Shenyang Normal University
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| Established | 1951 |
| Type | Public |
| President | Zhao Dayu |
| Staff | 1,400 |
| Students | 23,037 |
| Location | Shenyang, China |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Website | (zh) (eng) |
Shenyang Normal University (SYNU) (瀋陽師範大學) is a teacher training university in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China under the provincial government.
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[edit] History
Shenyang Normal University was established in 1951, as Northeastern Education College. During its life the university has changed names a number of times, first to Shenyang Teacher's College in 1953, then to Liaoning First Teachers' College in 1965 and back to Shenyang Teacher's College in 1978. The current name dates from 2001 when the then Shenyang Teacher's College was merged with Liaoning Educational College.
[edit] Present
Shenyang Normal University comprises of 18 colleges, divided into 30 departments, including the Liaoning Provincial Basic Education Teaching Research Training Center and College of Educational Science, the Science and Information Software College, the International Commercial College, the Information Technology College, the Foreign Language College and the Dramatic Arts College. The various colleges and departments offer a total of 47 programmes for students studying for a bachelor's degree and 31 for those studying towards a master's degree.
The university boasts a diverse number of research fields, and its research schools include the School of Human Resource Development and Administrative Science, the Research Institute of Educational Economy and Administration and the Research Institute of Entomological Science. In addition to the teaching of standard undergraduate course the university offers a number of course for part time adult learners who wish to gain a masters degree and for overseas students.
[edit] CIB
In a partnership with Fort Hays State University in the USA, Shenyang Normal University opened up a new college called the College of International Business (CIB, 國際商學院). CIB is responsible for about half of the foreign teaching staff at the university. CIB has the most expensive tuition fees in the whole university.
[edit] Campus
Following the merger with Liaoning Educational College the university was relocated from its previous urban location to a new location in the northern suburbs of Shenyang. The University continues to use the address for Huanggu District (皇姑區) even though it is now located on the border of Yuhong District (於洪區) and Xin Chengzi Disrtict (新城子區). The new campus covers 300 acres of land with 793,000 square meters of floor space. It occupies land that used to be part of three villages: North Sitaizi (北四臺子), Zhengliang (正良) and Guoqi(郭七).
The new campus is home to the largest statue of Confucius in Mainland China
The university's libraries hold over 1.5 million volumes.
The address of the new campus is:
Shenyang Normal University 253 Huanghe Street (N) Huanggu District Shenyang Liaoning Province P.R.China 110034
中華人民共和國 遼寧省瀋陽市皇姑區 黄河北大街253号 瀋陽師範大學 110034
