Shanxi University


Shanxi University is a public university located in the city of Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China. Its historic names include Shansi Imperial University, and Shansi University. It is the oldest and largest university in Shanxi province. Its nationwide academic ranking is about 85th among more than 1000 Chinese universities.
Shanxi University is one of the fourteen national key universities in China. A national base of Chinese Language and Culture Education was designated by the State Council for Shanxi University. There are about 11000 undergraduates and 2200 postgraduates registered. The school has three campuses: Wucheng, Dongguan, Dongshan, covering a total area of nearly 2600 acres, with the construction area of 120 square meters. The library of Shanxi University has a collection of 3 million 617 thousand volumes, 4300 electronic books, teaching and research equipment worth nearly a billion yuan. From its founding day around the Wenying lake at the foot of Twin Towers, Shanxi University continuously strives for progress in arts and sciences, and the integration of Chinese and Western cultures.

History

Situated in the city of Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province. Shanxi University is the successor of the academy schools in the Ming and Qing dynasties, which can be traced back to Jinyang Lingde hall college.
The Shansi Imperial University was the predecessor of the Shanxi University, which was alternatively romanized as the Shansi University. The Shansi Imperial University was prepared in 1901 by Cen Chunxuan, then-governor of Shanxi, and on May 8, 1902, the Shansi Imperial University officially added the College of Western Studies, which was headed by the Welsh Baptist missionary Timothy Richard, focusing on teaching western technologies. 1902 was recognized as the official founding year of Shanxi University. Other than the Chinese government funding, one of the early funding sources of Shanxi University was the returned money from the British government with the Boxer Indemnity of Taiyuan massacre after Boxer Protocol, which was used to support the College of Western Studies.
Along with two other contemporary pioneer universities that started teaching western technologies in China: the Metropolitan Grand School and the Northern Grand School, the three universities together inaugurated a new era of modern Chinese higher education.
In 1912, following the Xinhai Revolution，Shansi Imperial University was renamed "Shanxi University". Its name was changed to "National Shanxi University" in 1918, and changed back to "Shanxi University" in 1931. In 1937, because of the War of Resistance Against Japan, which is part of World War II, Shanxi University was moved away from Taiyuan. The school of law was moved to Pingyao, the college of liberal arts was moved to Yuncheng, the department of engineering and physics and the office of president was moved to Linfen. Later, Japanese army occupied not only Taiyuan, but Pingyao, Yuncheng and Linfen as well. Shanxi University thus stopped teaching until 1938 it was rebuilt in Sanyuan, Shaan'xi in 1938, and later it was moved again to Yichuan. In 1943, because of the typhus epidemic in Yichuan, Shanxi University was moved back to Shanxi programs, 6 specialized MA/MS programs, 48 doctorate programs and 9 centers for post-doctoral studies. Among these many programs, philosophy of Science and Technology and Quantum Optics are designated as state key programs and 20 others are designated as provincial key-or key-constructing programs. SXU also hosts one key ministerial research center for humanities and social sciences, three provincial research bases for humanities and social sciences, one state key laboratory of quantum optics and optical quantum devices, one key ministerial laboratory of chemical biology and molecular engineering, and one key laboratory to circulate intelligence and process Chinese information, which was co-established by the provincial and ministerial Education Department and three key provincial laboratories. Moreover, the Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Optical Quantum Devices won the title of Outstanding Research Innovation Group designated by the Ministry of Education and other two Outstanding Research Innovative Groups designated by Shanxi Province. In addition, the university sponsors a base for National Foundational Scientific Research and Teaching-oriented Talents Cultivation approved by the Ministry, a national education base of Cultural Qualities of College Students, a national educational base for Chinese Language Teaching and a national base for Teacher Training.
At present, Shanxi University has 1945 full-time teachers, including one academic from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, three external academics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 882 lecturers with advanced academic titles, 106 supervisors for doctoral students and 527 for master's students, four state-level middle-aged experts with the title of prominent contributions, and 69 experts with a special state-sponsored allowance.

