Jilin Normal University

Jilin Normal University is a key university in Jilin Province. The university was founded in 1958 and is located in Siping City, Jilin Province, a heroic city in the heart of the Songliao Plain. It was then known as Siping Teachers College. In September 1962, Tonghua Teachers College and Baicheng Teachers College were merged. In February 1966, it merged with Jilin Teachers College to form the new Siping Teachers College. In November 1973, Siping Normal College was renamed Siping Normal University. In March 2002, the Ministry of Education officially approved the renaming of Siping Normal College to Jilin Normal University. Li Peng, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, inscribed for the university: "To cultivate more outstanding talents for economic and social progress." In December 2004, it was designated as a key university in Jilin Province by the Department of Education of Jilin Province.

Under the leadership of Party committees and governments at all levels, the university has taken on the glorious mission of "cultivating talents for the Party and the country". After more than 60 years of construction and development, it has gradually formed an educational system that integrates undergraduate, postgraduate, international students and continuing education students, with teacher education as its characteristic and coordinated development of multiple disciplines. The current Party Secretary is Mei Lina and the president is Yang Xiaotian.

The university has two campuses in Siping and Changchun, covering an area of 1 million square meters and having a building area of 680,000 square meters. The campus environment is comfortable, the infrastructure is complete and the functions are well-matched. There are 19 colleges, 1 teaching department, 60 research platforms at or above the provincial and ministerial level, and 299 laboratories. The total value of teaching and research equipment is 620 million yuan, and the total value of fixed assets is 1.9 billion yuan. The library has a collection of 2.3153 million volumes.

The school currently has 18,833 full-time undergraduate students, 3,377 postgraduate students, more than 730 degree students on Chinese government scholarships, provincial government scholarships, exchange students and short-term language students, and 3,126 junior college students. The school has 1,622 staff members, including 218 with senior professional titles and 487 with associate professional titles. 87 doctoral supervisors and 910 master's supervisors; 12 recipients of the Special Government Allowance of The State Council, 3 National Excellent Teachers, 1 National Excellent Science and Technology Worker, 3 New Century Excellent Talents of the Ministry of Education, 3 Senior experts of Jilin Province, 33 outstanding innovative talents of Jilin Province, 17 middle-aged and young professional and technical talents with outstanding contributions of Jilin Province, 3 recipients of the Government Allowance of Jilin Province Five Changbai Mountain Scholars, five Changbai Mountain Skilled Teachers, two Jilin Province Lecturers, 15 Jilin Province Teaching Masters, eight Jilin Province Outstanding Teachers, three Jilin Province New Century Academic and Scientific and Technological Leaders Reserve Candidates, five Jilin Province Middle-aged and Young Backbone Teachers, four Jilin Province Teaching New Stars, and two Jilin Province Outstanding Innovative and Entrepreneurial Talents. The school was awarded the title of "Advanced Unit in Talent Work" by the Communist Party Committee of Jilin Province and the People's Government of Jilin Province.

The school adheres to education and teaching as the center and maintains the advantages and characteristics of undergraduate teaching. There are 61 undergraduate programs, covering nine disciplines including literature, history, law, education, science, engineering, art, management and economics. Among them, there are 11 national first-class undergraduate programs, 1 national comprehensive reform pilot program, and 5 national characteristic programs. The school has been selected as a reform institution under the Ministry of Education's Program for Training Outstanding teachers. 11 National First-Class Undergraduate courses, 1 National Teacher Education Excellent Resource Sharing Project course, 2 National Excellent Video Open Courses, 1 National Experimental teaching demonstration center, 1 National College student off-campus practice base, 1 national college student entrepreneurship internship base, 1 national Teacher team building Demonstration Project. 14 provincial first-class undergraduate major construction points, 13 provincial characteristic high-level majors, 7 provincial brand majors, 12 provincial characteristic major construction points, 4 provincial transformation and development demonstration majors (clusters), 5 provincial comprehensive reform projects of school-enterprise cooperation for application-oriented majors (clusters) in undergraduate colleges and universities, and 3 provincial pilot majors for the education and training of outstanding engineers; Three provincial-level outstanding engineers Education and training Program 2.0 programs; Three provincial-level bases for cultivating outstanding students in basic disciplines, three provincial-level off-campus practical teaching bases for cultivating outstanding talents, two provincial-level demonstration projects for reforming undergraduate talent cultivation, five provincial-level experimental zones for cultivating innovative talents, 16 provincial-level first-class undergraduate courses, and three provincial-level demonstration courses for ideological and political education in courses; Five provincial Golden Course construction project courses, 28 provincial excellent courses, four provincial teacher education Excellent Resource sharing project courses, and 67 provincial excellent courses; Three provincial-level Huang Danyan-style teacher teams, 13 provincial-level excellent teaching teams, and one provincial-level course-based ideological and political teaching research demonstration center; 9 provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers, 4 provincial off-campus practical education bases for college students, 3 provincial teaching training bases, 1 provincial language and character promotion base, 1 provincial engineering innovation training center, 1 provincial college student innovation and entrepreneurship base, 1 provincial innovation and entrepreneurship college, 1 provincial innovation and entrepreneurship demonstration base, 1 provincial modern industry college 1 provincial-level virtual teaching and research room, 1 provincial-level innovation technology college. The School of Marxism was selected as one of the first batch of key schools of Marxism in Jilin Province, and the School of Journalism and Communication was jointly established by the Publicity Department of the Jilin Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and the university.

