Beijing Normal University

Beijing Normal University
北京师范大学

Latin: Universitas Normalis Pechinum
Motto	学为人师，行为世范^[1]
Motto in English	Learn, so as to instruct others; Act, to serve as example to all.^[2]
Type	Public
Established	1902
President	Dong Qi (董奇)
Academic staff	Over 1,680
Students	Over 20,000
Undergraduates	8,600
Postgraduates	9,900
Location	Beijing, People's Republic of China
Campus	Urban, 738,779 m² (7,952,150 sq ft)
Website	Chinese Version English Version

Beijing Normal University (BNU, simplified Chinese: 北京师范大学; traditional Chinese: 北京師範大學; pinyin: Běijīng Shīfàn Dàxué), colloquially known as 北师大 or Beishida, is a public research university located in Beijing, China, with strong emphasis on basic disciplines of humanities and sciences. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China.

A normal school referred to an institution that aimed to train school teachers in the early twentieth century, and this terminology is preserved in the official names of such institutions in China even after such schools gained university status and expanded to offer courses other than education-related fields. The term reflects BNU's heritage as a former unit of the Imperial University of Peking dedicated to training schoolteachers.

Prof Qi Dong (董奇), a well-known scholar in Child Psychology was appointed as the President since July, 2012.

History

National Peking Normal University, in 1920s

The University grew out of the Faculty of Education, Imperial University of Peking that was established as China's first modern university on the initiative of the emperor of Qing Dynasty after the Hundred Days' Reform in 1898. In 1908 the Faculty of Education was named as the Imperial Capital School of Supreme Teacher Training, and was separated from the Imperial University of Peking which then developed to Peking University, another prestigious university in China.

After the Republic of China was established, the Imperial Capital School of Supreme Teacher Training was renamed Peking Normal College in 1912. The college had its first graduate programs in 1920 and began to recruit female students in 1921. In 1923 it was renamed again as Peking Normal University, and became the first normal university in Chinese modern history. The Peking Women’s College of Education merged into Peking Normal University in 1931.

Memorial for three students killed in March 18 Massacre, 1926

When the communists established the People's Republic of China in 1949, the capital of Peking was renamed Beijing and the university was consequently renamed as Beijing Normal University. During a national initiative of university rearrangement in 1952, Fu Jen Catholic University merged with Beijing Normal University. In 1954, it moved from Hepingmen campus to the newly established campus at Beitaipingzhuang and remains there since.

Historically, students at Beijing Normal University played a significant role in patriotic and social movements, particularly in the May Fourth Movement in 1919, the Cultural Revolution, and the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. The New York Times once described it as "one of the most progressive institutions" in China.^[3]

Present

The university was chosen as a Project 211 institution in 1996. In 2002 it signed an agreement with Ministry of Education and Beijing Municipal Government, and became the 10th university on the list of Project 985 to get special support from the Chinese Government, aiming to be a world prestigious university.^[4]

Campus

During its centennial celebration in 2002, an asteroid discovered in 1996 was named after the university as 8050 Beishida.

After a special visit of Premier Wen Jiabao on May 4, 2006 to Beijing Normal University, the Chinese government implemented the Fee-Waiver Policy for teacher training programs in six normal universities that are supervised by the Ministry of Education, including Beijing Normal University.

The university also lays distinct emphasis on educational equality. The 2009 demographic composition data shows that 40% of its enrolled students are from western China, almost one third are from rural areas, a quarter are from low-income families, and ethnic minorities comprise for more than 10%.^[5]

Academics

So far the university has altogether 55 undergraduate degree programs, 162 master programs, and 100 doctoral programs. Sixteen of them are honored as national key disciplines (see below), including 5 general disciplines and 11 specialized disciplines, and are recognized as among the top ranked in China:

Education	Psychology
Chinese	Mathematics
Geography	Cell Biology
Marxist Philosophy	Physical Chemistry
Ancient Chinese History	System Science
Theory of History	Theoretical Physics
Folklore/Anthropology	Environmental Science
Ecology	Educational Economics and Management

