Jilin University

Jilin University

吉林大学
Motto	求实创新 励志图强
Type	National
Established	1946
President	Li Yuanyuan (李元元)
Undergraduates	43,024
Postgraduates	24,021
Location	Changchun , Jilin , People's Republic of China
Campus	1,633 acres/6.61 km2
Nickname	吉大
Website	www.jlu.edu.cn

Jilin University (JLU; simplified Chinese: 吉林大学; traditional Chinese: 吉林大學; pinyin: Jílín Dàxué; often abbreviated JLU or 吉大) is a leading national research university under the direct jurisdiction of China's Ministry of Education.

Located in Changchun, the capital city of Jilin Province in Northeast China, the university has seven campuses in six districts which are home to thirty-nine colleges covering thirteen academic disciplines, including philosophy, international relations, economics, law, literature, education, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, and military science. The University has thirteen disciplinary areas, six national key laboratories, and seven national bases for the development of basic science. Other resources include five research bases for humanities and social sciences, eleven key laboratories sponsored by the Ministry of Education and eleven by other ministries of Chinese government.

Jilin University is one of the most prestigious "Top 10" universities in China, and has several research projects in automobile engineering, chemistry, computer science, electrical engineering and biology be identified as internationally renowned. JLU also provides undergraduate and graduate programs across board as in law, literature, philosophy, medicine and veterinary science etc.. It is one of the key universities involved in China's Project 985, Project 211 and Project 2011.

Jilin University is a comprehensive and national key university. JLU offers a variety of degree programs. It has now 115 undergraduate programs, 192 Master's degree program, 105 doctoral degree programs, and seventeen post-doctoral programs. In 2003 the university enrolled 59,000 full-time students, including more than 10,000 graduate students. At present there are 6,540 faculty members, with twenty members of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1270 full professors, and 1652 associate professors.

History

Founded in 1946 as the Northeast College of Administration in Harbin, Heilongjiang, Jilin University merged with many Universities and colleges and changed its name many times. In May 1948, the Northeast Administration College merged with the Harbin University and was renamed Northeast Academy of Science. In November 1948, the Northeast Academy of Science moved to Shenyang, Liaoning and restored the name of Northeast Administration College. In 1950, it was renamed to the Northeast People's University. After the Korean War broke out, the Northeast People's University evacuated to Changchun, Jilin. In 1958, it was renamed "Jilin University." In 2000, the Jilin University of Technology, the Bethune Medical University, the Changchun University of Science and Technology and the Changchun Institute of Posts and Telecommunications merged with JLU. On August 29, 2004, the University of Military Logistics became another campus of JLU. The Zhuhai campus was established in 2003.

Facilities

There are more than fifty multimedia classrooms and language learning audiovisual classrooms. Special attention has been paid to the construction of 20 basic science laboratories.

The university library claims a collection of 5.26 million books and is designated as the library of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and World Bank. It also serves as the Comprehensive Information Center of Liberal Arts of the Education Ministry, the only Foreign Scientific Text Book Center in Northeast China, and the National Humanities and Social Science Higher Education Books Import Center. It is one of the seven centers of China Academic Library and Information System (CALIS) Center in Northeast China.

Several campuses have gymnasiums, stadiums, and arenas for basketball, volleyball, table tennis and artistic gymnastics. The Nanling Campus Stadium, which has a grass soccer field surrounded by standard synthetic racetracks, has 10,000 seats. There are also tennis and basketball courts throughout the campus.

Jilin University has established ties with more than 130 universities, colleges, and research institutes in 40 countries/districts. Over 1,200 foreign students currently attend the university.

Notable Alumni/Scholars

• Li Long Lam, Hong Kong Archaeologist
• Liu Xiaobo, 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner
• Liu Yandong, currently Vice Premier of China, completed doctorate at the university
• Au-Chin Tang, or Tang Aoqing, PhD Columbia University, Professor of theoretical chemistry, quantum chemistry, President of Jilin University(1978-1986), member of International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, IAQMS, 1st Director of Jilin University Department of Chemistry (from 1952),member of Chinese Academy of Science
• Joe Wong, or Huang Xi, stand-up comedian
• Zhu Guangya, renowned Chinese nuclear physicist, Head & 1st Director of Jilin University Department of Physics
• Wang Xiaoni, Poet

Numerous alumni of Jilin University and its historical constituent schools have gone on to serve in prominent political positions at the provincial-ministerial level or above. These include Cui Shaopeng, Du Qinglin, Li Bin, Li Hongzhong, Li Jinbin, Lü Fuyuan, Sun Hongzhi, Wang Gang, Wang Jiarui, Wang Rulin (governor and later party chief of Jilin), Wang Yongqing, Xi Xiaoming, Zhang Baoshun, and Zhou Benshun.

External links

• Jilin University (English)