Huangshan University

Huangshan University is located in Huangshan City, Anhui Province, a beautiful and culturally rich tourist city in China. It is a provincial comprehensive undergraduate university. In 1978, the university began its higher education program, and in 1980, Huizhou Teachers College was established. In December 1997, it was renamed Huangshan College; In April 1998, the entire Huizhou College class of the former University of Science and Technology of China was merged; In August 2000, the former Huangshan Forestry School was incorporated as a whole; In February 2002, it was upgraded to Huangshan University.

The university has two campuses, Hengjiang and Suishui, covering an area of 1,800 mu. The total building area of the campus is 637,600 square meters, and the total assets amount to 1.394 billion yuan, of which the total value of fixed assets is 1.31 billion yuan and the total value of teaching and research equipment is 364 million yuan. The library has 3.7957 million volumes of various books, 2.3917 million volumes of periodicals, 649 kinds of paper periodicals, more than 100,000 special collections of Huizhou documents, and more than 14,000 volumes (pieces) of local Chronicles, genealogies and ancient books of Huizhou.

The school has 16 secondary colleges and more than 17,600 full-time undergraduate students. At present, 54 majors are offered, covering eight disciplines including engineering, management, literature, economics, art, education, science and agriculture. The school has established a number of characteristic programs that have a certain influence both within and outside the province. Currently, there are 5 national first-class undergraduate programs, 2 national characteristic programs, 1 national comprehensive reform pilot program, 2 national first-class courses, and 13 provincial first-class undergraduate programs. The school has 1,167 staff members, 99 with senior professional titles, over 300 with doctoral degrees, 10 part-time doctoral supervisors and 121 part-time master's supervisors from other schools, and 299 master's students jointly and part-time.

Over the years of running the school, the school has established a "local, applied, international" educational orientation. Relying on the unique natural and cultural resources of southern Anhui and Huangshan City, it firmly follows the characteristic development path of "playing the Huangshan card and writing the Huizhou article", and has formed educational advantages in tourism, ecology, Huizhou culture, etc., making positive contributions to the local economic and social development. It has achieved remarkable results in its development. The school has been successively approved as a national model university for Graduate Employment, a national "13th Five-Year Plan" project university for Industry-Education integration of Application-oriented Undergraduate education, one of the first batch of local application-oriented high-level university construction units in Anhui Province, one of the first batch of pilot schools for comprehensive reform of Anhui Province's universities, Anhui Province Postdoctoral Research Workstation, Anhui Province Key Project Construction Master's Degree Awarding Unit, and Anhui Province Applied Characteristic Training Education Institution, Model School for Law-based Governance in Anhui Province, Civilized Campus in Anhui Province.
With remarkable achievements in internationalized education, efforts have been made to build the "Study in Huangshan" brand, high-quality higher education quality certification for international students in China has been successfully passed, and the new round of evaluation of Sino-foreign cooperative education programs by the Ministry of Education, the quality inspection and evaluation of Sino-foreign cooperative education programs in Anhui Province, and the evaluation of teaching by the French side of Sino-French programs at the school have been smoothly passed. We have been deeply involved in the "One College, One University" international exchange program and have signed cooperation agreements with 18 universities and educational institutions including the National University of Malaysia, with 52 overseas partner schools. We have done a good job in recruiting international students and sending students abroad for exchanges. A total of 783 international students have been recruited and more than 400 students have been sent abroad for exchanges. Awarded as an advanced unit in education foreign affairs work of the province, approved as a provincial international exchange and cooperation base, one of the first batch of Chinese language education bases, overseas Chinese international cultural exchange base, selected as one of the first batch of excellent courses on China's national conditions education for international students in China, and a base for social practice activities of Chinese and foreign youth. The brand effect of the Sino-French "4+0" hotel management program jointly offered with Vatel Business School in France is prominent, and graduates receive diplomas from both China and France. Actively integrating into the integrated education pattern of the Yangtze River Delta, it has signed strategic cooperation agreements with the China Foreign Affairs University and Shanghai University to jointly establish the Huangshan Institute of International Communication. Fully promote university-local cooperation and sign strategic cooperation agreements with Huangshan City and its districts and counties, Chuzhou City, Tongling City, etc. Deepen cooperation among government, industry, academia, research and application, build 17 industry-university-research cooperation platforms, and send PHDS to enterprises to serve as vice presidents of science and technology to facilitate high-quality development of enterprises. Establish university-level science and technology development centers, actively promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, encourage all kinds of personnel to apply for patents, and provide support for the cultivation of local applied talents.
The university began accepting international students in 2006 and became a Chinese government scholarship institution in 2013. To date, more than 400 international students from countries such as South Korea, the United States, Uzbekistan, France, Switzerland, Romania, Russia, Yemen, Germany, Mongolia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have come to study at our school.
International student education is divided into degree education and non-degree education. Degree education is mainly at the undergraduate level, and outstanding students can receive support from the Chinese Government Scholarship, the Anhui Province Foreign Student Scholarship, or the Huangshan University Welcoming Pine International Student Scholarship. Non-degree education includes forms such as Chinese language studies, short-term training, winter and summer camps, and study Tours of Chinese culture.
The school makes full use of its geographical advantages, relying on Huizhou culture, organically integrates the display of Chinese culture with Chinese language classroom teaching and language practice activities, and builds social internship and practice platforms for international students, fully embodying the teaching goal of integrating language teaching, the dissemination of Chinese culture and the cultivation of students' practical abilities.
The school has established an international student management section, which is fully responsible for the daily affairs of international students' academic affairs, life and safety, and has built two relatively independent international student buildings with complete facilities in the Hengjiang campus.
Studying at Huangshan University, you will be able to experience the magnificent scenery of China's beautiful landscapes and the profoundness of Chinese traditional culture. Huangshan University will warmly welcome friends with the broad-mindedness of the welcoming pine of Huangshan!