重庆大学 | |||||||
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| Motto | 耐劳苦, 尚俭朴, 勤学业, 爱国家[1] | ||||||
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Motto in English | Endure Toil, Cherish Thrift, Work Hard and Love the Country[2] | ||||||
| Type | National Public | ||||||
| Established | 1929; 97 years ago (1929) | ||||||
| President | Dr. Zhang, Zongyi | ||||||
Academic staff | 5,200 | ||||||
| Students | 50,000 | ||||||
| Undergraduates | 28,000 | ||||||
| Postgraduates | 21,000 | ||||||
| Location | , China | ||||||
| Campus | Three campuses (A, B, C) downtown, one campus (Huxi) in suburbs, total 347 hectares[3] | ||||||
| Colors | BlueRed | ||||||
| Affiliations | Excellence League Double First-Class Construction 211 Project 985 Project Association of MBAs AACSB EQUIS University Alliance in Chongqing (UAC) | ||||||
| Website | cqu.edu.cn | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 重庆大学 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 重慶大學 | ||||||
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Chongqing University (CQU;重庆大学) is apublic university inChongqing, China. It is affiliated with theMinistry of Education of China. The university is part ofProject 211,Project 985, and theDouble First-Class Construction.[4]
Chongqing University is especially highly recognized inArchitecture,Electrical Engineering,Civil Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Metallurgical Engineering, andManagement Science.[5] According toAcademic Ranking of World Universities 2024, CQU is ranked 151-200 in the world.[6]
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Chongqing University was founded in 1929, when some professors born in Chongqing, working at Chengdu University, decided to found a new University in Chongqing. The university was founded with the help of GeneralLiu Xiang, whose involvement resulted in the founding of the Chongqing University Preparatory Committee. On October 12, the first term of Chongqing University began, and the Chongqing University Preparatory Committee published the "Chongqing University Founding Declaration", which declared talents and education to be the driving force of the country and the world's development.[7]
In 1937, the CapitalNanjing was occupied. The Chinese government ordered that all agencies move to Chongqing and continue resisting Japanese aggression. This order resulted in the relocation of theNational Central University to Chongqing, where it was given 200mu of land by Chongqing University, and a cooperative relationship was established between the two universities. During this period, many distinguished professors taught at both universities, contributing significantly to the academic environment. These included notable figures such asLi Siguang, a renowned geologist;Xu Beihong, a famous painter and art educator;Wu Guanzhong, an accomplished painter and art educator;Ma Yinchu, an influential economist and educator; He Lu, a prominent physicist; andLu Zuofu, a distinguished literary scholar. This era of collaboration not only strengthened the academic capabilities of both universities but also played a crucial role in preserving and advancing China's educational and cultural institutions amidst the challenges of war.[8]
In 1942, Chongqing University became a national comprehensive university consisting of six colleges in liberal arts, science, engineering, law, and medicine.
In 1952, the nationwide restructuring of higher education turned Chongqing University into an engineering-orientated multi-disciplinary university under the State Ministry of Education. In 1960, Chongqing University was designated as one of the first key national universities. Since the implementation of reform and opening-up policy in China, Chongqing University has stressed the development of disciplines like humanities, business management, art, and sports education, and has further sped up the process of developing the university into a comprehensive institution of higher learning.
Chongqing University has 28 schools plus the graduate school, the City College of Science and Technology, the College of Continuing Education, and the College of Online Education. The university now has a total enrollment of 50,000 students, of which 20,000 are master's and doctoral students, and 30,000 are undergraduate students. The university owns 24 mobile workstations for postdoctoral study, 133 doctoral programs, 256 master programs, 18 professional master's degree programs, namely MBA, EMBA, MPA, master of engineering, and 89 bachelor's degree programs in 8 academic categories of science, engineering, liberal arts, economics, management, law, agriculture and education.[9]
Currently, the university has a total number of 5,400 faculty and staff members, including 2,700 full-time faculty, 3 members of theChinese Academy of Engineering, 12 contracted members from other institutions, 6 members of the Subject Evaluation Team of the Academic Degree Committee under the State Council, 4 chief scientists of National973 Projects, 4 state-level "young experts with distinguished contribution", 500 doctorate supervisors, 1,700 full professors and associate professors.
Chongqing University covers a total area of 5,500mu (370 hectares), with 1.60 million square meters of construction space. In 2001, Chongqing University Technology Park came into being, as one of the 22 state-level university technology parks in China.
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Chongqing University is in possession of 17 state key subjects and 14 key subjects under the state "211 Project", 38 provincial or ministerial key subjects. The university sets up 14 specially appointed professor posts under the "Yangtze River Scholar Award Program". It has established 3 national teaching bases for fundamental courses and a national quality education base for college students, 9 national key labs and ministerial key labs, 71 provincial key labs, and 130 labs of different specialties. Moreover, Chongqing University has constructed the distance education center, multi-media classrooms of large scale and interactive audio-visual classrooms, labs or training centers in cooperation with world-famous enterprises such as Siemens, Microsoft, IBM, Rockwell, Omron, etc. The university has a national key publishing house, a national first-class architectural designing institute, and a first-class institute for planning and design.
In recent years, the university has undertaken over 100 national key scientific projects of different types, and won 13 National Awards for Invention, 40 Awards for Scientific and Technological Advancement, 4 Awards for Natural Science, 968 ministerial and provincial awards, 283 Awards for Teaching Achievement.
| BCUR National[11] | Domestic | 34 | |
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| Wu Shulian National[12] | Domestic | 27 | |
| CUAA National[13] | Alumni | 33 | |
| QS National[14] | General | =33 | |
| THE National[15] | General | 30–33 | |
| QS Asia (Asia version)[16] | General | 187 | |
| THE Asia (Asia version)[17] | General | 80 | |
| ARWU World[18] | Research | 151–200 | |
| QS World[19] | General | =504 | |
| THE World[20] | General | 351–400 | |
| USNWR World[21] | General | =212 | |
Top ranked disciplines in China[22]
| National rank | Major |
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| 4 | Mining Engineering |
| 4 | Urban Planning |
| 5 | Architecture |
| 5 | Industrial Engineering |
| 5 | Electrical Engineering |
| 5 | Instrumentation Science and Technology |
| 6 | Bio Medical Engineering |
| 6 | Metallurgical Engineering |
| 7 | Landscape Architecture |
| 8 | Mechanical Engineering |
| 10 | Civil Engineering |
| 11 | Safety Science and Engineering |
| 11 | Software Engineering |
| 13 | Theater and Film Art |
| 14 | Topography |
| 16 | Law |
| 17 | Business Management |
| 18 | Public Management |
| 18 | Power Engineering |
| 19 | Chemical Engineering |
| 19 | Management Science and Engineering |
| 20 | Computer Science and Technology |
The university library is well equipped with modern facilities and a collection of 3.90 million volumes, 6000 kinds of Chinese and foreign periodicals, and 2.0 million volumes of E-books. In addition it has 5 electronic reading rooms with 65,000 e-books and journals. The China Education Research Network (CERNET) Chongqing Central Node is set up in the library.[23]
Chongqing University covers a total area of over 3.65 square kilometres, consisting of four campuses. With green mountains surrounded and the Jialing River flowing by, the four campuses are set amidst delightful sceneries and awarded the title of “Garden University” by Chongqing Municipality.[24]
It has established inter-university exchange links with over 100 institutions of higher education in 20 countries such as the USA, England, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Japan, South Korea, Russia, etc.[25]
Chongqing University has many notable alumni including:[citation needed]
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