Inner Mongolia University is located in Hohhot, the capital city of Inner Mongolia. It was founded in 1957, and is the earliest comprehensive university ever established in the ethnic regions of China. It was confirmed as a 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. The first President of the University was Mr. Wulanfu, the Vice Premier of the State Council and ex-Chairman of the People’s Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The current President is Prof. Chen Guoqing.
Inner Mongolia University’s academic system is wide-ranging and it covers 10 disciplines such as philosophy, economics, law, literature, history, sciences, engineering, agriculture, management and art theory. Two of the state-level key disciplines, Chinese Ethnic Language & Literature and zoology with their distinctive local and ethnic characteristics enjoy high prestige at home and abroad. Now the University consists of 23 colleges with 51 departments and one independent department for general education.
Inner Mongolia University has 7 first-level and 3 second-level disciplines Doctor Degree programs, 26 first-level and 6 second-level disciplines Master Degree programs, 8 specialized Master Degree programs, 72 undergraduate majors and 4 post-doctorate working stations. The University has 2 state-level key disciplines of Chinese Ethnic Language & Literature and Zoology, and 18 regional-level key disciplines, 4 state-level and 2 regional-level bases for the basic scientific researches and personnel trainings, 1 national base for the improvement of college students’ cultural qualities, 8 state-level characteristic specialties and 6 model curriculums, 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 base for humanity and social science researches of the Ministry of Education of China, 1 key laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China, 1 ethnological document and information center for ethnic studies of the Ministry of Education of China and 22 regional key laboratories.
Students of Inner Mongolia University enjoy an educational system of various levels, including full-time education, vocational education, adult education and the foreign student education. The University 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 at different levels in the University amounts to 30,793, including 410 post graduate students, 4,053 graduate students, 18,694 undergraduate students, 2,710 vocational college students and 2,629 adult education students. Since its establishment, around 90 thousand students have graduated. Many of them have become senior administrative personnel or taken the lead in academic fields including 4 Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Science and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
The University has 2,907 teachers and staff. The full-time teachers and researchers are 1,732 including 125 doctorate supervisors, 280 professors and 436 associate professors. The University boasts 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 5 double-employed academicians, 78 Special Government Allowance winners, 5 candidates of “Hundred-thousand-ten thousands Expert Project”, and 9 candidates of the “New Century Supporting Program for Outstanding Personnel of the Ministry of Education of China”.
Many famous scholars taking the lead in academic fields work in the University. There are 3 members in the Discipline Assessment Group of the Academic Degrees Committee under the State Council, and 8 members in the National Higher Education Teaching Guidance Committee, 1 member in the Social Science Committee, 1 member in the Science and Technology Committee and 1 member in the Division of the Science and Technology Committee under the Ministry of Education of China.
Attaching equal importance to teaching and research, the University has untiringly been laying great emphasis on the development of scientific research activities and creating the discipline superiorities, and has, since its establishment, actively undertaken more than 5,000 research projects of various kinds. With the implement of the “211 Projects” construction, the ability to make scientific and technological innovations has been greatly improved. The University undertook 384 scientific research projects in 2011. The scholars totally published 92 academic monographs and 476 were collected in SCI, EI, CPCI-S and CSSCI. A series of scientific research achievements have made a great contribution to the national and regional 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. With a large collection of 2.42 million books, the library is one of the B-class members of CALIS Center and the main Center of NALIS of Inner Mongolia Higher Education.
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 and it has officially signed agreements of inter-collegiate exchange and cooperation with more than 63 foreign universities. In 2011, more than 500 foreign scholars came to Inner Mongolia University for academic exchanges, 160 teachers were sent abroad to pursue advanced studies, to give lectures, to attend international academic conferences and to conduct cooperative researches. And Inner Mongolia University has enrolled more than 3,000 foreign students from 28 countries since 1999.
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