The school has won eight national teaching achievement awards, 83 provincial teaching achievement awards and 72 provincial educational technology achievement awards. The school is a national base for cultural quality education of college students, a demonstration base for cultural quality of college students in Jilin Province, and a practice base for mental health education of college students in Jilin Province. Students' extracurricular activities are rich and diverse, and they have achieved remarkable results in events such as the China International College Students' Innovation Competition, the "Challenge Cup" National College Students' Extracurricular Academic and Technological Works Competition, the "Chuangqingchun" National College Students' Entrepreneurship Competition and the National College Students' Art Exhibition. The school has been honored eight times by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the Ministry of Education, the Communist Youth League Central Committee and the All-China Students' Federation as an advanced unit for the summer 'Three Down to the Countryside' social practice activities of college and secondary school students. It has also been awarded the title of "National May 4th Red Flag Youth League Committee", "Provincial May 4th Red Flag Youth League Committee Model" and the China Volunteer Work Organization Award on many occasions.

The school has been vigorously developing postgraduate and international student education. In 2021, it was added to the list of doctoral degree awarding institutions, and in 2023, it was approved to establish a postdoctoral research station. It has 1 postdoctoral research station, 2 first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 1 doctoral talent training program for special needs of the country, 20 first-level discipline master's degree authorization points, and 13 master's professional degree authorization points, covering 10 disciplines including philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, management, and art. There are 13 provincial characteristic high-level disciplines, and three disciplines, namely chemistry, materials science and engineering, have entered the top 1 percent of ESI global rankings. The university is a recipient of the Chinese Government Scholarship Program for International students. Students from over 40 countries have been studying at the university for undergraduate, master's degrees and Chinese preparatory courses. The university also has test centers for the Chinese Proficiency Test. Since 2021, the school has hosted the Ministry of Education's "Chinese Bridge" online and offline program six times, and more than 4,000 international students have signed up for the Chinese language and culture courses designed by our school.

The school's research program has developed rapidly. There is one Ministry of Education innovation team and 60 provincial-level or above scientific research innovation platforms, including two Ministry of Education key laboratories. Since 2021, he has led four projects under the National Key Research and Development Program, 41 projects under the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 9 projects under the National Social Science Foundation of China, and 3 projects under the National Art Foundation of China. More than 1,500 academic papers have been published in SCI and 215 in CSSCI journals. 101 academic books have been published. 200 invention patents were granted and 32 research awards at or above the provincial and ministerial level were received.

The school is active in international exchanges and actively builds international cooperation platforms. It has established friendly cooperative relations with over 100 universities and research institutions in more than 20 countries and regions, and has carried out extensive and in-depth cooperation in areas such as student exchange, academic exchanges, introduction of foreign experts, education of international students, promotion of the Chinese language, and cooperative education. Since 2011, more than 480 teachers have been sent abroad for further study through various programs, and more than 1,000 students have been sent overseas for research through joint training, exchange programs, cultural experiences, internships and practices. The school currently has three Sino-foreign cooperative education programs and six international undergraduate academic recognition programs.
Jilin Normal University adheres to the spirit of its motto, "Be eager to learn and close to knowledge, Practice and close to benevolence", and strives to cultivate high-quality applied talents for social development and economic construction. Graduates of teacher education programs are widely welcomed and highly praised by society for their solid foundation, strong ability, great potential and good quality, and enjoy a high reputation in the field of basic education. Non-teacher education programs are closely integrated with social demands, emphasizing the cultivation of students' professional character and skills, and new core competitiveness is constantly emerging. Graduates are found in 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country.

Since 1999, the school has been awarded the title of "Model Collective" by the Jilin Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Jilin Provincial People's Government for four consecutive times. In 2009, the school was successively awarded the title of "Model School for Standardized Language and Writing" by the Jilin Provincial Department of Education and the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. In 2010, the school was awarded the title of "Model School for Law-based Governance in Jilin Province" by the Department of Education of Jilin Province. In 2015, the school was awarded the title of "Civilized Unit of Jilin Province". In 2019, the school was awarded the title of "Civilized Campus of the Province". In 2022, the title of "Civilized Campus of Jilin Province" will be retained. We will adhere to the principles of quality-driven, talent-strengthened, discipline-led, research-driven, law-based, culture-enriched, open and people-oriented normal university, and strive for greater victories and glory for the comprehensive and all-round revitalization of Jilin in the new era and for the realization of the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

We welcome international students to study at Jilin Normal University.

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