Shihezi University

Shihezi University
石河子大学
TypePublic
Established1996 (1996)
AffiliationXinjiang Production and Construction Corps
Academic affiliation
Double First Class University Plan
Project 211
Academic staff
2,600 (April 2022)
Undergraduates41,000 (April 2022)
Postgraduates6,482 (April 2022)
Location
Shihezi
,
Xinjiang
,
China

44°18′24″N 86°03′16″E / 44.30667°N 86.05444°E / 44.30667; 86.05444
CampusUrban, 180.2 ha (445 acres)
Colors Tian Shan Green 
Websiteshzu.edu.cn
Shihezi University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese石河子大学
Traditional Chinese石河子大學
Uyghur name
Uyghurشىخەنزە ئۇنىۋېرسىتېتى‎

Shihezi University (SHZU; Chinese: 石河子大学) is a public university located in Shihezi, Xinjiang, China. Founded in 1996, it is affiliated with the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Corps. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First Class University Plan.[1]

In August 2000, the Central Government designated Shihezi University as a key institution to develop in northwestern China. The university has been developing with the support of several leading institutions in China, including Peking University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, East China University of Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Chongqing University, Jiangnan University, University of International Business and Economics, Nanjing Normal University, and South China Agricultural University.[1]

It became a "Double First Class University‘ identified by the Ministry of Education of China in 2017.[2] The Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed the university the 2nd best university in Xinjiang, China.[3]

History

Shihezi University was officially formed in September 1996 with the merge of Shihezi Medical College (est. 1949), Shihezi Agricultural College (est. 1959), XPCC Vocational College of Economics (est. 1959), and XPCC Vocational College of Education (est. 1960).[1]

Academics

Gate of Shihezi University

Shihezi University offers 10 specialties—Agriculture, Medicine, Engineering, Economics and Trade, Management, Literature and Arts, Sciences, Education, Law, and History. It has 23 colleges, offering 10 doctorate degrees, 60 master's degrees, 97 bachelor's degrees, 1 pre-university senior middle school program, five specialties that enroll on-job-teachers for master's degrees, two post-doctoral scientific work stations, four post-doctoral mobile stations.[4] The university has jointly set up graduate education bases with Peking University and Tianjin University, as well as a program for culture-oriented quality education.

The university has 11 disciplines: Ministry of Agriculture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), three key laboratories co-constructed and supported by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the XPCC. It has two key laboratories of XPCC, two key bases for art and scientific research, and 24 graduate schools and research centers. The university has become a key scientific research base of XPCC and XUAR.

Rankings and reputation

The Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed the university 138th in China and the 2nd best university in Xinjiang after Xinjiang University.[3]

It was ranked 901-1000th globally by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).[5]

Ranking lists Years National Asia Global
Wu shulian Rankings 2022 162[6]
CUAA Rankings 2022 167[7]
ARWU 2023 138[3] 901-1000[8]
CWUR 2023 216[9] 1385[9]
SCImago Institutions Rankings 2022 157[10] 322[10] 623[10]
CWTS Leiden Ranking 2023 185 343 839[11]
USNWR 2022-2023 293[12] 755[12] 1880[12]

Faculty and students

The university has 2,600 staff. There are 1,894 full-time teachers including two academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 355 professors, 706 associate professors, 58 experts and scholars receiving outstanding achievement awards at national and provincial level, and 81 distinguished experts and scholars receiving special subsidies from the government.[4] It employs more than 10 foreign experts and teachers every year.

Students come from 31 provinces and regions. The student population is currently 41,000, including 22,462 undergraduates, 6482 postgraduates and 415 international students from countries such as the United States, India, Russia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, etc.[4]

Campus

Street view by the campus

The campus covers 1,802,000 square meters. It has 1,214,000 square meters of building, and the area of its laboratories is 184,100 square meters.[4] The library has a collection of 3,000,000 Chinese and foreign books and periodicals, and is only one model project in Xinjiang, as university digital libraries in State High-tech Project 863. It has a book collection spot of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).[13]

Location

The university is located in Shihezi, the Garden City, by the river of Manas on the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "学校概况". www.shzu.edu.cn. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  2. ↑ "教育部 财政部 国家发展改革委 关于公布世界一流大学和一流学科建设高校及建设 学科名单的通知 (Notice from the Ministry of Education and other national governmental departments announcing the list of double first class universities and disciplines)".
  3. 1 2 3 "ShanghaiRanking's Best Chinese Universities Ranking". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "学校概况". 石河子大学 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  5. ↑ "ShanghaiRanking-Shihezi University". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  6. ↑ "武书连2022中国大学排行榜公布 清华北大浙大前三". 搜狐网 (in Chinese). March 30, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  7. ↑ "2022校友会中国大学排名公布, 北京大学十五连冠". 艾瑞深网 (in Chinese). May 14, 2022.
  8. ↑ "ShanghaiRanking-Univiersities". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  9. 1 2 "World University Rankings 2023 | Global 2000 List | CWUR". cwur.org. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 "University Rankings - China 2022". www.scimagoir.com. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  11. ↑ Studies (CWTS), Centre for Science and Technology. "CWTS Leiden Ranking". CWTS Leiden Ranking. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  12. 1 2 3 "Shihezi University Rankings". USNews. October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  13. ↑ "本馆概况". 石河子大学图书馆 (in Chinese). September 21, 2021. Archived from the original on September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2022.

Further reading

  • McGregor, Richard. The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers. Harper Perennial: New York, 2012. ISBN 978-0-06-170876-3. Originally published in 2010 by Allen Lane, a Penguin Books imprint.
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