Nankai University was founded in 1919 by the famous patriotic educators, Mr. Zhang Boling and Mr. Yan Xiu.A key multidisciplinary and research-oriented university directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Nankai University, is the alma mater of our beloved late Premier Zhou Enlai. The University has 22 academic colleges, together with Graduate School, School for Continuing Education, Advanced Vocational School, Modern Distance Education School, all 12 categories.of covering literature, history, philosophy, classics, management, law, science, engineering, agriculture, med
Nankai University was founded in 1919 by the famous patriotic educators, Mr. Zhang Boling and Mr. Yan Xiu.A key multidisciplinary and research-oriented university directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Nankai University, is the alma mater of our beloved late Premier Zhou Enlai. The University has 22 academic colleges, together with Graduate School, School for Continuing Education, Advanced Vocational School, Modern Distance Education School, all 12 categories.of covering literature, history, philosophy, classics, management, law, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, teaching and art Nankai University offers 80 undergraduate specialties (including 18 national characteristic specialities), 231 Master's programs, 172 Doctoral programs, 29 Post-Doctoral research stations and 27 authorized primary Doctoral specialties.Currently, the University has the total enrollments of 24,305 students, including 12,873 undergraduate students, 8,156 master's candidates, 3,276 doctoral candidates, 2913 international students(till the end of 2013).
Equipped with top academic capability and creative spirit, Nankai University has a well-balanced faculty team in age and specialties. Among the 1,988 faculties, there are 667 Doctoral supervisors, 705 professors and 801 associate professors, 8 academicians of Chinese Academy of Science and Chinese Academy of Engineering, 5 academicians of The 3rd World Academy of Science, 10 members of the Subject Assessment Division, 12 Degree Appraisal Committee of the State Council, 11 nationally accredited experts with outstanding contributions, 33 chair professors and 15 lecture professors invited on "Yangtse River Scholar Award program", 34 recipients of National Outstanding Talent Foundation, 31 recipients of Excellent Young Teachers Prize supported by Ministry of Education, 18 teachers selected by national "Millions of Talents Program", 8 teachers awarded by the Ministry of Education with the honor of "Outstanding College Lecturers".There are 2 national key lab, 8 key laboratories of Ministry of Education, 1 key laboratory of Ministry of Science, 1 key laboratory of State Environmental Protection Bureau 12 key laboratories of Tianjin, 3 engineering centers of Ministry of Education ,1 national engineering center, 9 national bases for basic science research and talents cultivation, 1 base for cultural quality education and 7 key research bases for humanities and social sciences, together with 7 innovation bases in philosophy and social sciences and 4 science and technology innovation platforms included in 985 Project.
With years of efforts, the total collection of Nankai University library has added up to 3,820,000 Volumes. Of these holdings, more than 2,450,000 are Chinese materials, while about 603,000 are foreign language materials covering 20 different language. We hold diverse range of local and international journals and periodicals of, which 2000 are currently published. The Library has a collection of more than 300,000 items of rare books, and some valuable items. The collections of Nankai University library are rich in such key disciplines as chemistry, mathematics, economics as well as history and literature.
Nankai University has broad international communications by establishing exchanging and collaborative relationships with more than 290 international universities and academic institutions .Nankai University has contracted to build 7 Confucius institutes overseas including Confucius institute in Maryland University in the US. In 2012, Nankai was awarded as Advanced Sino-cooperation Academy of Confucius Institute. We undertake the task of National Chinese Language Training to Foreign countries, launch a number of tasks of study abroad programs which are all in a relatively high level, including Oxford Program, participate in the Davos World University Leaders Forum ,first batch “the new international Sinology research plan” carrying forward by State Hanban and advance the level of internationalization.
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