The China University of Geosciences (Beijing) (; abbreviated CUGB or 北京地大) is a key national university directly under the administration of the

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. It is located in

Haidian District Haidian District () is a district of the municipality of Beijing. It is mostly situated in northwestern Beijing, but also to a lesser extent in the west, where it has borders with Xicheng District and Fengtai District. It is 431 square km in a ...

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. It is a Chinese state

Double First Class University Plan The World First Class University and First Class Academic Discipline Construction (), together known as Double First Class (), is a tertiary education development initiative designed by the People's Republic of China central government in 2015 ...

university identified by the Ministry of Education of China.

Campus

The China University of Geosciences (Beijing) is located in the original campus of former Beijing Institute of Geology, Xueyuan Road, with a concentration of 8 famous universities and academic tradition.

History

1952–1970: creation

In 1952, Beijing Institute of Geology was founded as a result of the merger of the geological departments from

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, and Tangshan Railway College. It was among China's first 16 key universities back in the 1950s.

1970–1978: re-location

The university suspended operations from 1966–1970 due to the Cultural Revolution, and reopened in Jiangling County, Hubei Province, in 1970 as Hubei College of Geology. In 1975, the campus was moved to Wuhan, and the school was renamed Wuhan College of Geology.

1978–1987: reconstruction

In 1978, the graduate faculties relocated in Beijing under the support of Mr.

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, the leader of the

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. In 1986, the Beijing Graduate School of Wuhan College of Geology was founded in the original campus of former Beijing Institute of Geology, Beijing.

1987–2005: revitalization

In 1987, Wuhan College of Geology was renamed China University of Geosciences. The China University of Geosciences has two campuses in Beijing and Wuhan respectively, both of which have independent legal personalities. In 1997, CUGB was approved as one of key universities construction of the

211 project Project 211 () was an abolished project of developing comprehensive universities and colleges initiated in 1995 by the Ministry of Education of China, with the intent of raising the research standards of comprehensive universities and cultivat ...

. In February 2000, CUGB was put under the management of the

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2005–present: independence

In March 2005, CUGB and China University of Geosciences (CUG,

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...

) became independent educational entities. In September 2006, CUGB was established as a joint responsibility of the

and the

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. At the same year, CUGB was approved included in the

985 Project Project 985 () was a terminated project that was first announced by General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin at the 100th anniversary of Peking University on May 4, 1998, to promote the development and reputation of the Ch ...

Innovation Platform. CUGB is included in the Chinese state

Key Disciplines

First class
national key disciplines National Key Disciplines () is a list of key disciplines currently recognized as important by the central government of the People's Republic of China. The assessment and rating of national key disciplines have been conducted during the period be ...

Geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ear ...

*Geo-resources and Geo-engineering

Second class state key disciplines

Geochemistry Geochemistry is the science that uses the tools and principles of chemistry to explain the mechanisms behind major geological systems such as the Earth's crust and its oceans. The realm of geochemistry extends beyond the Earth, encompassing the e ...

*Paleontology and Stratigraphy *Mineralogy, Petrology, Mineral Deposit Geology *

Geological Engineering Geological engineering is a discipline of engineering concerned with the application of geological science and engineering principles to fields, such as civil engineering, mining, environmental engineering, and forestry, among others.M. Diederichs, ...

*Mineral Resource Prospecting and Exploration *

Structural Geology Structural geology is the study of the three-dimensional distribution of rock units with respect to their deformational histories. The primary goal of structural geology is to use measurements of present-day rock geometries to uncover informatio ...

State Key Laboratory

* State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources

Image gallery

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Alumni

Li Zhixin Li Zhixin (; born 1962) is a leading Chinese mountaineer and director of the Mountaineering Sports Administrative Center (MSAC) of the State General Administration of Sports. He is also the executive vice-president of the Chinese Mountaineering A ...

, Chinese mountaineer *

Ouyang Ziyuan Ouyang Ziyuan (, born 9 October 1935) is a Chinese cosmochemist, geochemist and space advocate. He is a research professor at the Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Asteroid 8919 Ouyangziyuan, discovered in 1996, was ...

, chief scientist of Chinese Lunar Project *

Wen Jiabao Wen Jiabao (born 15 September 1942) is a retired Chinese politician who served as the Premier of the State Council from 2003 to 2013. In his capacity as head of government, Wen was regarded as the leading figure behind China's economic policy ...

, former

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References

External links

Home Page of CUGB in Chinese
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Universities established in the 1950s