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The Brief Introduction of Pingdingshan University
  Pingdingshan Uinversity, a full-time undergraduate academy, is located in the southeast of the new city zone of Pingdingshan City and close to the Pingxihu Reservoir. With its unique geographical conditions of being next to the mountain and the riverside, it is a rightful place for the university students to be engaged in study and to develop their intelligence. Founded in 1977, the campus occupies an area of 2145.7 mu(143ha.), and a total construction area of over 490,000 square meters, with a total assets of 662.5 million RMB. The Network Centre of the university shoulders the responsibility of being the web contact center of Henan Education and Scientific Research Network in Pingdingshan city. Pingdingshan University has a solid foundation of education and scientific research.

  Pingdingshan University has an excellent staff of near 1000, including over 280 professors or associate professors. More than 360 teachers have acquired master's or doctor's degree. Among all the teaching staff, more than 60 teachers are winners of "special government allowance of State Council", or "Outstanding Experts of Henan Province", or "Zeng Xianzi Education Fund", or "Outstanding Teachers and Educators of China", or "Outstanding Teachers of Henan Province", or "Cross-century academic and technical leaders of Henan province", or "outstanding provincial youth backbone teachers". The University has invited over 60 academicians, who come from Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, as well as the well-known professors and experts as part-time professors or visiting professors. The University comprises 17 schools and colleges offering 59 specialties, which include the School of Chinese Language and Literature, the School of Journalism and Communication, the School of Foreign Languages, the College of Math and Information Science, the College of Economy and Management, the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the College of Electrical and Information Engineering, the College of Computer Science and Technology, the College of Software, the Teachers Training College, the College of Politics and Law, the College of International Education and Communication, the College of Art Design, the College of nurse, the Environment and Geography Department, the Physical Education Department, the Music Department. In addition, the university also sets up the Department of Public English, the Department of Politics Ideology Education, the Center of Modern Education and Technology, the Network Computing Center and the College of Continuing Education. It is a comprehensive university with 9 disciplines: literature, science, technology, law, history, management, education, economics and medical, with 14,000 full-time students and more than 11,000 enrolled adult students.  

  Pingdingshan University bases itself upon running a school with its own character, and develops on the basis of its character. Gradually the university has established its education conception---"Have rich knowledge both of Arts and Science; Specialize in one field but also being erudite; Combine the teaching with practice; Unify the theory with capability", its collegial spirit---"Advocate Science, Learning and Humanity", and its goal to cultivate talents---"To cultivate well-trained, knowledgeable, capable graduates with social responsibility awareness, who bear ideal, faith and creative energy, who can create happy life and serve the society as well". Always insisting on disciplines construction, the university has established 4 A-level key disciplines: Ecological Geography, Regional Economy, Cultural Study and Applied Chemistry; 3 B-level key disciplines: Educational psychology, Marxist theory and Physical Educaiton Training; and 2 key laboratories: Hilly Eco-Environment and Ecological Restoration and Applied Chemistry. Among them, the Ecological Geography is the provincial key discipline, the Laboratory of Hilly Eco-Environment and Ecological Restoration is the key laboratory of Henan Forestry Department, the Primary Education and Electrical Engineering and Automation are the provincial-level outstanding subject, The Chinese Contemporary Literature and the Primary Education Psychology are the Provincial Courses.

  Pingdingshan University keeps on improving educational quality through scientific research, and constantly cements the research; therefore, it has gained tremendous achievements in scientific research. In recent years,the teachers has published 275 academic works, accomplished 730 projects of scientific research above provincial level, among which 340 items have been awarded by research institutions of local or national level. All the teachers have published more than 2400 scientific papers, among which more than 700 papers have been published in Key Scientific Periodicals, 80 papers have been embodied by SCI, EI, and ISTP, over 50 papers have been released in international periodicals or read in international academic meetings for exchange, and 220 papers have been awarded various prizes. More than 85% of the papers published in the "Journal of Pingdingshan University" have been duplicated or republished by the Information Collecting Centre of Renmin University and also by the Journals of other Colleges and Universities, which is at the forefront among the same level.

  Facing new opportunity for the development and the glorious future, we fully and confidently believe that Pingdingshan University will develop into an advanced and attractive one in the higher education land of China. Welcome students all over the world to come and study here!


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