Weinan Normal University

Introduction to Weinan Normal University

Weinan Normal University (WNU) is situated in Weinan City, Shaanxi Province, established as Chishui Vocational School in1923. At present, it has become a comprehensive multidiscipline research university with prominence in teachers education and steps forward to a normal university characterized by a great superiority in teachers education.

Weinan Normal University is entitled to grant Bachelor’s degree and jointly trains post-graduates of the master and doctoral level. Presently, it has 61 undergraduate majors in10 different disciplines, including economics, law, education, literature, history, science, technology, management science, art and agriculture. There are 11 schools and two institutions, international Exchanges and Further Education. It enrols students nationwide. The full-time students, exchange students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and overseas students from South Korea, Thailand reaches 17,000 in total number. The university is composed of three districts, Chaoyang, Xiyue and Hanma, covering 650,000 square meters. Apart from 25 academic databases, the accessibility to1,890,000 copies of books and 43,5000 electronic books make the library an excellent place to study and do research. Currently, the value of advanced teaching and research facilities totals to RMB 1.5billion.

Weinan Normal University attaches importance to connotative development. It has three key (characteristic) provincial disciplines in Chinese language and culture, basic mathematics and Industrial Economics and nine specific disciplines in Marxism, education, English language and culture, music and dance, painting, drama and film, chemistry, biology and physics. The university also has 78 “undergraduate teaching projects”; state-level project of educational reform, open courses, and disciplines; provincial-level free courses, excellent courses; bilingual model classes; provincial project of creative mode in student education; the centre of model teaching and teaching team; and provincial base of the university-student internship.

Weinan Normal University constructs integrate, improves and creates many different types of platforms by emphasizing collaborative innovation in terms of disciplines, teaching and research. There are 13 provincial research platforms and 16industry-university-research (IUR) platforms by adding ministry and provincial academic platforms and striving for national academic platform, including popularization Base of Marxism in Shaanxi, Center of Qindong History andCulture Research, Chinese Academy of Shi Ji (Historical Records) Research, Academy of Industry and Technology ofCivil-Military Integration Research in West, Center of Local IntellectualProperty Research, Research and Application Center of X-ray Inspection, Center of Low Carbon Alcohol Catalysis in Shaanxi, Lab of Eco-environment Research of Region in Shaanxi, Research Center of Sports and Health in Shaanxi,Research Center of Local Operas in Shaanxi, Research Center of Piano and Chinese Culture in Shaanxi, Research Center of West-China Folk Music and Dancing Shaanxi, and Confucius School. “Si Maqian and Studies of Shi Ji” in Journal of Weinan Normal University, a column on the list of Education Ministryfamous-column construction project, becomes a nationwide, fundamental, guiding and serviceable research position on “Studies of Shi Ji”, together with Chinese Academy of Shi Ji (Historical Records) Research, Exhibition Hall of Chinese Shi Ji (HistoricalRecords) Research, Chinese Ji (Historical Records) Research Website, and Characteristic electronic database of Sima qian and Studies of Shi Ji.

Discipline, teaching and research teams have formed main directions with their own characteristics and advantages. Among these are humanities and social sciences including Sima Qian and Records of Shi Ji (HistoricalRecords), History of Shaanxi and Gansu Base Area, Military-CivilianIntegration Technology Industry, Medium and Small-sized Enterprise Management, intellectual property, Marxism Popularization, sciences including Probability Theory and Application,Western Culture Innovation Industry, Photoelectric Detection, Optoelectronic Integration,Clean Energy, New Materials and Wetland Ecosystem Protection, and arts including Large Qin Ling Art Genres Creation, Art Design, Chinese Piano and music, Western Folk Music and Dance Creation and Performance, Local OperasCreation and Performance. Professionals apply for National Social Science Fund, National Natural ScienceFund, National Soft Science Research Project, National Post-doctor SocialScience Fund, Ministry of Education and Related National Ministries, Shaanxiand Local Scientific Research Projects. The number of research projects has been increasing dramatically. A series of symbolic research achievements are awarded at state-level or by the Ministry of Education or Industry InformationMinistry, others are granted as Award of Outstanding Achievement in Philosophy& Social Sciences of Shaanxi Province, the Award of Science &Technology, the Award of Science and Technology Progress, the Award of NationalDefense Science and Technology Progress, the Award of University Science and technology, or the Award of Teaching Achievement, etc.

Weinan Normal University pays great attention to the cultivation of students’ innovation ability, is the first few universities to construct and build Science and TechnologyGarden in Shaanxi province. It has cooperated with Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing University to create technology research platform catering to the strategic and emerging industry, construct New Silk Road Economic Belt internet Financial Industry Collaborative Innovation Center with BeijingUniversity and Central University of Finance and Economics guaranteeing students to make entrepreneurial, innovative preparation. It has established QindongTeachers Education and Collaborative Innovation Experimental Zone exploring toco-cultivate teachers with local governments and primary and junior middle schools, set up 42 education and science research projects conducted by teachers and education science research work station, teachers from primary and junior middle schools and normal university students. It also has hosted national Training Plan and Provincial Training Plan and formed to cover the education of teacher training of every discipline.

Weinan Normal University firmly sticks to the Weihua Zhaojin spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation, promotes the school creed of “UniversalApplicability, Unity in Diversity” and the school spirit “Strive Everyday, JoyEveryday”, adheres to the philosophy of advanced culture for education, cultivates socialist course constructors and successors with scientific faith, ability, quality and spirit. It has developed more than 70,000 superior and management talents. Students have worked industriously and taken on excellent quality and spiritual outlooks. They have won many national and provincial level prizes in the competition including National English Competition for College Students, National Sports Skills and Academic Knowledge Competition for PhysicalEducation Major Students, Recitation in Chinese Classical Poems, National ThreeDimensional and Digital Innovation Design Contest, National MathematicalContest In Modeling, Bisheng Cup—National Electronic Design Contest and TheApplication System and Design of the Internet of Things, Yongyou Cup—NationalUndergraduate Accounting Information Skills Contest, China Originality Design Contest,National Chinese Dance “Lotus Award” Contest, National Undergraduate ChemistryExperiment Contest. There are many excellent alumni including the founder of, the famous educator Wang Shangde, the founding father general ZhangZongxun, leader for liberating Weinan twice Quan Binghua, Member of theNational Commission and Military Commission of the Central Committee, Minister of Defense General Chang Wanquan and associate director of State Administration for Industry and Commerce Han Xinmin, Professor Wu Congju in ShandongUniversity, Professor Yang Baojun in Renmin University of China, National “May 1” Labor Medals Winner Wu Haiyang, Chinese Education Man of the Year Deng Jian , National Model Teacher Xi Li, Shaanxi Moral Standard Teacher Tian Jiangtao, the chairmen in Wuxi UNICOM Liu Jun and Xi’an Dingli High Voltage Apparatus Corporation ZhaoWeipeng.

Weinan Normal University insists on implementing the Young Marx ActivistsTraining Project, has established in-school patriotism education bases like Memorial of Liu Zhidan, Xi Zhongxun, Science Museum and HeluoCulture Exhibition Hall. It has won the National Excellent Institute for ArtEducation, National Excellent Institute for Language and Characters, National Model University for Language and Characters Standardization, the Best Institute in Shaanxi, the Excellent Institute in Shaanxi, Civilized Campus in Shaanxi, Garden Unit in Shaanxi etc.

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