There are 74 research laboratories, including 4 National Key Labs (see below), 7 Key Labs of Ministry of Education, and 5 Key Labs of Beijing Municipality. Key research centers and bases include 7 key research bases in humanities and social sciences of Ministry of Education, 2 research centers of Engineering & Technology of Beijing Municipality, 3 research centers jointly-established with Beijing Municipality, and more than 40 other research centers of all kinds. Furthermore, the university has an institute for Proteomics which is the only one established in universities by Ministry of Education. Besides, the university has established a Science Park which covers an area of 6 hectares.

Mu Duo Gilded Bell

National Key Laboratories
National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning
National Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology
National Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science
National Key Laboratory of Water Environmental simulation

The university has an annual research funding in sciences of over RMB 100 Million. In 2010, 150 projects were funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, with a record high amount of RMB 62 millions (compared with 44.7 millions in 2009 and 37 millions in 2007).^[6] The research funding in humanities and social sciences has increased rapidly in the recent five years with RMB 150 Million in total, which tops the third place nationally. Since 2002 the annual increase has been over RMB 30 Million and equals to RMB 40,000 per capita. As a university strong in basic theory and research, it is fairly fruitful in fund raising for humanities and social sciences.

Beijing Normal University is also among the earliest institutions to recruit international students, and is particularly popular for its Mandarin Chinese study programs. A most prestigious program is Princeton in Beijing.^[7]

Regarding international co-operation, the Beijing Normal University is part of a university consortium (together with the Danube University Krems, the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück and the University of Tampere) that offers a Erasmus+ Joint master's degree (Master in Research and Innovation in Higher Education).

Schools and Departments

The library of Beijing Normal University

Faculty of Education^[8]
School of Chinese Language and Literature^[9]
School of Law
School of Economy and Business Administration
School of Foreign Language & Culture^[10]
School of Life Science
School of Chemistry
School of Resources^[11]
School of Geography
Department of Astronomy^[12]
School of Mathematics
School of History
School of Philosophy
Department of Physics
School of Psychology^[13]
School of Social Development and Public Policy^[14]
School of Arts and Mass Media
School of Environment
School of Sociology

Beijing Normal University has many different other majors that are not mentioned above.

Campus

Qiu Jiduan Gymnasium and recreation complex, finished in 2008

Undergrads Dorm

The current campus was built in 1954. It is located in northwest downtown Beijing in Haidian district, between the second and third ring roads, and is the closest among all Haidian universities to Tiananmen Square.

The campus hosted the U.S. Olympic Team during 2008 Beijing Olympics.^[15]^[16]

In 2002, a sister campus was established in the coastal city of Zhuhai in Guangdong Province.

Notable alumni

Mo Yan, writer, 2012 Nobel Literature Prize laureate
Liu Xiaobo, writer and a leading dissident, 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Chai Ling, dissident, student leader of the 1989 Tiananmen protests
Wu'erkaixi, dissident, student leader of the 1989 Tiananmen protests
Yuan Guiren, professor of philosophy, the current Minister of Education in the People's Republic of China
Xu Jialu, professor of Chinese, politician, former vice chairman of National People's Congress
Yu Dan, professor, well known for her popular yet controversial lectures about Analects broadcast on China Central Television
Su Tong, novelist
Xie Jun, chess grandmaster
Lang Ping, gold medalist in 1984 Summer Olympics women's volleyball, former head coach of the U.S. women's national volleyball team
Chen Yibing, gymnast, 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics gold medalist
Wang Xiaodong, biochemist at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, fellow of United States National Academy of Sciences, currently Director and Investigator at The National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing (NIBS, Beijing)
Timothy Geithner, the 75th United States Secretary of the Treasury. He was a language student studying Mandarin in 1982 as an undergraduate at Dartmouth College.^[17]
Weidong Li, professor of astronomy, the first Chinese astronomer to discover a supernovae since 1054 A.D.^[18]
Kirsten Gillibrand, United States Senator from New York. Attended as an undergraduate in Dartmouth College's FSP program.^[19]
Min Weifang, former CPC Secretary of Peking University, serving from 2002 to 2011. He is a graduate from Education Department and had earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University

