Central China Normal University

Central China Normal University
华中师范大学

Former names	Huachung University
Motto	求实创新, 立德树人
Type	Public (national)
Established	1903
President	Yang Zongkai (杨宗凯)
Academic staff	700 professors, 4,000 teaching staff
Students	22,000
Location	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Campus	Urban, 330 acres
Nickname	Huashi
Website	www.ccnu.edu.cn

Central China Normal University (CCNU) or Huazhong Normal University (simplified Chinese: 华中师范大学; traditional Chinese: 華中師範大學; pinyin: Huázhōng Shīfàn Dàxué), located in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, is a comprehensive university directly under the administration of the Chinese Ministry of Education. The campus of over 2,000 Mu (330 acres) is on Guizi Hill, bordering South Lake.

It is one of the schools included in the Project 211, and is also funded by the Project 985. CCNU, along with East China Normal University and Beijing Normal University are the top three normal universities in mainland China.^[1] CCNU is ranked 3rd together with Fudan University and just after Peking University and Renmin University of China.^[2]

History

The predecessor of CCNU is the combination of Huachung University (华中大学), Chunghua University (私立武昌中华大学) and the Pedagogical College of Zhongyuan University, with Huachung University as the main part. Huachung University was the largest and most influential mission university in south central China, and it developed from Boone College which was founded in 1903. In 1951, the public Huazhong University came into being after the Pedagogical College of Zhongyuan University merged with Huachung University. Then it was reorganized into Huazhong Higher Normal College in 1952 and later renamed Central China Normal College in 1953. In 1985, the university was formally entitled Central China Normal University and Deng Xiaoping, one of the founders of Zhongyuan University, inscribed the new name of the university. In 1993, President Jiang Zemin wrote an inscription for the university “Developing normal education, improving the nation’s quality”.

Timeline

Boone College

The earliest predecessor of the school was founded in 1903 as Boone College for undergraduates (started in 1871 as Boone College ).

Private Huachung University

1924 -Boone College was renamed to Huachung University
1929 - Lake College of Yueyang incorporated, Yale College of Changsha incorporated.

Public Huazhong University

After the founding of People's Republic of China, the former private status transformed to public Huazhong University.
December 1949 - incorporated Chung Yuan Christian University College of Education.

Central China Higher Normal College

In 1952 during national college adjustment process the original public Huachung University included private Chunghua University, Guangxi University Institute of Education, Nanchang University, South China Normal University, Central Teachers College, Hainan Teachers College established the Central Higher Normal school (Central Ecole Normale Superieure).

Central China Normal College

In 1953 the school was renamed the Central China Normal College.
Part of Hubei University incorporated in 1962.
Part of the South China Institute for Nationalities, Hubei Teachers Training College, Hubei Correspondence School incorporated in 1972.

Central China Normal University

In 1985 the school was renamed to Central China Normal University, by Deng Xiaoping who wrote the school motto.
2005 - entered the 211 key development universities list.
2007 - received special funds from 985 program to support innovative platform.

Present

University rankings
Asia
QS (Global version)^[3] QS (Asia version)^[4]	751-800 201-250

Since the 7th Five-Year Plan was carried out, the teaching staff have conducted scientific research projects such as national high-tech project 863,national "Torch Program".

The university is among the first higher institutions in China to offer doctoral and postgraduate degrees, and to confer the titles of professor, associate professor and doctoral supervisor. It has established undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and post-doctoral programs, and has set up full-time to adult-education programs.

The national social science research work of CCNU ranks top 10 in China, and its social science research work was ranked top 6 for four consecutive years by the Ministry of Education of China.

CCNU has academic links and cooperation with more than 20 universities, colleges and research institutes in America, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, France, Italy, Britain, Japan, Switzerland, Bulgaria, and Brazil.

Foreign experts and teachers are invited to teach at the university and faculty members have been sent abroad for further study, visit or joint research.

Facts

School area: 1,266,500 square meters,sSchool building area: 896,293 square meters
Colleges: 27
Undergraduate programs: 68
National key disciplines: 8, National key (cultivating) discipline: 1
Provincial and ministerial key disciplines: 22
National bases for Personnel Training and Scientific Research in Arts and Sciences: 3
National Engineering Research Center: 3
National Humanities and Social Sciences key research bases: 3
Key laboratories supervised by the Ministry of Education: 3
Postdoctoral research programs: 13
First-grade disciplines for Doctor's Degree: 14, First-grade disciplines for master's degree: 33
Ph. D. programs: 94, Master's Degree programs: 184
Professors: 478, Associate Professors: 579, PhD Supervisors: 269
Full-time faculty: 1,834, Faculty and staff: 4,017
Full-time students: 30,000, Postgraduates: 10,475, International students: 1,341
Library area: 39,689 square meters, book collections: 2,962,000

National Key Disciplines

The Ministry of Education chose CCNU as one of the national key universities which has a number of important and promoted disciplines to international academic level. They consist of Chinese and Foreign Political Systems, Theoretical Physics, Scientific Socialism and International Communist Movement, Education Theory, Chinese Modern and Contemporary History, Literature and Art Studies, Pesticide Science and Basic Principles of Marxism.

National Key Laboratories

CCNU hosts two national key laboratories that are sponsored by central government and promoted to become research centers recognized among worldwide academics: Labaratory for Quark and Lepton Physics and Laboratory for Pesticide Science and Chemical Biology

Campus organizations and activities

There are nationality based student unions and the Association of Kazakh Students of CCNU being the biggest one consisting nearly 100 members.

