Xihua University

Xihua University
西华大学（XHU）
Motto 求是 明德 卓越
Motto in English
 Diligence Virtue Excellence
Type Public university
Established 1960
Chairman Qingyou Liu
President Huimin Bian
Vice-president Xiaolin Wang
Students 45000
Location Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Campus comprehensive university
Colors Green
Sports Cheerleading
Website www.xhu.edu.cn
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Xihua University (西华大学 "West China University") is a university in Sichuan province, People's Republic of China. Approved by the State Ministry of Education, Xihua University (XHU) was founded on April 16, 2003, formed by the merger of the former Sichuan University of Science and Technology and the former Teacher's College. The former Sichuan University of Science and Technology, once called the Sichuan Mechanical College of Agriculture, was founded in 1960. The former Teacher's College, located in Peng Zhou County, was founded in 1971.Xihua university is a discipline class is complete, the coordinated development of multi-disciplinary provincial comprehensive university, is the national key Midwestern university foundation ability construction project support in colleges and universities（国家中西部高校基础能力建设工程）, the work of the ministry of education undergraduate teaching assessment of outstanding colleges and universities, the first batch of deepening the reform of creative education in sichuan province demonstration of colleges and universities, in sichuan province, the first civilized campus, afforestation advanced unit in sichuan province.Xihua university was selected as "sichuan double first class"（四川双一流建设计划） construction project.

Location

XHU covers about 2,850 mu (469.5 acres) in the Hi-tech zone of Chengdu. The campus has a tributary of Ming Jiang River winding through it, and the Ancient Irrigation Project—Du Jiangyan and its national scenery zone is to the west. XHU's school motto is “Diligence, Virtue and Excellence”.

Academics

Schools fully implement the strategy of talent strong school, provincial colleges and universities in the first try "chief scientist" model, has a high academic level, rich experience in teaching, wuxi teachers, professors, associate professor, senior professional and technical personnel more than 960, among them, the department "ten thousand plan" talents, the ministry of education "cheung kong scholars" distinguished professor, pacesetter engineering in the new century national choice, the state council special government allowances and "one thousand plan" in sichuan province to introduce talents, academic technology leaders and other experts more than 130 people. More than 70 academicians of Chinese academy of sciences, Chinese academy of engineering and famous experts from home and abroad are invited to serve as special professors of the school. Tang Dan, a teacher of the school of humanities, won the first prize of the liberal arts group in the national young teachers teaching competition with the outstanding result of the first prize in the total score, and won the labor medal of "May Day" in sichuan province. Wu changdong, a teacher of the school of electrical and electronic information, won the first prize in the national competition for young teachers' electronic technology foundation and courses teaching of electronic circuit.

The university consists of 27 schools, one department and 68 undergraduate programs, covering the fields of Science, Management, Liberal Arts, Technique, Economy, Law and Education. Currently, the university enrolls students from 23 provinces and is qualified to enroll foreign students. There are about 22,000 full-time students, including 16,000 undergraduates and 400 graduates. It has been a Provincial Key Base for Personnel Training and Scientific Research. It has set up a campus network and the library houses about 1.5 million volumes, of which some are digital books.

Besides four Engineering master's degree programs, the university offers 18 other master's degree programs. It has four key provincial disciplines, five provincial priority laboratories, one provincial engineering center, seven personnel training bases for bachelor's degree, one model center for the basic teaching program and over 30 research and assessment centers. XHU is qualified to admit four-year course equivalent ME applicants and hold graduate courses, enroll foreign students, and offer doctoral programs jointly with other national principal universities.

XHU shows good potential and strength in developing scientific research. It has undertaken the state 863/CIMS Projects, the State Natural Science Fund Projects, the Projects of The 8th Five-Year Plan of the Ministry of Machinery Industry, the State Major Project of the 9th Five-Year Plan and the 10th Five-Year Plan, the Major Teaching and Research Projects of Personnel Training and Fostering For the 21st Century of Ministry of Education and many other ministerial and provincial major scientific research projects as well, and has won several science and technology achievement prizes and science and technology advanced prizes at the ministerial and provincial levels.

School with postdoctoral innovation practice base in sichuan province, sichuan 2011 plan of collaborative innovation center, sichuan civil-military integration synergy innovation center, construction of "double top" support of sichuan province, the provincial key disciplines, as well as the ministry of education and provincial key laboratory, province zhe key research bases on social, regional and national key research base, provincial key laboratory of colleges and universities and key research bases on zhe clubs, and other internal platform. For nearly three years or is involved in more than 400 national major projects, national natural science foundation, national social science fund, and other key national projects and BuShengJi scientific research project, achievements transformation and project cooperation has produced great economic benefits directly or indirectly, access to the national science and technology progress prize, BuShengJi and all kinds of prizes at more than 40 items.

XHU tries to cultivate well-rounded and developed students. They have won the first and the second national prizes in the National Electronic Design Competition for six years, the second national prize in Mathematical Model Design Competition, two national third prizes and organizing prizes in the Challenging Cup Competition in 2002, and a national third prize in 2000.

The university held the Table Tennis Game of the 6th National Game of the Undergraduates and won both the men's and women's gold and silver medals of the team title. In 2002, the university held 11 meetings of the 2002 Anniversary of China Scientific Committee. The university is the National Art Education Model and has been awarded the prize of a National Model for excellent organization of students practice work. Therefore, employers for their creative and diligent spirit welcome students of XHU. For years, the employment rate has been above 85%.

XHU sets the strategy of developing the university through opening to the outside world. It has established collaborative relations with more than 20 universities from nearly 14 countries and signed the 1-2-1 Educational Program with four American state universities, providing its students an opportunity to earn dual degrees from Chinese and American universities over the course of four or five years.

For its good reputation, XHU has collected funds in many ways to develop itself. In 2002, the university signed an agreement with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and secured a loan of RMB one billion yuan. In 2002, the university signed another agreement with Xin Tiantong Co. Ltd, which will invest one-billion-yuan to build an extension of the campus.

XHU will take part in the worldwide talent competition and strive to build first-class provincial disciplines. It aims to become a first-class provincial comprehensive university through having the society and the world in view and continuing to further the reforms of existing tertiary education and talent-cultivation models. In all, XHU will make great contributions to the development of the West and the Sichuan Province.

Since school, the school for the country to laser 3 d printing in China, the Chinese academy of engineering hua-ming wang, a tenured professor at the university of Houston, an American inventor, academy of sciences zhifeng ren, Oriental motor co., LTD., dongfang electric group chief expert shih ch, hope group and east hope group chairman Liu Yonghang various talents for the alumni as a representative of more than 250000, has become a national and provincial science and technology, economic and social development important base of personnel and intellectual support. After more than half a century of development, xihua university stands at a new historical starting point. The university is deepening its reform comprehensively, accelerating its development, making great efforts to innovate the training mode of talents, increasing the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, setting up a discipline feature, and building the university into a provincial comprehensive university with distinctive features and well-known in China.

Staff

Having paid great attention to the faculty building, XHU now has 1,400 teachers and staff members, among whom 380 teachers have the title of senior post. XHU has invited three academicians to be directors of the key provincial laboratories, 14 other academicians and 43 distinguished professors to be part-time professors.

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