Beijing Forestry University (BFU/BJFU, ) is a

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Beijing Forestry University. Retrieved on 9 July 2018. "北京林业大学地址：北京市海淀区清华东路35号" An environmentally friendly university sharing knowledge of the sciences, engineering, law, arts and languages to the world. It is one of the

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universities (top 100 China's universities in the 21st century) and it provides a wide range of courses such as

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Forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. ...

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. To share its environmental friendly mind to the world, the university is now providing modern technologies for people to protect the earth. It is a Chinese state Double First Class University, identified by the Ministry of Education of China.

History

Beijing Forestry University was founded as the Forestry Department of the Imperial University of Peking in 1902. In 1952 it had become an institute and was renamed to Beijing Institute of Forestry. In 1985 it was renamed to Beijing Forestry University and focused on a wide range of new subjects including

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. BFU has 14 schools providing more than 60 undergraduate programs, 120 postgraduate programs and 40 Ph.D. programs.

Schools

The university has 14 schools: * School of Art * School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology * School of Economics and Management * School of Environmental Science and Engineering * School of Foreign Languages * School of Forestry * School of Humanities and Social Sciences * School of Information Science and Technology * School of Landscape Architecture * School of Material Science and Technology * School of Nature Conservation * School of Science * School of Soil and Water Conservation * School of Technology

Faculty

Since its establishment over 50 years ago, more than 30,000 Chinese and foreign students have graduated from Beijing Forestry University. Of that number 11 have attained the position of

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. The faculty consists of 956 full-time teachers including five academicians and 496 professors. While upholding traditional disciplines the university also established a large number of disciplines designed to meet the needs of society. The university consists of 15 schools; the

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forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. ...

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and engineering, soil and water conservation, industry,

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. The university features a computer center, computer network center, educational center, audio-visual teaching center, biological center, micro-technology center, forest-organism center and a tree farm for teaching and research (the Jiu Feng National Forest Park). Attached to the university are the Foreign-Language Training Center of the State Forestry Administration, the Research Center of Soil Control Technology of Loess Plateau in China and the Training Center of Desertification Control of China. BFU is a well-equipped institution, featuring the Central Building of Teaching, a gymnasium, laboratories, and a high-speed campus network. A computerized checking system exists for library books and the library building is the Imported Teaching Materials Center for forestry universities and colleges nationwide. Construction of a high-rise student apartment building and a new classroom building was completed in 2001. In recent years, nearly 200 discoveries in scientific research received awards from national, provincial and ministerial authorities and more than 20 achievements of teaching were rewarded by the national and municipal governments. BFU is engaged in international academic exchanges and cooperation with more than 150 universities and research institutions in over 20 countries providing opportunities for contacts between China and the outside world in the fields of forestry and environmental studies. BFU provides an atmosphere for teaching and learning combining the acquisition of professional knowledge with an improvement of all-round abilities (with an emphasis on forging a rigorous, creative academic style). Systems of optional courses, subsidiary courses, course exemption, and bachelor-to-master continuing education have been established so students may develop according to their own interests and desires. The university also offers extracurricular activities to enrich campus life; these are organized by student societies and associations in fields including science and technology, art, sports, environmental protection, and politics. Some groups have become influential, including the Society of Scientific Exploration and Wilderness Survival and the Association of Beijing College Volunteers for Environmental Protection. The former received the Prize of the Earth, the top prize from the National Bureau of Environmental Protection. In recent years, BFU students of BFU won four consecutive prizes at the College Students' Landscape Gardening Architecture Design Competitions (sponsored by UNESCO and the International Association of Landscape Gardening Architects), the Golden Prize in International College Students' Architecture Design and prizes in garden-design competitions. Achievements were also earned in domestic competitions for scientific inventions, mathematics, and art.

Notable people

Notable alumni include: * He Qiaonv, founder of Beijing Orient Landscape, one of Asia's largest landscape architecture companies * Cui Yuying, Deputy Head of the

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External links

Official website

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