Central China Normal University
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CCNU(Central China Normal University 华中师范大学, www.ccnu.edu.cn), also HUAZHONG Normal University, is a key Normal university directly under the Chinese Ministry of Education. Located in Wuhan, a major hub of transportation, it has a campus of over 2,000 mu with a construction area of more than 600,000 square meters on Guizishan, a hill bordering the East Lake and the South Lake. It has brilliant flowers and green woods all year round. With a serene environment, especially the fragrance of osmanthus flowers all over, the campus is an ideal place for teaching and studying.
Founded in 1903 and directly under the administration of the Chinese Ministry of Education, Central China Normal University (CCNU) is a national key university which comprises 18 schools and 9 departments offering 53 Doctoral programs, 97 Master's degree programs and 53 Bachelor's degree programs. As one of the prestigious higher learning institutions in China, CCNU has 3 national key disciplines, 5 national first-grade doctor's degree disciplines,2 national level bases for the research of humanities and social sciences and 5 post-doctoral research programs.
Among its more than 4,000 teaching staff, there are over 700 professors and associate professors. The total students enrollment at present is over 18,000. CCNU is one of earliest Chinese universities admitting international students. Ever since 1960s, entrusted and endorsed by the Chinese Ministry of Education, the university has been admitting international students and also admitting international students with the Chinese government scholarships as well. All the disciplines can enrolls international students for general study and for degree pursuing. CCNU, at the same time, is also among the first Education Bases for Chinese Language and Culture entitled by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. The Hubei Provincial Center for Teaching Chinese to Foreigners is also affiliates to the university.
[edit] History
A hundred years of vicissitudes and striving fostered this celebrated university. The predecessor of HZU is the combination of Huazhong University, Zhonghua University and the Pedagogical College of Zhongyuan University, with Huazhong University as the main part. Huazhong University was the largest and most influential mission university in South Central China, it developed from Wenhua Academy (the first college of mission school) that was founded in 1903. In 1951, the public Huazhong University came into being after the Pedagogical College of Zhongyuan University merged with Huazhong University. Then, it was reorganized into Huazhong Higher Normal School in 1952 and later renamed Huazhong Teachers College in 1953. In 1985, the university was formally entitled Huazhong University and Deng Xiaoping, one of the founders of Zhongyuan University, inscribed the new name of the university. In1993, President Jiang Zemin wrote an inscription for the university "Developing normal education, improving the nation's quality".
