Jiang Zejia (; November 1920 – 10 November 2013) was a Chinese electrical engineer and educator.

Biography

Jiang was born in November 1920 in Hankou,

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, with his ancestral home in

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. After the high school, he studied, then taught, at what is now Chongqing University. He went to study at

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in 1947. He returned to China in 1948 and that year joined the Department of Electrical Engineering faculty of Chongqing University, he was promoted to professor in 1951. In 1951 Chongqing University appointed him director of its Electrical Engineering Department. In 1982, he became

President of Chongqing University The office of the President of Chongqing University, currently held by Wang Shuxin, was created with the founding of Chongqing University in 1929 as the chief executive officer of the school. After the founding of the Communist State, each preside ...

, serving until 1986. On November 10, 2013, he died of illness in the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jiang, Zejia 1920 births People from Jingde County, Anhui 2013 deaths Chongqing University alumni McGill University alumni Presidents of Chongqing University Engineers from Anhui Educators from Anhui Chinese expatriates in Canada