Jiaying University

Jiaying University
嘉应大学
Former names	Jiaying College Meixian Girls Normal School
Type	Public university
Established	1913
President	Cheng Biao
Academic staff	923
Administrative staff	1,392
Students	14,000
Location	Meixian, Meizhou, Guangdong, China
Website	http://www.jyu.edu.cn

Jiaying University (simplified Chinese: 嘉应大学; traditional Chinese: 嘉應大學; pinyin: Jiāyīng Dàxué) is a public provincial undergraduate university based in Meizhou City in Guangdong Province, southern China.

The university grew out of the Women's Normal School established in 1913 and received its name because Meizhou was known as Jiaying during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911).

Physical setting and library

The University covers 101 hectares with buildings covering 550,000 square meters. It has 170 million RMB worth of assets such as teaching instruments and equipment, including 31 laboratories with advanced equipment, and houses a collection of 1.82 million books, over 100,000 electronic books and more than 1,500 domestic and foreign periodicals.

Staff

At present, the University has a staff of 1,508, including 1,050 teachers, with 90 full professors and 262 associate professors, and 61 doctoral degree and 475 master's degree holders. Famous experts and scholars from home and abroad have been invited as visiting or honorary professors, such as Qiu Chengtong, Han Suyin, Daisaku Ikeda, Pan Yugang and Wang Fosong.

Students

The University has 19,282 full-time students and 8,499 part-time students from 22 provinces of China. Currently the University offers 45 undergraduate majors in 19 schools and 2 teaching departments, which fall into 10 disciplines, such as the arts, the sciences, engineering, law and medicine.

Setting and ethnic community

The University is rooted in the Hakka homeland, serving mountainous areas and promoting Hakka culture. Since the University was founded, it has received donations totaling 100 million RMB from domestic and overseas outstanding compatriots and alumni, notably Dr. Zeng Xianzi and Dr. Tian Jiabing. Its Hakka Research Institute is a key provincial-level research base in humanities and social sciences as well as the research base of Guangdong Hakka studies, and its School of Hakka Studies is the first of its kind in China.

Degrees offered

In 2006, the University successfully passed the undergraduate education evaluation by the Ministry of Education of China. Now it aims to become eligible to award master's degrees around 2013, its 100 anniversary, and to build itself into a local comprehensive university of high quality with distinctive local characteristics renowned in Guangdong Province and throughout China.

External links

Jiaying University Official Website (Chinese)

Universities and colleges in Guangdong

National

Provincial

Guangzhou	Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Guangzhou University Guangdong University of Economics and Finance Guangdong University of Foreign Studies Guangdong Institute of Science and Technology Guangdong University of Technology Guangdong Pharmaceutical University Southern Medical University Xinghai Conservatory of Music Guangdong Technical College Of Water Resources And Electric Engineering

Meizhou	Jiaying University

Zhaoqing	Zhaoqing University Guangdong Polytechnic College

Shantou	Shantou University

Shenzhen	Shenzhen University Shenzhen Polytechnic Shenzhen Tourism College of Jinan University Shenzhen Radio and TV University Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School of Tsinghua University Shenzhen Graduate School of Harbin Institute of Technology South University of Science and Technology CUHK Faculty of Shenzhen (Under Construction) The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen City University of Shenzhen (in processing)

Zhanjiang	Guangdong Ocean University Guangdong Medical College Zhanjiang Normal University

Zhuhai	Sun Yat-Sen University Zhuhai Campus Beijing Institute of Technology Zhuhai Campus Jilin University Zhuhai Campus Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus

See also: List of universities in China

Coordinates: 24°19′31″N 116°07′44″E / 24.3254°N 116.1288°E / 24.3254; 116.1288

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