Shaanxi Normal University

Shaanxi Normal University is a university directly under the Ministry of Education with world-class disciplines, a key university under the 211 Project, and a university under the 985 Project Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform for teacher education. It is an important base for training teachers for higher education institutions and secondary schools, educational administrators, and other senior specialized talents, and is known as the "cradle of teachers".

The university was formerly known as Shaanxi Provincial Normal College, which was established in 1944. It was renamed Xi 'an Normal College in 1954. In 1960, it merged with Shaanxi Normal College and was renamed Shaanxi Normal University. In 1978, it was placed under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education. For more than 70 years since its establishment, the school has adhered to the fine tradition of "virtue, learning, aspiration and action", based in the western region and facing the whole country, and has developed into a comprehensive first-class normal university with significant influence, cultivating more than 300,000 graduates of all kinds for the country, and forming the academic style of "unyielding to the way, proud of the book" and the school style of "honest and elegant, unity of knowledge and action". The current Party Secretary is Professor Cheng Guangxu and the current president is Professor You Xuqun.

The university is located in Xi 'an, one of the four famous historical and cultural cities in the world. It covers an area of 2,800 mu and has two campuses, Chang 'an and Yanta. The Chang 'an campus, which began construction in 2000, is now the main campus of the university, mainly responsible for the education and training of third and fourth-year undergraduate students and postgraduate students. The Yanta Campus, which has a history of more than 60 years, is currently mainly responsible for teaching basic and general education courses for the first and second years of undergraduate studies, as well as teacher education, continuing education, distance education, teacher cadre training and international student education. The Yanta Campus is quaint and elegant, and the Chang 'an Campus is modern, open and imposing. The school has been awarded the title of "Civilized Campus" by the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Shaanxi Province.

The university has a graduate school and 21 colleges, 1 basic experimental teaching center and the College of Ethnic Education (preparatory education), 65 undergraduate programs, 18 first-level disciplines authorized for doctoral degrees, 41 first-level disciplines authorized for master's degrees, 1 doctoral professional degree authorization point (Doctor of Education), and 24 master's professional degree authorization points (including 9 fields of engineering master). There are four national key disciplines, four doctoral dissertations selected as one of the 100 outstanding doctoral dissertations in China, seven doctoral dissertations nominated as outstanding doctoral dissertations in China, 68 doctoral dissertations awarded as outstanding doctoral dissertations in Shaanxi Province, and 16 master's dissertations awarded as outstanding master of Education professional dissertations in China; There are two national bases for training talents and scientific research in basic disciplines, three bases for introducing talents in discipline innovation of higher education institutions of the Ministry of Education, one national engineering laboratory, four national experimental teaching demonstration centers, three national virtual simulation experimental teaching centers, one research base for humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, and four research centers for countries and regions of the Ministry of Education. 1 Key research Base of sports sociology of the General Administration of Sport of China, 1 national demonstration Base for Joint training of Master of Education professional degree Postgraduates, 4 key laboratories and engineering research centers of the Ministry of Education, 17 key laboratories and engineering research centers of Shaanxi Province, 5 key research bases of humanities and social sciences of Shaanxi Province, and 1 key research base of philosophy and social sciences of Shaanxi Province 1 Research center for the theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, 1 research center for Key public opinion information, 12 demonstration centers for experimental teaching in Shaanxi Province, 5 demonstration workstations for joint training of postgraduate students in Shaanxi Province, and 60 research centers (institutes) of various types. The school has educational institutions such as the School of Distance Education and the School of Teacher and Cadre Education. In addition, it has the Ministry of Education Northwest Normal University Teacher Training Center, the Ministry of Education Northwest Education Management Cadre Training Center, the Ministry of Education Basic Education Curriculum Research Center, the Shaanxi Province Basic Education Resources Research and Development Center, the Shaanxi Province Teacher Education Guidance Center and the Shaanxi Province Cadre Education and Training Base. There are dozens of academic groups and institutions such as the Chinese Society of Tang History and the Chinese Society of Ancient Capitals.

