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A survey of the University
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Greetings from the University President
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Party Secretaries of the University & Presidents and Their Terms of Service
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Solitudes and Expectations |
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Historical Pictures |
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| Inner Mongolia University, located in the capital city of Inner Mongolia, Huhhot and founded in 1957, is the earliest comprehensive university ever established in a minority nationality region in China. It now boasts 4 campuses and covers an area of 1,710 thousand square meters. It was awarded the national key comprehensive university by the Ministry of Education of China in 1978 and became one of 100 universities of the "211 Project" universities for key construction and development in 1997. It also became the university to be jointly constructed by the Ministry of Education of China and the People's Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in 2004. Its first President was Mr. Wulanfu, ex-Chairman of the People's Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the Vice Premier of the State Council. Prof. Li Jitong from Peking University, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a famous biologist, came to teach in Inner Mongolia University and served as its vice president in its early days. Prof. B. Shorgan, the present president of the University, is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Vice-Chairman of China Association for Science and Technology. At present, Inner Mongolia University has established quite a complete structure of 9 disciplines, covering such fields as philosophy, economics, law, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture and management. Two disciplines, Mongolian studies and life science, with their distinctive local and ethnic characteristics, enjoy high prestige at home and abroad. Now the University has established its administrative system with 3 -level organizations and 2-level management. It consists of 15 colleges, under which there are 34 departments, and 1 independent department for general education. Up to February 2006, Inner Mongolia University boasts 2 state-level and 8 regional-level key disciplines, 1 first-class discipline for Doctor degree authorization and 19 secondary-class disciplines for Doctor degree authorization, 92 programs for Master degrees (5 professional programs), 3 post-doctorate working stations, 59 undergraduate majors, 4 state-level and 2 regional-level bases for basic scientific research and teaching personnel training, 1 national base for the improvement of college students' cultural qualities, 1 national key training laboratory jointly constructed by the Ministry of Education of China and the People's Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 1 key college humanities research base of the Ministry of Education of China, 1 national key laboratory, 1 document and information center for nationality study of the Ministry of Education of China and 7 regional key laboratories. The University has 2,545 staff members, including 1,396 full-time teachers and researchers, among whom are 212 professors, 336 associate professors. The University boasts 1 Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 44 doctorate supervisors, 292 master supervisors. Those with doctor degrees come up to 137, and those with master degrees amount to 455. What's more, 72 enjoy Special Governmental Allowance, 35 have been named middle-aged or young experts with outstanding achievements both at national and regional levels, 3 are the candidates of "Hundred-thousand-ten thousands Expert Project", and 3 are the candidates of "New Century Supporting Program for Outstanding Personnel of the Ministry of Education of China". Many famous scholars taking the lead in academic fields at home and abroad work in Inner Mongolia University. They hold very important positions in the Discipline Assessment Group of the Academic Degrees Committee under the State Council, the National Higher Education Guiding Committee on Teaching and international academic associations. Two professors are awarded the honorary titles of "National Outstanding Personnel" and "Young Chinese Woman Scientist" respectively, 2 are awarded the prizes of "Great National College Teacher" and "Young Outstanding Teacher of the Ministry of Education of China" respectively, 2 are awarded the prizes of "National Outstanding Teacher" and "National Excellent Teacher with Exemplary Virtue" respectively, and 4 are awarded the medals for "National May-1 Model Worker". Inner Mongolia University enjoys an educational system of various levels, including the full-time education, the vocational and technical education, the adult education and the foreign students education, and has formed education programs of different levels such as doctoral, postgraduate, undergraduate and higher vocational and technical education programs, etc. The current number of students of different levels in the University in 2005 amounts to 20,821, including 2,233 postgraduate students and 11,796 undergraduate students. In its about 50 years construction and development, more than 40 thousand graduates have been fostered. Many of them have become the high-level administrative personnel in different positions and taken the lead in academic fields, including 3 Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Science and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Attaching equal importance to teaching and research, the University has been untiringly laying great emphasis on the development of scientific research activities and creating the discipline superiorities, and has actively undertaken about 4,000 research programs of various kinds since its establishment. With the implement of "211 Projects" construction, the ability to make scientific and technological innovations has been greatly improved. The University has undertaken more than 1,200 scientific research programs since 1997 and obtained a total research fund of more than RMB 100 million Yuan. The total number of prizes awarded for academic research amounts to 366. A series of scientific research achievements, represented by IVF bovine technology, have been transformed into the commercial use and made great contribution to the economic construction and social development. The construction and development of infrastructure and public service systems of the university have also been greatly strengthened and improved. The University now has set up the mate Internet center under the Chinese Educational and Scientific Research Internet Network in Inner Mongolia and the first-class mate Internet center under Inner Mongolia Educational and Scientific Research Internet Network Center. All its teaching sections, scientific research sections, departments and offices on the campuses have been connected by its computer network system and the quality of the work in all respects are greatly improved. With a large collection of 1.4929 million books, its library is one of the B-class members of CALIS Center and the main Center of NALIS of Inner Mongolia Higher Education. The University now has set up 78 classrooms with multi-media facilities and 6 with audio-visual facilities. Teachers can make full use of all of these modern conditions created for them to teach and their quality of teaching is also greatly improved. The University has also opened the key Internet courses for students and has been encouraging the sharing of the high-quality teaching resources. The two courses, Mathematical Analysis and Statistical Thermodynamics, are awarded the prizes of "National Excellent Courses". Attaching great importance to international academic exchange and cooperation, Inner Mongolia University has been actively enhancing its exchanges and cooperation with international universities and research institutes at home and abroad. It has officially signed agreements of inter-collegiate exchange and cooperation with 20 foreign universities and held 10 international conferences. More than 3,000 foreign scholars have come to Inner Mongolia University for academic exchanges and communication. Inner Mongolia University also sends teachers abroad to pursue advanced studies, to give lectures, to attend international academic conferences and to conduct cooperative researches. We have achieved a lot of fruitful achievements. During the 50 years' construction and development, Inner Mongolia University has experienced 3 historical stages of development, from an ordinary university to a national key university, from a basic construction to one of "211 Project" universities for key construction and development, and from a provincial university to a university jointly constructed by the Ministry of Education of China and the People's Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It has laid strong and important basis for its future development. |