Jinggangshan University

Jinggangshan University
井冈山大学
Motto 精神的教育
Motto in English
 spirit of education
Type Public
Established 1958
President Zhang Taicheng 张泰城 (Zhāng Tàichéng)
Academic staff
 1600
Students 27,000
Location Ji'an, Jiangxi,  People's Republic of China
Campus Urban, 421 acre
Website www.jgsu.edu.cn (Chinese)
english.jgsu.edu.cn (English)
School gate

Jinggangshan University (simplified Chinese: 井冈山大学; traditional Chinese: 井岡山大學; pinyin: Jǐnggāngshān Dàxué) is located in Qingyuan District, Ji'an city of Jiangxi province in China.[1] Ji'an is located in the foot of Jinggangshan Mountains. Jinggangshan University is jointly supported by Ministry of Education and the People’s Government of Jiangxi Province, pair-assisted by Tongji University and authorized by Nanjing Military Region for cultivation of military talents and cadres.

History

Jinggangshan University was established in 1958 in Ji'an. Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong and his colleagues established the first rural base of the revolution in the Jinggangshan Mountains in 1927.[2] It was closed due to poor national economy of China in 1963. It was closed five years later when China faced economic difficulties. In 1978, to initiate the Jinggangshan University, Branch of Jiangxi Normal University and Jiangxi Medical University in Jinggangshan was joint together. In the April 1982, and the March 1993, they were renamed respectively 'Jinggangshan Teacher College' and 'Jinggangshan Medical School". In the March 2000, approved by the Education Ministry of China, Jinggangshan Teacher College was renamed as Jinggangshan University after merging with Ji'an Educational Institute. In the July 2003, approved by the Education Ministry of People's Republic of China, Jinggangshan Normal University was renamed as Jinggangshan University by joining with Jinggangshan Medicine College and Jinggangshan Vocational Technical College.

Ranking & Reputaions

Jinggangshan University is currently being ranked at 1038 in the 2015 world University ranking. When compared to universities from Philippines, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine,Uruguay,Jamaica Cyprus,Syria, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh India etc., Jinggangshan University ranks top in the world.

Medical School

Graduation Batch of International Students, 2012

This university includes Jinggangshan University Medical School (Chinese: 井冈山大学医学院; pinyin: jǐng gāng shān dàxué yīxuéyuàn). There is a Level 3A graded affiliated hospital with 522 sick beds and 35 medical departments and sections. The affiliated hospital is "Jinggangshan University Affiliated Hospital". Leading Professors from University College London ( UCL ),one of the top 5 University in the world takes classes for Medical Students in Jinggangshan University.

Recognition

This medical school is listed in WHO,FAIMER, Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER).For INDIA also.[3] It is also listed in the AVICENNA Directory for medicine.[4]


More than 10 oversea experts from U.S. UK, Japan and India are engaged to teach in Jinggangshan University.

Jinggangshan University signed cooperative agreements with nearly 20 universities and research institutes from more than 10 nations and regions such as the United States, the UK, Russia, Canada, Australia, Japan, and South Korea, and exchanging students through cooperative programs with universities from UK and South Korea.

Introduction

Teachers & Students

The university of 27,000 students, it has a reasonably structured high-quality faculty team. At present, JGSU has a faculty of nearly 1600 people, including 129 professors, 409 associate professors. Among the faculty are 154 teachers with doctoral degree, 69 doctorate candidates, and 611 with master's degree and composed of 21 schools offering 75 undergraduate majors, teaching staff was upgraded from the former Jinggangshan College and the campus covers 170 hectares.[5]

University Library

The library has electronic periodicals in Chinese or foreign languages and other net services such as foreign language database, diskette database, on-line database with a total storage of 1,030,000 volumes of books .

University Journal

The university publishes its own academic monthly journal, The Journal of Jinggangshan University, including philosophy & social science, and nature science editions. The university also has modern language labs and computer centers. There are altogether 194 practice bases including humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, modern engineering, technological sciences, education and medicine sciences.

Invention

A new type of inorganic–organic hybrid materials – zirconium oligo-styrenyl phosphonate hydrogen phosphate (ZSPP) is discovered in the Chemistry & Chemical Engineering department of Jinggangshan University. In this invention there is contribution of Xiangkai Fu (Jinggangshan University), Jingrong Chen (Nanjing University) & Liyang Yin (Southwest University).[6]

Departments

14 departments are in this University:

Affiliated institutions

See also

References

  1. ↑ "School of Education." Jinggangshan University. Retrieved on April 20, 2014. "Address: No. 28 Xueyuan Road, Qingyuan District, Ji’an City, Jiangxi Province, P. R. China Zip Code: 343009"
  2. ↑ "Mao Zedong and his colleagues establishment of rural base of revolution". Manta. 2007-10-29.
  3. ↑ http://www.gfmer.ch/Medical_search/Countries/China.htm
  4. ↑ http://avicennadb.ku.dk/avicenna/viewSchool.php?school=M01865&type
  5. ↑ "University re-established in cradle of Chinese revolution". People's Daily. 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
  6. ↑ "Grafting polyethylene glycols molybdenum(VI) complexes on ZSPP and their catalytic epoxidation of cyclohexene". Science Direct. 2008-07-25.

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