Chizhou University

Introduction to Chizhou University

Chizhou University (池州学院, website) is located in Chizhou, an excellent tourist city in China. Founded in 1977, it was the Chizhou area college of Anhui Labor University. It was named Chizhou Teachers College in 1980. The former Chizhou Institute of Technology was incorporated in 1999. The former Anhui Economic and Trade School was incorporated in 2002. It was upgraded to Chizhou College in 2007. In 2014, it passed the undergraduate teaching qualification assessment of the Ministry of Education.

Chizhou University now covers an area of 1959 acres, with a campus area of 367,700 square meters. The total value of teaching and scientific research equipment is 13.453387 million yuan, 1.371 million volumes of paper books, 800,400 volumes of electronic books, and nearly 2,000 kinds of paper periodicals in Chinese and foreign languages. The only open TV station in Anhui province. There are 698 full-time teachers, of whom 66 are senior professional titles, 163 are deputy senior titles, and 611 are doctors or masters. There are 2 provincial academic and technical leaders, 12 provincial teaching teachers, and 18 new talents in provincial education. There are 15,815 full-time students.

Chizhou University currently has 13 teaching and research units. Among them, the School of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence was identified by the Ministry of Education as the first batch of project construction colleges for the “Data China 100 School Project.” The school adheres to the talent training concept of “people-oriented and application-oriented”, adheres to the talent training model of “competency-oriented, quality-based, expertise diversion, and cooperative training”, and takes “characteristic universities with distinctive characteristics” as the development direction. Insist on the road of connotative development. There are 57 undergraduate majors, and the number of enrollment majors has stabilized at about 45 in recent years. A professional community that meets the requirements of local economic and social development has been initially formed, and a number of characteristic majors have been established in and outside the province. Among them, there are 3 national specialty programs (comprehensive reform pilot programs) and 14 provincial special programs (comprehensive reform pilot programs). Jointly cultivated graduate students with Anhui University of Technology, and 17 teachers became part-time master tutors of the university. In 2019, our school has become a newly-established master’s degree awarding unit in Anhui Province.

Chizhou University has established a national university student off-campus practical education base, 4 provincial demonstration experimental training centers, 10 provincial school-enterprise cooperative practice education bases, 1 provincial talent training model innovation experimental area, and provincial outstanding talents. There are 6 education training programs, and 1 provincial-level applied teacher teaching ability development center. In the past three years, 410 projects of college students ‘innovation and entrepreneurship training programs have been approved, of which, 145 are national college students’ innovation and entrepreneurship training programs. The school attaches great importance to the cultivation of students’ practical ability. In the past three years, students have won 2,028 national and provincial disciplines in the Chinese University Computer Design Competition, the National University Student Advertising Design Competition, and the National Challenge Cup University Extracurricular Academic Works Competition. Students have published 201 academic papers. Successfully hatched 8 start-up companies, 6 of which currently have an annual turnover of more than 10 million yuan. The graduate employment rate ranks among the top in the province’s employment work dynamic monitoring system.

Chizhou University has one provincial key humanities and social science research base (Chizhou College Wannan Folk Culture Research Center), one provincial key discipline, one provincial key laboratory, and a provincial key laboratory , 1 municipal engineering research center. There are 1 post-doctoral mobile stations. In the past three years, five national social science and natural science fund projects have been approved. According to statistics from the Anhui Provincial Social Science Planning Office, in 2015-2017, the number of national social science fund projects ranked first among similar universities in the province. There are 125 scientific research projects at or above the provincial (ministry) level, and 29 scientific research awards at or above the city hall level. In 2019, it won 1 first prize for social science achievements (authorship) in Anhui Province, which is a leader among similar institutions. Published 865 academic papers, of which 68 were included in SCI and EI, 96 were included in CSSCI and CSCD; 38 books (textbooks) were published; 56 national patents were approved.

Chizhou University and the Chizhou Municipal Party Committee jointly formulated the “Joint Conference System of Chizhou and Chizhou Colleges”, which pioneered the joint deliberative mechanism of provincial universities and territorial governments. As the only undergraduate university in Chizhou City, the school plays the role of a “local think tank” and becomes the “six people” of school-land cooperation, namely, the co-founders of Chizhou, the planners of ecological Chizhou, and the designers of tourism Chizhou. Excavator of cultural Chizhou, helper of economic Chizhou, service person of Chizhou. Established the “Village of Rural Rejuvenation” to focus on creating a new platform for comprehensive continuing education that integrates theoretical research, practical guidance and talent training in rural rejuvenation. The “Semiconductor College” was established to focus on creating a first-class talent training base for the semiconductor industry in Anhui Province, and strive to become a “new engine” that promotes the high-quality development of the local economy.

Chizhou University builds the Chizhou College Family Culture Center based on local family culture resources, promotes the integration, individualization, and localization of outstanding traditional culture, and allows the excellent traditional culture to take root on campus. The Family Culture Center has become a key base for ideological and political education for students . Plan and build a kilometer of “Alumni Avenue” to publicize alumni deeds and gather role models. Continuously infiltrate and nourish the campus culture with excellent traditional culture, and actively build a spiritual home that carries forward the outstanding traditional culture of China, and advanced moral models such as Wang Yu and Wu Kailong have emerged. Set up a “teaching festival”, promote activities such as the oath of entry for young teachers, worship, and the selection of “the most beautiful teachers” to form a good education atmosphere in the school.

Chizhou University has established exchange and cooperation relationships with more than 10 universities in South Korea, Canada, Malaysia and Taiwan. Among them, it has signed cooperation framework agreements with universities such as Taiwan Practitioner University and Longhua University of Science and Technology; protocol. Actively establish cooperation and exchanges with universities in the “Belt and Road” countries, apply for “Belt and Road” and “Double Hundred” plan projects, and sign exchange and cooperation agreements with Putra University of Malaysia. Organized 4 students to participate in Chinese Volunteer Program in Mauritius and Denmark. Twenty-two students were selected and recommended to participate in international (international) exchange and study, and community students were organized to attend the International Zen Tea Conference in South Korea. 55 teachers have been sent to Canada, the United States, Germany, France and other countries for further studies and visits. Click here to read more.