Rankings

QS World University Ranking: 252th (7th in China) ^[20]
Academic Ranking of World Universities: 201-300th (7th-12th in China) ) ^[21]
Humanities and Social Sciences overall ranking in China: 3rd ^[22]

Affiliated high schools

References

↑ "北京师范大学简介". Beijing Normal University. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
↑ "Beijing Normal University". English Home Page. Beijing Normal University. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/world/asia/03china.html
↑ http://www.bnu.edu.cn/bnueng/AboutBNU/historyofbnu.html
↑ "钟秉林谈师范生教育：毕业生已供大于求(图)". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
↑ http://www.bnu.edu.cn/bsdkx/29549.htm
↑ http://www.princeton.edu/pib/
↑ "Faculty Of Education - BNU". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
↑ "Beijing Normal University". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
↑ http://www.sfll.bnu.edu.cn/
↑ http://irs.bnu.edu.cn/
↑ "Department of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University - 北京师范大学天文系". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
↑ http://psych.bnu.edu.cn/
↑ http://www.ssdpp.net/
↑ US Olympians Train at Beijing Normal University. YouTube. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
↑ http://en.beijing2008.cn/33/98/article214019833.shtml
↑ http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg152.html
↑ "Dr Filippenko's Dedication of his SJAA Talk - SJAA". SJAA. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
↑ Cross, Ester. "Folt celebrates Beijing Normal University partnership". The Dartmouth. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
↑ "Beijing Normal University Rankings". Top Universities. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
↑ "World University Rankings - 2014 - Argentina Universities in Top 500 universities - Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2014 - Shanghai Ranking - 2014". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
↑ "2009中国大学社会科学100强". Retrieved 18 July 2015.

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Coordinates: 39°57′26″N 116°21′45″E / 39.95722°N 116.36250°E / 39.95722; 116.36250

Alumni of Nobel Laureates from the universities in mainland China

Physics	National Southwestern Associated University, ROC Chen-Ning Yang & Tsung-Dao Lee

Literature	Beijing Foreign Studies University Gao Xingjian Beijing Normal University Mo Yan

Peace	Jilin University Liu Xiaobo Beijing Normal University Liu Xiaobo

Physiology or Medicine	Peking University Tu Youyou

Project 211

Higher education and universities in China

Beijing	Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Forestry University Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Normal University Beihang University Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Beijing University of Technology Central Conservatory of Music Central University of Finance and Economics China Agricultural University China University of Geosciences China University of Mining and Technology China University of Political Science and Law Communication University of China Minzu University of China North China Electric Power University Peking Union Medical College Peking University Renmin University of China Tsinghua University University of International Business and Economics University of Science and Technology Beijing

Shanghai	Donghua University East China Normal University East China University of Science and Technology Fudan University Second Military Medical University Shanghai International Studies University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai University Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Tongji University

Tianjin	Nankai University Tianjin Medical University Tianjin University

Chongqing	Chongqing University

Anhui	Anhui University Hefei University of Technology University of Science and Technology of China

Fujian	Xiamen University Fuzhou University

Guangdong	Jinan University South China Normal University South China University of Technology Sun Yat-sen University

Guizhou	Guizhou University

Gansu	Lanzhou University

Hainan	Hainan University

Hebei	Hebei University of Technology

Heilongjiang	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Institute of Technology Northeast Agricultural University Northeast Forestry University

Henan	Zhengzhou University

Hubei	China University of Geosciences Wuhan University Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan University of Technology Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Normal University Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Hunan	Central South University Hunan Normal University Hunan University National University of Defense Technology

Jiangsu	China Pharmaceutical University Hohai University Jiangnan University Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Normal University Nanjing University Nanjing University of Science and Technology Soochow University Southeast University