The school has 1,752 faculty members, with 91% of them holding doctoral or master's degrees, including 71% with doctoral degrees. There are 475 professors and 696 associate professors among the teaching staff. Five academicians, four young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions to the country, three leading talents in philosophy and social sciences under the National Ten Thousand Talents Program, one leading talent in science and technology innovation, 13 recipients of the Changjiang Scholars Program, six recipients of the National Program for the Development of Talents, three recipients of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and two National teaching masters. Two outstanding young talents under the National Ten Thousand Talents Program, three recipients of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, seven selected for the "Four Groups of Talents" program of the national and provincial publicity and culture system, 40 selected for the "New Century Excellent Talent Support Program", and one "Sanqin Scholar" of Shaanxi Province A total of 44 people were selected for the Shaanxi Provincial Expert Program with Outstanding Contributions, the Shaanxi Provincial "Three-Five" Talent Program, the Provincial Top Talent in Key Fields, the Shaanxi Provincial Leading Talent in Science and Technology Innovation, and the Provincial Teaching Master Program, and 35 people were selected for the Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology New Star Program, the Shaanxi University Humanities and Social Sciences Young Talent Support Program, and the Shaanxi Provincial 100 Young Literary and Artistic Talents Support Program.

The university currently has 17,502 full-time undergraduate students, 17,343 postgraduate students (including 8,341 full-time and 9,002 part-time students), 66,034 continuing education and online education students, and more than 1,100 international students. For a long time, the school has regarded quality as its lifeline and has made remarkable achievements by focusing on teaching management and reform. In recent years, the school has won 8 national teaching achievement awards and 100 provincial teaching achievement awards. Eleven specialties were rated as national characteristic specialties, and 22 specialties were rated as provincial characteristic specialties; 11 specialties were identified as provincial comprehensive reform pilot specialties; Eighteen majors were identified as provincial first-class major construction projects (nine construction majors and nine cultivation majors); Two national talent cultivation model innovation experimental zones, 18 provincial talent cultivation model innovation experimental zones; Two projects (including 10 specialties) have been approved for the Ministry of Education's "Outstanding Teacher Training Program Reform Project". Nine courses were rated as national excellent courses and 47 courses were rated as provincial excellent courses; Eight courses were rated as national Excellent Video Open courses, and eight courses were rated as National Excellent Teacher Education Resource Sharing courses; Five courses were rated as national Quality Resource sharing courses, and 42 courses were rated as provincial quality resource sharing courses; One course was rated as a national excellent online open course; Three courses were rated as National bilingual Model courses, and three courses were rated as provincial bilingual model courses.

The school has been vigorously implementing the strategy of strengthening the school through scientific research, and its scientific research strength has been continuously enhanced. Over the past five years, the school has undertaken 1,105 research projects at or above the provincial and ministerial level in the field of humanities and social sciences, including 237 projects funded by the National Social Science Foundation and 152 projects funded by the Ministry of Education, ranking among the top for three consecutive years. A total of 737 books have been published, 6,340 academic papers have been published, and 119 achievements have received provincial or ministerial-level awards. In terms of natural science research, a total of 1,168 vertical research projects were obtained, including 3 key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2 projects for the development of major scientific research instruments of the State, 1 special fund project for basic research of scientific instruments, 1 continuing support project of the Overseas and Hong Kong and Macao Scholars Cooperation Research Fund, and 3 projects of the Outstanding Youth Science Fund. Two science and technology support programs of the Ministry of Science and Technology; 1 Major Project for Technology Transfer funded by the Central Government of the Ministry of Education. Published and co-authored 166 academic works, including 72 monographs, published 8,589 academic papers, and 58 achievements received provincial and ministerial-level science and technology awards; 806 patents have been granted, including 642 invention patents and 2 foreign invention patents.

