Jilin University

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Jilin University
吉林大学
Jilin University logo.png
Motto
求实创新 励志图强[1]
Motto in English
Truth · Innovation · Aspiration[2]
TypeNational, Public
Established1946; 75 years ago (1946)
PresidentZhang Xi (张希)[3]
Academic staff
6,624 (June 2019)
Administrative staff
15,626[citation needed]
Undergraduates41,734 (June 2019)
Postgraduates26,872 (June 2019)
Doctoral students
7,813 (June 2019)
Location
Changchun
,
Jilin
,
China
Campus611 hectares (1,510 acres)
Nickname吉大
AffiliationsBRICS Universities League, Double First Class University, 211 Project, 985 Project
Websitewww.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 located in Changchun, China. It is under the direct jurisdiction of China's Ministry of Education.[4] It is a Chinese Ministry of Education Class A Double First Class University.[5] It is strongly supported by state key projects such as Project 985, Project 211 and Project 2011. Jilin University is consistently ranked as one of the most prestigious universities in China,[6][7] and has research projects in automobile engineering, chemistry, computer science, electrical engineering and biology be identified as internationally renowned.[8][9][10] In 2017, the university is supported to achieve "world-class" academic status under the Double First Class University Plan by China.[11][12] JLU's alumni include the Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China Liu Yandong.

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 as Northeast People's University. After the Korean War broke out, it was relocated to Changchun, Jilin. In 1958, it was renamed Jilin University.[13]

In 2000, the former Jilin University, the former Jilin University of Technology, the former , the former and the former combined to form the current Jilin University. On August 29, 2004, the former also merged with JLU. The university established a campus in Zhuhai in 2003.[14]

Academics[]

The university has seven campuses in six districts that are home to 47 colleges covering 13 academic disciplines, including philosophy, economics, law, literature, education, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, military science and art. The university has five state key laboratories, one , six national-local joint laboratories, one national engineering and technology research center, six humanities and social science key research bases of the Ministry of Education, ten key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, five engineering research centers of the Ministry of Education and 18 key laboratories of other ministries.

It is a comprehensive and national key university.[15][16] JLU offers a variety of degree programs. It has 129 undergraduate programs, 304 Master's degree programs, 244 doctoral degree programs, and 42 centers for post-doctoral studies, 47 first-class university and discipline construction projects. There are 73,702 full-time students, with 27,397 postgraduate students, 43,260 undergraduate and college students, over 2,000 overseas students.

There are 6,657 faculty members in total, among which there are 2,110 professors and 1,618 doctoral advisors. There are 43 members of Chinese Academy of Sciences or Chinese Academy of Engineering (including 33 adjunct members),[17] 7 senior professors of philosophical and social sciences, 20 members of assessment group of the , 29 involved in the “”, 8 national-level outstanding teachers, 5 chief experts in research and construction projects of the Marxism theory in the central government, 6 chief scientists in the national “Program 973”, 15 young and middle-aged experts with prominent contribution, 59 selected in the “Changjiang Scholars Program”, 33 winners of the “”, 31 winners of “” and 90 selected in “Changbai Mountain Scholars” in Jilin Province.

Rankings and Reputation[]

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[18]151-200 (2020)
QS World[19]493 (2021)
QS Employability[20]301-500 (2020)
USNWR Global[21]466 (2021)
Regional – Overall
QS BRICS[22]38 (2019)
USNWR Asia[23]76 (2021)
National – Overall
USNWR National[24]35 (2021)

The CWTS Leiden Ranking table 2020 ranked Jilin University at 14th in the world based on their publications for the time period 2015–2018.[25] In 2020, it ranked 82nd among the universities around the world by SCImago Institutions Rankings.[26] The university ranked 71st among the leading institutions globally in the Nature Index 2020 Annual Tables by Nature Research, that measure the high-quality research published in 82 high-quality science journals.[27] The University Ranking By Academic Performance (URAP) 2020/21 ranked Jilin University at 106th globally.[28] Jilin University ranked 255th worldwide and 21st nationwide in the CWUR World University Ranking 2020/21.[29]

Facilities[]

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There are more than 50 multimedia 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 7.57 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 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 tennis and basketball courts throughout the campus.