Jiangxi	Nanchang University

Jilin	Jilin University Northeast Normal University Yanbian University

Liaoning	Dalian Maritime University Dalian University of Technology Liaoning University Northeastern University

Qinghai	Qinghai University

Shaanxi	Chang'an University Fourth Military Medical University Northwest A&F University Northwest University Northwestern Polytechnical University Shaanxi Normal University Xi'an Jiaotong University Xidian University

Shandong	China University of Petroleum (Huadong) Shandong University Ocean University of China

Shanxi	Taiyuan University of Technology

Sichuan	Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan University Southwest Jiaotong University Southwestern University of Finance and Economics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Yunnan	Yunnan University

Zhejiang	Zhejiang University

Guangxi	Guangxi University

Inner Mongolia	Inner Mongolia University

Ningxia	Ningxia University

Tibet	Tibet University

Xinjiang	Shihezi University Xinjiang University

See also: Project 985

Project 985

Higher education and universities in China

Beijing (8)	Peking University Tsinghua University Renmin University of China Beijing Normal University Beihang University Beijing Institute of Technology China Agricultural University Minzu University of China

Shanghai (4)	Fudan University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Tongji University East China Normal University

Zhejiang (1)	Zhejiang University

Jiangsu (2)	Nanjing University Southeast University

Anhui (1)	University of Science and Technology of China

Shaanxi (3)	Xi'an Jiaotong University Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwest A&F University

Heilongjiang (1)	Harbin Institute of Technology

Jilin (1)	Jilin University

Liaoning (2)	Dalian University of Technology Northeastern University

Tianjin (2)	Nankai University Tianjin University

Shandong (2)	Shandong University Ocean University of China

Gansu (1)	Lanzhou University

Hubei (2)	Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan University

Hunan (3)	Central South University Hunan University National University of Defense Technology

Fujian (1)	Xiamen University

Chongqing (1)	Chongqing University

Sichuan (2)	Sichuan University University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Guangdong (2)	Sun Yat-sen University South China University of Technology

Project 211

Universities and colleges in Beijing

Education, Higher education, and Universities in China

National	Peking University Renmin University of China Tsinghua University Beijing Electronic Science and Technology Institute Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Forestry University Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Language and Culture University Beijing Normal University Beijing People's Police College Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing University of Physical Education Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Central Academy of Drama Central Conservatory of Music Central University of Finance and Economics China Agricultural University China Central Academy of Fine Arts China Foreign Affairs University China Institute of Industrial Relations China University of Geosciences (Beijing campus) China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing campus) China University of Petroleum (Beijing) China University of Political Science and Law China Women's University China Youth University for Political Sciences Chinese People's Public Security University Communications University of China Minzu University of China North China Electric Power University (Beijing campus) North China University of Technology Open University of China Peking Union Medical College University of Chinese Academy of Sciences University of International Business and Economics University of International Relations University of Science and Technology Beijing

Municipal	Beijing International Studies University Beijing Information Science and Technology University Beijing Technology and Business University Beijing University of Technology Beijing University of Agriculture Beijing Materials University Capital University of Economics and Business Capital University of Medical Sciences Capital Normal University North China University of Technology China College of Music Beijing Dance Academy Beijing Film Academy Beijing Institute of Clothing Technology Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology Beijing Institute of Machinery Beijing Union University

Private	Beijing City College

See also: List of universities in China

Associations of independent college admissions of Chinese universities

“The Peking Union”

Current	Peking Beihang BNU Xiamen Hong Kong Sun Yat-sen Wuhan HUST Lanzhou Shandong Sichuan

Former	Fudan Nankai

“The Tsinghua Union”

Current	Tsinghua SJTU Nanjing Zhejiang USTC XJTU

Former	Renmin

“The Excellence Union”

Chinese: 中华人民共和国高校联考自主招生联盟

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Beijing Normal University

History

Present

Academics

Schools and Departments

Campus

Notable alumni

Rankings

Affiliated high schools

See also

References

External links