Campus canteens

Students are able to have meals in any of the seven canteens with a campus ID card. CCNU has implemented electronic students ID Cards that can serve as debit cards. The service desks and ID card machines in every canteen are available within opening hours.

Schools, departments and institutes

College of International Cultural Exchange
School of Mathematics and Statistics^[5]
Law School of Central China Normal University
School of Urban and Environmental Science
School of Life Science
School of Chemistry
School of Physical Science and Technology
School of Sociology
Institute of Political Science of Central China Normal University
School of Psychology
School of Information and Communication
College of Vocational & Further Education
College of Teachers Education
School of Physical Education and Sports
College of Music
School of Public Administration
School of Information Management
Graduate School
School of Political Communication
School of Fine Arts
School of Computer Science
School of Chinese Language and Literature
School of Education
School of Economy and Manage
School of History and Culture
School of Foreign Languages

International cooperation

Main international partners include Oxford University, McGill University, and Moscow State University. Cooperation agreements signed in 2014 are GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, RMIT University and Macquarie University.

Rankings

Rankings
National
ARWU	33
CUAA^[6]	30
Wu Shulian	31
Global
ARWU	500+
National by Subject (MOE)^[7]
Politics	3
Education	5
Psychology	5
Chinese Language and Literature	4
History of China	4
Information	5

Ratings

China University Center Ranking (Top 200 China University): 10th in China ^[8]
4icu World University Ranking: 596th (42nd in China) ^[9]
Webometrics World University Ranking: 373rd (31st in China and 57th in Asia)

^[10]

Rating of Chinese Normal Uniersities: 3rd ^[11]
China Top 100 University Ranking: 40th ^[12]
Humanities and Social Sciences in China: 17th ^[13]
Political Science in China: 3rd ^[14]
Law Schools in China: 12nd ^[15]

Notable alumni

Yun Daiying (恽代英) - early leader of the Communist Party of China.
Song Jiaoren (宋教仁) - republican revolutionary, political leader and a founder of the Kuomintang (KMT).
Tang Haoming ( 唐浩明)- novelist. He is known for writing biographical novels of Zeng Guofan, Zhang Zhidong, and Yang Du. He is the vice president of Hunan Writers Association.
Feng Gong (冯巩) - actor, xiangsheng performer, film director, and screenwriter from Tianjin, China. He is the great grandson of Feng Guozhang, a statesman and warlord of China during the early 20th century.
Feng Youlan (冯友兰) - philosopher who was instrumental for reintroducing the study of Chinese philosophy in the modern era.
Huang Kan (黄侃) - philologist and revolutionary.
Wu Mi (吴宓) - founder of Chinese comparative literature, a critic, redologist, educator and poet.
Deng Xiaoping (邓小平) - co-founder of the Zhongyuan University, was a Chinese revolutionary and statesman. He was the leader of China from 1978 until his retirement in 1992.
Chen Yi (陈毅) - co-founder of the Zhongyuan University. He served as Mayor of Shanghai from 1949 to 1958 and as Foreign Minister of China from 1958 to 1972.

Notable professors

Zhang Kaiyuan (章开沅): member of Chinese Academy of Sciences and a former president of CCNU. He holds Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Augustana College, Soka University and Kansai University.

Gallery

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References

↑ http://www.china.org.cn/top10/2011-12/08/content_24105530_8.htm Top 10 normal universities in China
↑ http://www.hsv.se/download/18.1dbd1f9a120d72e05717ffe64/Official+Release+of+Chinese+University+Ranking+by+Disciplines+ Rankings by disciplines
↑ "QS World University Rankings® 2015/16 (extracting Asian universities)". Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
↑ "QS University Rankings: Asia 2015". Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
↑ http://maths.ccnu.edu.cn/en/showColumn-4.aspx
↑ "《2015中国大学评价研究报告》出炉". 中国校友会网. 中国校友会网. 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
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↑ http://www.webometrics.info/en/detalles/ccnu.edu.cn
↑ http://www.china.org.cn/top10/2011-12/08/content_24105530_8.htm
↑ http://www.china.org.cn/top10/2011-12/27/content_24261615.htm
↑ http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/8216/9320/153570/9209453.html
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↑ http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/china_law_prof_blog/2013/02/chinese-law-schools-a-ranking-sort-of.html

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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

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See also: Project 985

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Other Public

In Wuhan	Hubei University Jianghan University Wuhan University of Science and Technology Hubei University of Technology Wuhan Institute of Technology Wuhan Textile University Hubei University of Chinese Medicine Wuhan Polytechnic University Hubei University of Education Hubei University of Economics Wuhan Institute of Physical Education Hubei Institute of Fine Arts Wuhan Conservatory of Music Hubei University of Police Yangtze University (Wuhan Campus) Wuhan Business University

Elsewhere	Yangtze University China Three Gorges University Hubei Institute for Nationalities Hubei University of Arts and Science Hubei Engineering University Yunyang Medical College Hubei University of Automotive Technology Huanggang Normal University Huangshi Institute of Technology Hubei Normal University Jingchu University of Technology Hubei University of Science and Technology

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Independent	Hankou University Wuhan Yangtze Business University Wuhan Donghu University Wuchang University of Technology Wuchang Institute of Technology Wuhan Bioengineering Institute

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College of Second Artillery Corps Officers
Defense Information College
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Wuhan Commercial Service College
Wuhan Vocational College of Software and Engineering
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See also: List of universities in China

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