Specialties

As the largest university in Shanxi Province, Shanxi University excels in many academic disciplines, including quantum physics, molecular chemistry, philosophy of science and technology, computer science, translation, English linguistics.
In particular, the Quanta Optics and Photons Apparatus Laboratory headed by the former President and Professor Peng Kunchi, the Biochemistry and Molecular Engineering Laboratory led by the former vice president Professor Yang Pin and the Research Center of Philosophy of Science and Technology pioneered by the former President, Professor GUO Guichun take the lead in their respective fields in China.

Academics

The university provides courses covering philosophy, law, education, liberal arts, history, science, engineering, medical science and management to local and international students pursuing degrees of bachelor, master or PhD.
Shanxi University was granted as "enhance the Midwest universities comprehensive strength project" university, "Midwest college infrastructure engineering" University. "Nine national comprehensive university collaboration members, members of the alliance in the Midwest". Sponsored by National Science Foundation for scientific research and teaching personnel training base, involved in the first batch of "national excellent legal talent training plan", "outstanding talents of Journalism and communication education program".
OrderSchool's name2014 recommendation rate School's level
1School of physics and electronic engineering252 ‰Excellent
2School of philosophy and sociology164 ‰Excellent
3School of economics and management140 ‰Excellent
4School of computer and information technology104 ‰Excellent
5School of Mathematical Sciences60 ‰Good
7College of chemistry and chemical engineering72 ‰Good

Campus

Academic units

According to the school's official website information displayed in July 2016, Shanxi University has 27 Colleges, as well as one independent college, one School of continuing education and one international educational exchanges, including philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, art all other disciplines, 91 undergraduate majors, double degree and two specialties and 17 undergraduate majors. It has two national key disciplines, one national key laboratories, one Ministry of Education Humanities and social science key research base, 14 post doctoral mobile stations, chemical, engineering, two disciplines into the world's top 1% ESI.

Majors

United States

Harvard University, Stanford University, California Institute of Technology, Arkansas State University, New York University, University of Minnesota, Brook college, City University of New York, Nuremberg, the Atlantic, York, Cape college, New York State University, Idaho State University, San Jose State University, Suosimo college, University of Chicago, Plymouth State University, Pfeiffer University, Rice University, Cornell University, Wright State University North Carolina Sherlock

Canada

The University of Manitoba, University of Victoria, McMaster University, Simon Fraser University

Britain

University of Cambridge, Sussex University, National Examination Management Committee, Welsh Aboen Wayne University, Aston University, University of Birmingham, University of Darby, Bermingham City University, University of Aberdeen

Italy

Nalisi University, Italy chemical wave Association and Palermo University

Germany

Aachen University of Giessen, Justus Liebig University, Rheinisch Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen University

France

The National Center for scientific research, University of Paris 6, the University of France reunion

The Republic of Korea

The University of Seoul, Hallym University, Lin Shanshan, Paichai University o University and south of the Five Ridges University, Sangmyung University, University Park, Kwangwoon University

Australia

University of Technology Sydney, Melbourne University

Japan

Tokyo International University, Saitama Prefecture, Japan Friendship Association, Yamagata University, Tokyo Gakugei University, Iwate University, kokushikan University, Rikkyo University, National University of Yokohama

Hong Kong

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Macao University, National Chiao Tung University, Tokai University, Taiwan World University, Soochow University

Belgium

New Lu Wen Catholic University, Gent University

Notable faculty

The campus, covering a geographic area of 2450 mu and a floor space of 1030000 square meters, was awarded the titles of "Gardenlike Unit" and "Green University" by the provincial government. With a collection of 2.95 million copies of books and 172 thousand electronic books in its libraries, Shanxi University houses teaching and researching instruments with a total value of more than 200 million yuan. The university also pioneered on-campus Internet service subscription among the universities throughout the province.