Chang'an University (CHD; ) is a public university located in
Xi'an
Xi'an is the list of capitals in China, capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populou ...
,
Shaanxi
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,
China
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. It is affiliated with the
Ministry of Education
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, and co-funded with the
Ministry of Transport
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, the
Ministry of Natural Resources, the
Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development is a ministry of the People's Republic of China which provides housing and regulates the state construction activities in mainland China.
History
It was formerly known as the Ministry of Co ...
, and the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government. The university is part of the
Double First-Class Construction
The World First-Class Universities and First-Class Academic Disciplines Construction (), together known as Double First-Class Construction (), is a higher education development and sponsorship scheme of the Chinese central government, initiated ...
and
Project 211
Project 211 ( zh, c=, links=no, s=211工程) was a higher education development and sponsorship scheme of the government of China for "preparing approximately 100 universities for the 21st century", initiated in November 1995. There were 115 ...
.
On April 18, 2000, Xi'an Highway and Transportation University (西安公路交通大学), Xi'an Engineering College (西安工程学院), and Northwest Architectural Engineering College (西北建筑工程学院) merged to form Chang'an University.
Overview
Chang'an University, directly subordinate to the Ministry of Education, jointly run by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Transport, is one of national Double First Class University Plan and former 211 project universities in China. It was established in April 2000 by merging three former universities founded in the 1950s, namely, Xi'an Highway University, Xi'an Engineering Institute and Northwest Institute of Construction Engineering.
The university, covering an area of , is located in Xi’an, well known for its cultural history. The university has five campuses (The Main, Yanta, Xiaozhai, Weishui and Taibai) located in Xi'an. The campuses play different roles in fostering students' educational experiences. The Weishui Campus is for undergraduates and the other ones are mainly for postgraduates and social practices. Moreover, Weishui Campus has the only comprehensive automobile proving ground within universities in China.
Chang’an University has three key laboratories of Ministry of Education, 10 Key Laboratories of the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Land Recourse, Ministry Housing and Urban-Rural Construction and the Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Provincial. C.U also has 6 experimental teaching demonstration centers in Shaanxi Province, two approved Research Centers of the building the Ministry of Education Engineering project, in addition to the only university automobile proving ground.
References
External links
Chang'an University Website (Chinese)
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Universities and colleges in Xi'an
Project 211
1951 establishments in China
Universities and colleges established in 1951
1951 in Xi'an