Jilin University has established ties with more than 289 universities, colleges, and research institutes in 39 countries/districts. Over 2,000 foreign students currently attend the university.

People[]

Notable alumni[]

Notable faculty[]

  • Andrey Baykov - Russian international relations scholar, Vice-Rector of Moscow State University of International Relations.
  • Barry Buzan - Emeritus Professor at the London School of Economics, fellow of the British Academy
  • Yury Gogotsi - leading Ukrainian scientist in the field of material chemistry, professor at Drexel University, founder and director of the A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute
  • Chen Jia'er - nuclear physicist, an accelerator physicist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  • Han Dayuan - President of the Chinese Constitutional Law Society in Renmin University of China
  • Huai Jinpeng - computer scientist, party secretary of the China Association for Science and Technology
  • Loide Kasingo - member of the South West Africa People's Organization and National Assembly of Namibia, Deputy Speaker of Parliament.
  • Kai Li - professor at the department of Computer Science in Princeton University
  • Li Siguang - founder of China's geomechanics, first present of former Changchun Institute of Geology (now as College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University).
  • Lawrence Lau - Hong Kong economist and the former Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • Long Yifei - Associate Dean of Renmin University of China Law School
  • Alan MacDiarmid - winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
  • Wilma Olson - professor at the BioMaPS institute for Quantitative Biology at Rutgers University., visiting professor at the Polymer Chemistry Department of the Jilin University.
  • Helmut Ringsdorf - , known for being the first to propose covalently bonding drugs to water-soluble polymers.
  • Steve Smith (academic) - international relations theorist, Vice Chancellor of the University of Exeter and Professor of International Studies.
  • Song Yuquan, materials scientist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  • Sun Weiguo - president of Xihua University
  • Tang Aoqing or Au-Chin Tang, theoretical chemist, President of Jilin University, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Wang Xianghao - mathematician who introduced the Grunwald–Wang theorem, correcting an error in Wilhelm Grunwald's original statement and proof of this.
  • Yevgeny Yasin - prominent Russian economist, academic supervisor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.
  • Ying Xu - computational biologist and bioinformatician, chair professor in the Institute of Bioinformatics at the University of Georgia
  • You Xiaozeng -Chinese inorganic chemist, educator and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  • Zhou Ji (Tsinghua University) - "Changjiang Scholar" distinguished Professor, at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, of Tsinghua University
  • Zhou Qifeng - Chinese chemist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, President of Peking University.
  • Zhu Wenxiong - Chinese linguist.
  • Zhu Guangya - renowned Chinese nuclear physicist, head and first director of Jilin University Department of Physics

Colleges, Institutions and other Affiliated Organizations[]

There are 47 colleges or schools, as well as a few institutions and other affiliated organizations within 9 divisions in Jilin University,[30] including:

Division of Humanities[]

Division of Social Sciences[]

Division of Sciences[]

Division of Engineering[]

Division of Information Sciences[]

Division of Earth Sciences[]

Norman Bethune Health Science Center[]

Division of Agricultural Sciences[]

Division of Interdisciplinary Research[]

Others[]

See also[]

  • Badabu - Part of the university's Xinmin Campus

References[]

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  2. ^ "The Motto". Retrieved 2019-02-26.
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  10. ^ 教育部公示“2011计划”入选名单. 人民网. 2013-04-12.
  11. ^ http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0921/c90000-9272101.html
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  17. ^ "两院院���10人（含双聘院士33人）" (in Chinese).
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  30. ^ "院系设置" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2019-02-27.

External links[]

  • Jilin University (English) [1]

Coordinates: 43°52′48″N 125°18′04″E / 43.8800°N 125.3010°E / 43.8800; 125.3010

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