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烟台大学 | |
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| Motto | 守信 求实 好学 力行[1] |
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Motto in English | Be trustworthy, be down-to-earth, be fond of learning, and practice earnestly[2] |
| Type | Public |
| Established | July 1984; 41 years ago (1984) |
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| Campus | Yantai University 32 Qingquan Avenue Yantai Shandong 264005 China |
| Website | http://www.ytu.edu.cn/ http://en.ytu.edu.cn/ |
Yantai University (Chinese:烟台大学) is a key provincialpublic university ofShandong Province founded in 1984 with the assistance of twoC9 league members (Peking University andTsinghua University) inYantai,Shandong,China.[3] Yantai University is located in Yantai, a national historical and cultural city in China. It is a key comprehensive university in Shandong Province.
Yantai University was established as a modern comprehensive university along the coast in Yantai, in July 1984, from a generous bequest by Zhang Chengxian (Chinese:张承先). Zhang Chengxian was appointed the first president.
Yantai University's motto is 'to be honest, modest and natural'. Its coat of arms is constituted by a dolphin and ocean flows, designating intellectual and mind opening respectively. The majority of students registering in Yantai University are Shandong natives.
In 2008, the university had 21 faculties and provides 49 programs covering arts, law, science, education, management, medicine, music, engineering, continuing education, international culture.
The university library serves the community with 1,680,000 physical bibliographies and 700,000 electronic items.
Yantai University has stable communication with academic institutes in theUnited Kingdom,Canada,Norway,Australia,Korea,Germany, and theUnited States. Each year, about 500 international students accept their admissions from Yantai University. A number of teachers from theUnited States,United Kingdom, andCanada are working for the university. It is also home to international students who are studyingChinese language.
The university is along coast and a 25-minute ride from downtown by bus No. 7 or No. 10, both of which terminate outside the railway station and quite close to one of the several long-distance bus stations in the city. TheCoal College now namedShandong Institute is no more than a 15-minute walk from the university's north gate.
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