge of the city on the south bank, at the base of Qi Mountain.[1]

Fuzhou University gate

The university is in the fields of science and engineering nationally. It also has similar programs such as economics, management, arts and law. The university is part of the PRC national policy called Project 211 to enhance the development of the tertiary education system in mainland China.[1] It is a Chinese Ministry of Education Double First Class Discipline University, with Double First Class status in certain disciplines.[2]

Administration

Founded in 1958, Fuzhou University is one of the national key universities that are selected into the “211 Project”, a Chinese government programme for the 21st century to support 100 selected universities for their further rapid development.

Now Fuzhou University covers more than 333 hectares, including several campuses such as Yishan campus, Qishan campus, Tongpan campus and the Academy of Arts and Design in Xiamen. The main running campus is located in Qishan campus of the University Town of Fuzhou Region. There are 19 schools in Fuzhou University mainly for undergraduate education and two independently operated colleges—Zhicheng College and Yangguang College. There are 4 post-doctoral research stations, 9 doctoral degree programmes for the first-rank disciplines, 54 doctoral degree programmes for the second-rank disciplines, 29 master's degree programmes for the first-rank disciplines and 168 master's degree programmes for the second-rank disciplines and 11 professional degree authorization stations.

Fuzhou University has been approved by the Ministry of Education to offer undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to students from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan regions and foreign countries. At present, there are about 50,000 students in Fuzhou University, including about over 5,200 doctoral and master's degree seekers. Since its establishment, about 200,000 students graduated from Fuzhou University, including full-time doctoral and master's degree students as well as those with the bachelor's degrees and associate degrees.

Fuzhou University has been taking great efforts to develop the cooperation and exchange. The international and national academic conferences have been conducted successfully in Fuzhou University so that the social academic influence from Fuzhou University has been enhanced. Academic exchanges on science, teaching and culture with Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao regions have been actively carried out. The University is also positively engaged in promoting the exchanges between Chinese civilization and western civilization. “Library of the Western Belvedere”, the first western works center in China, and Institute of International Sinology have been established. The favorable collaborative relationship has been established with more than 20 universities in different countries, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, Japan, South Korea and so on. Fuzhou University has become an important window of scientific, academic, educational and cultural exchanges in Fujian Province.

Faculties and Schools

Application Technology and Continuing Education Institute
College of Architecture
College of Biological Science and Engineering
College of Chemistry
College of Civil Engineering
College of Electrical Engineering and Automation
College of Engineering and Applied Technology
College of Environment and Resources
College of Foreign Languages
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
College of Materials Science and Engineering
College of Mathematics and Computer Science
College of Mechanical Engineering and Automation
College of Physics and Information Engineering
College of Marine
College of Software
College of Zijin Mining
Law School
School of Chemical Engineering
School of Economics and Management
School of Foreign Languages
School of Marxism
Xiamen Academy of Arts and Design
Yango College
Zhicheng College

References

External links

Fuzhou University (in Chinese)
Fuzhou University (in English)

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[About_the_University-1] "About the University". Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-08-02.

[Chinese_Department_of_Education-2] "教育部财政部国家发展改革委关于公布世界一流大学和一流学科建设高校及建设学科名单的通知 (Notice from the Ministry of Education and other national governmental departments announcing the list of double first class universities and disciplines)".

Former Project 211
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See also: Project 985

Universities and colleges in Fujian
National	Huaqiao University Ω National Quemoy University Xiamen University Ω
Provincial	Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Fujian Medical University Fujian Normal University Fujian University of Technology Fuzhou University Ω Jimei University Longyan University Minjiang University Minnan Normal University Putian University Quanzhou Normal University Sanming University Wuyi University
Private	Yang-en University
See also: List of universities in China