Lanzhou University of Technology
|
兰州理工大学 | |
| Motto | 奋进求是 |
|---|---|
| Type | Public university |
| Established | 1919 |
| President | 苪执元 |
Academic staff | 1570 |
Administrative staff | 2309 |
| Undergraduates | 23721 |
| Postgraduates | 3878 |
| Location |
Lanzhou, Gansu Province,  |
| Nickname | 理工大(Ligong Da) |
| Website | http://www.lut.edu.cn/ |
Lanzhou University of Technology (Chinese: 兰州理工大学; pinyin: Lánzhōu Lǐgōng Dàxué) is a scientific and technological university located in Lanzhou, the provincial capital of Gansu Province, China.
History
Lanzhou University of Technology was established as Ganzhou Technical School in 1919. In 1958, the school was renamed to Lanzhou Polytechnic Institute. In the same year, it merged with Gansu Communication College and changed its name to Gansu University of Technology. In 1965, the University broadened its curriculum when three specialties from Northeast Heavy-Machine Building Institute, and one specialty from Beijing Machine-Building Institute became a part of the University. The above specialties were a part of First Machine-Building Industry Ministry of China prior to transfer. Subsequent to the reorganization of the State Council of China in 1998, the University is administered by the provincial government and central government. The University was renamed Lanzhou University of Technology in May 2003 following approval by the Education Ministry of China.[1]
Location
The school is located in Qilihe District in Lanzhou city, the capital of Gansu Province. It has two campuses with a land mass area of 2430 acres and building area of 2,220,000 m2. [2]
Administration
Faculty Structure
The University comprises twenty-one (21) colleges and departments, sixty-five (65) Undergraduate programs, eighty-six (86) Master's degree programs, twenty-six (26) Doctorate Degree programs, one (1) National Key lab, twelve (12) Provincial Engineering Investigation Centers, and fifteen (15) University Enterprise Engineering Investigation Centers.[1]
The university has 15 academic disciplines of Provincial importance that form an academic system with its own distinctive qualities.[1]
Staff
The University has 2309 faculty including 1570 full-time lecturers, 890 professors and associate professors and 130 doctoral tutors. The University has a total of 27599 full-time students among them 3878 graduate students.[3]
Library
The University’s Library has in excess of 2,450,000 books and magazines. The Library’s cataloging system is managed automatically with information searching and literature transferring service on the network. A campus computer system with information management and teaching platform is available.
Foreign Exchange and International Students
The university has successfully established academic cooperation and exchange programs with 60 universities in more than 10 countries. These countries include the United States, Australia, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, and Russia. Over 100 persons annually are either sent abroad as visiting scholars of accepted by the University as visiting scholars. These exchange programs result in cooperative scientific investigation and technological development. Further, for training purposes the University annually sends a significant number of professors and students to colleges and universities in the United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Japan, Australia, and other foreign countries.
There are 279 international students at the university from 35 countries. The school has a developed exchange program where it offers 2+2 and 1+2+1 programs in collaboration with universities from overseas.
Research
In the past 5 years, the University has completed more than 200 significant projects of national and local scientific and technological investigations, and more than 100 investigation results have been obtained and applied to production, especially in the areas of mechanical, electronic, materials, hydraulic, fluid power, civil, and management engineering. The University has achieved a prominent position at home and an advanced level for similar technologies abroad. The annual income for scientific and technological investigation is 60 millions Yuan. The number of papers published in leading journals and periodicals at home and abroad amounts to 1,000. The number of patent application amounts to approximately 30 annually.
The various investigation bases, such as the national key labs, the provincial engineering investigation centers, and the university-enterprise cooperative technological investigation centers have been set up on campus and collaboration with five areas, within and outside the Province, has been established.
Awards
In recent years, the university has won the title of “National Advanced Institution of Higher Learning in Party Construction and Ideological and Political Activity”, and the title of “National Civilized institution”.
References
- 1 2 3 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-09-21. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
- ↑ lut.edu.cn
- ↑ LUT, LUT. "Students". LUT. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
External links
- Lanzhou University of Technology Official Website (in Chinese)
