A Brief Introduction to LANZHOU JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY

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A Brief Introduction toLANZHOU JIAOTONG
UNIVERSITY
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Lanzhou Jiaotong University, formerly known as
Lanzhou Railway University ,was established in
1958 through the transfer of departments and
sections from two Chinese railway colleges of
high repute Tangshan Railway Institute ( the
present Southwest Jiaotong University) and
Beijing Railway Institute ( the present Beijing
Jiaotong University).
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On April 16th, 2003, with the approval of the
Ministry of Education, Lanzhou Railway
University changed its name to Lanzhou Jiaotong
University.
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After 48 years of construction and development,
Lanzhou Jiaoton University ranks as a
comprehensive technical institution.
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Now, the university occupies a campus area in
excess of 1,454 mu (239.5 acres), teaching
facilities of more than 576,000 square meters a
total capital of over 783 million yuan (US97.88
million )
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The University has over 69 laboratories, research
institutes and centers, among which, there are 5
provincial/ ministerial key labs and 5 qualified
testing and evaluating centers.
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The library, enlarged in 2005 with an investment
over 130 million yuan (US 16.25 million) and
equipped with an international on-line data
retrieval system, amasses a collection of
1,597,000 books including 42,000 e-books.
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The University has one of the most extensive
campus broad band networks in the Northwest of
China, which is of over 30 kilometers optical
cables and more than 11,000 nodes.
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The university employs 2,355 educational
professions including 1,293 teachers.Among the
teachers, there are 540 professors and associate
professors.4 academicians of Academy of
Sciences
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The university has also engaged 234
professionals as honorary or visiting professor,
as well as 53 overseas specialists as foreign
teachers.
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The universitys current enrollment totals
17,000 full time undergraduates,1,800
graduates, and 12,000 participates in the
continuing education courses.
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For 5 years in a row, the Universitys employment
rate has exceeded 93.8. As has been reported by
provincial and national mass media, it is the
highest in Gansu province. The University has
graduated more than 50,000 highly trained
engineers and managers for both the railways and
local transportation concerns.
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The university currently houses the 14 schools
and 3 departments The School of Civil
Engineering The School of Automatization
Electric Engineering The School of
Electronics Information Engineering The
School of Mechatronic Engineering The School
of Environmental Municipal Engineering
The School of Economics Management The
School of Traffic and Transportation The
School of Chemical Biological Engineering
The School of Foreign Languages The School of
Mathematics, Physics Software Engineering
The School of Architecture Urban Planning
The School of Art and Design The School of
Continuing Education The School of
International Joint Education Social
Science Department Chinese Language
Department Physical Education Department
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LZJTU has been entitled to grant bachelors
degrees in 46 majorsmasters degrees in 60
majors doctoral degrees in 12 majors.Among
them, 8 are the key disciplines in provincial
level.
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The university has been taking radical measures
to enhance scientific research and technical
development.In the past 5 years, the university
has taken on 1,258 scientific research projects,
including 17 national ones and 275
provincial/ministerial ones, with funds totaling
220 million yuan (US27.5 million).
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The China Railway Computerized Ticket Booking
System, which the university participated in its
designing and development, won a first prize for
State scientific and technological
advancement.Theoretical Research and Execution
Project of Engineering Designing in Qinghai-Tibet
High Altitude and Cold Areas, in which the
University actively participated, won a second
prize in the same competition.
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The University also participated in the
constructions of Qinghai-Tibet Railroad on some
designing tasks and surveys.
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The Lanzhou Jiaotong University Science and
Technology District, covering an area of 222.25
mu (36.61 acres), has been built, to cultivate
more high-tech personnel and to be as a base to
practice the new technologies.
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LZJTU has always given priority to international
scientific research, co-operation and academic
exchanges. In the past five years, the
university has sent more than 150 young and
middleaged teachers to study or visit abroad,
invited over 100 foreign experts and professors
to conduct lectures and organize seminars,
established co-operative relations with
universities and scientific research institutes
from countries such as the United States, the
United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany,
Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, South Korea,
Netherlands, Ukraine and Russia.
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In the year of 2005, the university began
enrolling overseas students in various
specialties. At present, there are 3 studying at
the university.
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From 2004 to 2008, the University plans to lay a
solid foundation for developing the University
into one of the finest first- class academic
institutions in the Northwest.From 2009 to
2013, we will build the University into a
noticeable institution with remarkable scientific
research capacity.From 2014 to 2018, we will
turn the University into a high-level,
comprehensive, scientific research oriented
center with a dominant position in transportation
and communications, thereby realizing our
development goals by the 60th anniversary of the
founding of LZJTU.
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Lanzhou Jiaotong University, as one of the two
engineering universities in Gansu province, has a
dominant position over the other universities
located in this province and in the northwest
part of China. With the joint education
program, the university will hopefully be among
the first-rate universities in future.