Hebei GEO University
Hebei University of Geosciences, or Hebei GEO University (Chinese: 河北地质大学; pinyin: Héběi Dìzhì Dàxué), previously named Shijiazhuang University of Economics (Chinese: 石家庄经济学院; pinyin: Shíjiāzhuāng Jīngjì Xuéyuàn) is a university in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
It was founded in 1953 and is one of the five universities directly under the former Ministry of Geology. It is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Land and Resources and the People's Government of Hebei Province. It is a key provincial university.
In 1971, it began to recruit undergraduates as a college deployed by the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources of China, and was renamed the Hebei Institute of Geology. In 1996, it was renamed Shijiazhuang School of Economics and in 2016, it was renamed again as Hebei University of Geosciences.
The school employs 185 part-time professors and visiting professors, including 10 academicians. The school recruits students from all over the country. The total students are 19k to 20k with only 53 International students from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Ghana, Rwanda and Sudan.
The university hold a good rank and reputation across China . There are two campuses of the university the North campus and the main Campus. The university offers partial scholarships to the students .
References
- "School History". Hebei GEO University.
- 网易 (2011-09-13). "石家庄经济学院2012年硕士研究生招生专业目录". www.163.com. Retrieved 2021-07-22.