Guizhou University (;
Pinyin
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: Guìzhōu Dàxué), known as Guida (贵大 Guì Dà), is a provincial research university located in suburban
Guiyang
Guiyang (; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), historically rendered as Kweiyang, is the capital of Guizhou province of the People's Republic of China. It is located in the center of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, ...
, capital of
Guizhou
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...
, China. Founded in 1902, it is the flagship institution of higher learning in Guizhou province. The university was a
national key university
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in the “One Province, One School” project in the Midwest of China. With over 30,000 students, Guizhou University is one of the largest universities in
Southwest China
Southwest China () is a region in the south of the People's Republic of China.
Geography
Southwest China is a rugged and mountainous region, transitioning between the Tibetan Plateau to the west and the Chinese coastal hills (东南丘陵) and ...
and is consistently ranked the best in the province.
The university was selected to participate in
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 ...
and former
Project 211
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 ...
, government initiatives provided funding to elevate the research standards and faculty hiring resources of rising universities across China. In 2017, the university was recognized by the
Chinese Ministry of Education
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as a
Double First Class University, which the government seeks to elevate to "world-class" status.
History
The predecessor of the modern Guizhou University was known as the Guizhou Institute of Higher Learning (), which was founded in 1902. The institute evolved into the Provincial Guizhou University (), National Guizhou College of Agriculture and Engineering (), and finally National Guizhou University ().
In 1997, the Guizhou Agricultural College, Guizhou Institute of Arts, and Guizhou Agricultural Cadre-Training School were merged into NGU to form Guizhou University.
In 2004, the Guizhou University of Technology merged into Guizhou University to complete the current Guizhou University. In 2005, the university was invited as a member of
Project 211
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 ...
by the Ministry of Education.
The university is included in the 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 ...
.
Guizhou University established a sister school relationship with the
Presbyterian College
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History
Presbyterian College was founded in 1880 by the William Plumer Jacobs. He had served as the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Cl ...
in Clinton, South Carolina; the latter offers a Chinese language program for the fifteen American students every year.
Disciplines
The university consists of 39 colleges and offers programs of study in 11 academic divisions leading to associate, baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees. These include:
*Agriculture
*Administration
*Economics
*Education
*Engineering
*History
*Law
*Liberal arts
*Medicine
*Philosophy
*Sciences
Rankings and reputation
Guizhou University ranked the best in
Guizhou
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...
Province by several major international university rankings.
As of 2022, Guizhou University ranked 579th by ''
SCImago Institutions Rankings
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around the world.
The 2021
CWTS Leiden Ranking
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ranked Guizhou University at 755th in the world based on their publications for the period 2016–2019.
The university was ranked 701-800th globally by the
Academic Ranking of World Universities
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(ARWU).
The ''
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2021 Annual Tables'' by
Nature Research
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ranked Guizhou University at 335th among leading academic research institutions in the Asia-Pacific for the high quality of research publications in natural science.
As of 2021, Guizhou University ranked 135th in China by the
Academic Ranking of World Universities
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and 164th by the
U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking.
International cooperation and Peace Corps involvement
In 1989 Guizhou Agricultural College, then a separate university, began hosting VSO teachers in the Foreign Language Department. The following year, Guizhou University began hosting foreign teachers from the AISH programme in Australia and visiting teacher programmes in both New Zealand and the
University of Alabama
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. Simultaneously, VSO teachers from the UK and the Netherlands were recruited to work in other Guiyang institutes of higher education including the school of fashion and the catering college, both experiencing booms concurrent with Guiyang's emergence from relative obscurity. These teachers taught in both the undergraduate and post-graduate programmes at each institution.
In 2005, eight years after Gui Nong (Guizhou Agricultural College) was merged with Gui Da (Guizhou University), Guizhou University began hosting
United States Peace Corps
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Volunteers. The volunteers teach at both the undergraduate and graduate level in the School of Foreign Languages.
Campus
Guizhou University has nine campuses situated in different locations around the city of Guiyang. The administrative center is located on the North Campus on the
Huaxi River
Huaxi may refer to these places in China:
* Western China
* Huaxi District (花溪区), a district in Guiyang, Guizhou
* Huaxi Village (华西村), a village in Jiangyin, Jiangsu
Subdistricts
* Huaxi Subdistrict, Chongqing (花溪街道), in Bana ...
,
Huaxi District
Huaxi District () is one of 6 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province, Southwest China.
Huaxi has an area of and a population of 328,700. Its GDP was 4.35 billion RMB in 2006.
It is named afte ...
of Guiyang.
See also
*
List of universities in China
This article is a non-comprehensive list of universities in China, which is defined as the People's Republic of China (PRC) in mainland China, as well as the Hong Kong and Macau SARs.
By September 2021, there were 3,012 colleges and universit ...
Gallery
Image:national_guizhou_univ_xiaohui.gif, Emblem of the National Guizhou University (), 1940s.
Image:national_guizhou_univ_administration_building.gif, Administration Building of the National Guizhou University (), 1940s.
Image:guida_students_in_Japan_1906.gif, Guizhou Students in Tokyo, Japan in 1906. Mr. Zhang Xielu (first from left in the first row) was a student of Guizhou Institute of Higher Learning ()-the predecessor of Guizhou University.
Image:Gift of Law Student.jpg, A Gift to the university from Law Students of Class 2002
Image:Guizhou Univ-North Campus-Dept of Physics and Chemistry.jpg, Department of Physics and Electronics-North Campus
References
External links
Guizhou University homepageEnglish version
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Universities and colleges in Guizhou
Education in Guizhou
Project 211
Forestry education
Educational institutions established in 1902
1902 establishments in China
Universities and colleges formed by merger in China