Jishou University (; sometimes abbreviated as JSU) is a university located in

Jishou Jishou (; Tujia: Jiersouv) is a county-level city and the seat of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan province, China. Located on the west of the province, the city is bordered to the northwest by Huayuan and Baojing Counties, ...

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

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. The university consists of 23 colleges, with 71 specialties for undergraduates, 2 specialties for the second bachelor's degree. At present, the university has 15 provincial engineering research centres and 4 provincial key laboratories. As of 2022, Jishou University was ranked 690th in the world by ''

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, also known as the "

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", placed the university 299th in China.

History

Jishou University was formed in April 1958 by the CPC Government of the

Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (; Tujia: Xianxxix bifzivkar befkar zifzifzoux; Miao: Xangdxid tutjadcul maolcul zibzhibzhoud) is an autonomous prefecture of the People's Republic of China. It is located in northwestern Hunan provin ...

and was initially called "Jishou College". In August 1978,

Hunan Medical University Central South University (CSU; ) is a national public university in Changsha, Hunan, China. The university is sponsored by the China Ministry of Education. It is a Chinese state Double First Class University. Hunan Medical University, Changsha ...

and Xiangtan University, Xiangxi merged into the university. In August 2000, Jishou Health College merged into the university. In October 2002, Wuling College merged into the university.

Academics

* School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering * School of Tourism * School of Biological Resources and Environmental Science * School of Business * School of Mathematics and Computer Science * School of Physical Education * School of Foreign Languages * School of Physical Science and Information Engineering * School of Literature and Journalism * School of Medical * School of Music and Dance * School of Law * School of Political Science and Public Administration * School of History and Culture * School of Art * School of Information Management and Engineering * School of Town Planning and Urban Planning * School of International Exchange * School of Continuing Education * School of Marxism * School of Public Languages * School of Preceptors * School of Computer General Course * School of Modern Educational Technology * Zhangjiajie College

Library collections

Jishou University Library's total collection amounts to more than 2.3 million items.

Culture

* Motto: * College newspaper: ''Journal of Jishou University''

People

Notable alumni

Yang Zhengwu Yang Zhengwu (; born January 1941) is an ethnic Tujia Chinese politician. He was born in Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan. He was Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Comm ...

, Hunan Provincial Party Committee Secretary. *

Wu Yunchang Wu may refer to: States and regions on modern China's territory *Wu (state) (; och, *, italic=yes, links=no), a kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period 771–476 BCE ** Suzhou or Wu (), its eponymous capital ** Wu County (), a former county ...

, Governor of

. *

Peng Xueming Peng may refer to: * Peng (surname) (彭), a Chinese name * Peng (state) (大彭), a state during the late Shang dynasty * Peng (mythology) (鵬), a legendary Chinese creature * ''Peng!'', 1992 album by Stereolab * ''PENG!'', a 2005 comic * P.Eng. ...

, writer, scholar, commentator. *

He Xu He or HE may refer to: Language * He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ * He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets * He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' ...

, chief editor of ''Xingchen Online'', editor of ''Changsha Evening News''. *

Yao Ziheng Yao or YAO may refer to: * Yao (surname), the transliteration of Chinese family names 姚, 銚, and 么 * Yao (ruler), a mythical Chinese ruler and emperor * Yao Ming, Chinese Basketball All-Star that played for the Houston Rockets * Euphrasie Ko ...

, editor and writer. *

He Tu He or HE may refer to: Language * He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ * He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets * He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' ...

, musician producer and singer.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jishou University Universities and colleges in Hunan Educational institutions established in 1958 1958 establishments in China