¡¡¡¡Pingdingshan Uinversity, a full-time undergraduate academy, is located in the southeast of the new city zone of Pingdingshan City. It is close to the Pingxihu Reservoir, near the mountain and by the riverside; with such beautiful sights 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 376,000 square meters. The value of its experimental instruments totals 286 million RMB, its network centre shoulders the responsibility of the branch work of Henan Education and Scientific Research Network of Pingdingshan city. Pingdingshan University has a solid foundation of education and scientific research.
¡¡¡¡Pingdingshan University has an excellent staff of near 1000, including over 230 professors or associate professors. More than 300 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 Department¡±, 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 ¡°provincial leader of the trans-century learning and technology¡±, or ¡°excellent provincial youth backbone teachers¡±. The University has invited over 60 academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering and well-known professors and experts as part-time professors or visiting professors. The University comprises 15 schools and colleges offering 74 specialties, which include the School of Chinese Language and Literature, 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 Software Department, the Teachers Training College, the College of Politics and Law, the Environment and Geography Department, the Physical Education Department, the Department of Music, and the Department of Fine Arts. It is a comprehensive university with 7 disciplines: literature, science, technology, law, history, management and education, and the enrolled number of full-time students are 14,000, with over 8,000 adult students. Besides these it also sets up the Adult Education College, the Department of Public English, the Politics Ideology Education Department and the Research Center of Elementary Education.
¡¡Pingdingshan University bases itself upon running a school with its own character, and survives 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 produce well-trained, knowledgeable, capable graduates, with social responsibility awareness, bearing ideal, faith and creative energy, 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: Ecological Environment and Restoration in the Low Mountains and Hills and Applied Chemistry, and the former one is the key laboratory of Henan Forestry Department.
¡¡¡¡Pingdingshan University keeps on improving educational quality through scientific research, and constantly cements the research; therefore, it has gained tremendous achievements in scientific research. The university since its founding has witnessed the publication of 255 academic works, and the accomplishment of 428 projects of scientific research above provincial level, among which 143 items have been awarded by research institutions of local or national level. All the teachers have published 2452 scientific papers, among which more than 500 papers have been published in Key Scientific Periodicals, 60 papers have been embodied by SCI, EI, and ISTP, over 30 papers have been released in international periodicals or read in international academic meetings for exchange, and 157 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. Journal of Pingdingshan University is at the forefront among the same level.
¡¡¡¡Facing a new and rare opportunity for the development, 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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