The school is a "National Base for Cultural Quality Education of College Students", a "National Model School for Standardization of Language and Writing", a "National Base for Ethnic Preparatory Education in Colleges and Universities", an "Ministry of Education Base for Strengthening the Basic Training of Master's Degree Students of High-level Backbone Talents of Ethnic Minorities", an "Ministry of Education Base for Training and Research of College Counselors", and a "Shaanxi Province Base for Training and Research of College Counselors". The school attaches great importance to the comprehensive quality education and ethnic education of students, vigorously promotes the cultural spirit of "Virtue and Practice", builds a high-quality campus culture, and has been awarded "Model Unit for Ethnic Unity and Progress" by The State Council, the Communist Youth League Central Committee, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and the People's Government of Shaanxi Province, and has been awarded "Advanced Unit for National Spiritual Civilization Construction" by the Central Civilization Committee. For 18 consecutive years, it has been awarded the title of "National Advanced Collective for College Students' Social Practice" by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the Ministry of Education and the Communist Youth League Central Committee.

The library of the two campuses of the university covers an area of 57,800 square meters, houses 4.28 million volumes of paper books, and introduces 77 platforms and 234 databases of electronic resources at home and abroad. The school also has an education museum, which consists of four parts: the Chinese Education Museum, the Women's Culture Museum, the History and Culture Museum, and the Calligraphy and Painting Art Museum. The school edits and publishes academic periodicals such as Journal of Shaanxi Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition, Natural Sciences Edition), Contemporary Teacher Education, Chinese Historical Geography Series, and Chinese Art Education. Among them, Journal of Shaanxi Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition) was among the first to be included in the Ministry of Education's Project of Famous Journals of Philosophy and Social Sciences in higher education institutions. It is one of the 11 key university social science journals supported by the state. The University Press, which has been established for more than 30 years, is one of the university presses with annual sales of over 100 million yuan. It is a comprehensive publishing and media enterprise integrating books, periodicals, electronic, audio-visual, online publishing, radio and television program production, and educational and cultural services. It has formed distinct characteristics in the publishing fields of humanities, popular culture, basic education and higher education. More than 600 of its books have won national or provincial awards and have a considerable social influence. Edited and published eight professional secondary school teaching reference periodicals with a history of more than 40 years, which were recognized as academic periodicals by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, and seven of them were included in the national Chinese core periodicals.

The school has been strengthening its international exchanges and cooperation, and has established friendly cooperative relations with more than 130 universities and educational institutions in over 30 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Armenia, as well as in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions. Engage in various forms of exchanges and cooperation; In response to the national Belt and Road Initiative, we initiated the establishment of the Silk Road Teacher Education Alliance, the Humanities and Social Sciences Alliance, and the Book and Archives Publishing Alliance. Since 1965, the school has been recruiting international students and has trained more than 5,600 students of all kinds from 103 countries around the world. The school has a "Chinese Language Education Base of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council", a "HSK Chinese Proficiency Test Center" of the Office of Chinese Language International Promotion, and two Confucius Institutes in the United States as a Chinese partner institution.

The school has a teaching and experimental middle school, primary school and kindergarten. The middle school is a century-old prestigious school, a key high school in Shaanxi Province and one of the first model high schools in Shaanxi Province. The primary school and kindergarten are provincial model primary schools and kindergartens. In recent years, the school has made full use of its educational resources to jointly run more than 10 primary and secondary schools and kindergartens with social enterprises, including Jinyuan International School, Xi 'an Qujiang No.1 Middle School, Olympic Garden School, Greenland Chanba Primary School, Vanke Primary School, etc.

As one of the first universities in the country to implement socialized logistics reform, the school has explored a logistics reform path known as the "Shaanxi Normal University Model", and its logistics informatization construction has also had a wide influence across the country.

At present, Shaanxi Normal University, taking the deepening of comprehensive educational reform as an opportunity, is actively promoting the construction of "Double First-Class", comprehensively improving the quality of education and teaching, the level of scientific research, the capacity of social service and the level of internationalization, and is striving towards the goal of becoming a comprehensive research university with teacher education as its main feature.

(Above data as of March 2018)