Northeast Normal University

Northeast Normal University is an institution of higher learning under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education, being selected as one of the universities given priority in construction in the "211 Project". The university, located in Changchun city, Jilin province, occupies an area of 1,500,000 square meters, including 800,000 square meters of the main campus and 700,000 square meters of the new campus. iOyiRq8edH/e*Aa]Y}Gz
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The NENU's predecessor is the Northeast University, the first comprehensive university founded by the Communist Party in Northeast China in Benxi, Liaoning Province, in February, 1946. In 1949, the school was moved to Changchun City and renamed Northeast Normal University in 1950.(J}-k01y7hUh_SQtz4
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There are 22,042 full-time students in NENU, including 14,182 undergraduates, 7,426 M.A. and Ph.D. students, and 434 foreign students. There are 1373 full-time teachers, including 380 professors, 462 associate professors and 331 Ph.D. supervisors. There is one academician of The Chinese Academy of Sciences, one academician of The Third World Academy of Science and 16 members of The Academic Degree Committee of the State Council. In addition, there are 6 professors in the "Yangtze River Scholar Program", one recipient of He Liang & He Li Fund, Four recipients of National Outstanding Youth Fund, five national outstanding young and middle aged specialists, three professors selected for the "One Hundred Experts Program" (a national personnel development project organized by The Chinese Academy of Sciences), 30 teachers selected for the personnel construction program sponsored by the Ministry of Education, and Two state-level renowned teacher.j?j3s;,U6K`@Ko&M[H
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NENU presently comprises 19 schools, 56 undergraduate specialties and a graduate school, which offers 147 M.A. degree specialties, and 78 Ph.D. degree specialties. There are 9 faculties authorized to confer doctoral degrees, 11 disciplines with Post-doctoral R&D Stations, 5 key disciplines of The National Institution of Higher Education, 8 disciplines among the construction projects of the key disciplines of the national "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" and the "211 Project". Three disciplines are personnel training and scientific research bases of the national fundamental disciplines of arts and sciences; 2 disciplines are among the key research bases for Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education; 8 laboratories and research centers are authorized by the ministry. In addition, NENU possesses several national training programs and research institutes such as Preparatory School for Chinese Students to Japan (PSCSJ ).+XxkJ)-R(:IC#`
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NENU preserves education and teaching as "the foundation of school setting" and has formed her own concept of education which is "BE DILIGENT AND CREATIVE IN STUDIES" and "BE EXEMPLARY IN VIRTUE". The quality of students has been continuously improved and for this, the university has enjoyed high prestige in basic education, and received a positive evaluation from the society. NENU was named a "National Advanced Unit for Job-Hunting" by the State Council, becoming one of only four universities to be so named nationally in 2004. NENU regards scientific research as "the basis of institution strengthening" and places great emphasis on scientific research and has made significant achievements. The number of articles selected for the Science Citation Index (SCI) ranked the 28th in 2004.n*DRTk)dg|Jr5mD^_
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