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Liaoning
Normal University (LNNU) is one of the key institutions
of higher learning in Liaoning Province, located in Dalian,
a beautiful coastal city in northern China.
Liaoning Normal University
was founded in August 1951. Since then, over 70,000 students
have graduated from the university. They have contributed
significantly to the reform and development of basic education
in Liaoning Province. The university has become the provincial
center in Liaoning for training teachers at the secondary
and tertiary levels with an emphasis on educational research.
The university campus occupies
an area of 116 acres, with a total building area of 350,000
square meters. The university's fixed asset is 657.15
million yuan and its library holdings are over 1.33 million
volumes.The university currently offers programs through
25 departments organized in 10 different colleges. Thirty-nine
academic programs are offered at the undergraduate level,
thirty-six at the masters level and two at the doctoral
level. In addition, the university has one affiliated
high school and one vocational school.Of all the academic
disciplines available at the university, four are among
the key disciplines specified by the provincial government
and receive priority support from them. Other main facilities
at the university include a provincial level key laboratory,
a Chinese language education center, and a Ministry of
Education sponsored Research Institute of Basic Education.
LNNU's Ocean Economics and Sustainable Development Center
is among the most important humanity and social science
research organizations in the Ministry of Education. The
university also has a national level continuing education
training center for secondary and elementary school teachers,
an agricultural and biological engineering technology
center, an Overseas Computerized Testing Center affiliated
with the Ministry of Education, an International Japanese
Language Testing Center, IELTS Testing Center, Liaoning
Province Language and Cultural Application Center, Studying
Abroad Service Center, Distance Learning Center, and an
Authorized National Information Training Center. In addition,
the University houses an American university branch, the
Southwest Missouri State University Branch Campus at Liaoning
Normal University. Presently, the university employs 1,732
people of whom 831 are full-time faculty including 138
professors, 300 Associate professors and 326 lecturers.
The total student population consists of 12,132 undergraduate
students, 676 graduate students, and 358 foreign students.
In addition, there are 7,182 students enrolled in the
adult education programs and 450 in the on-the-job education
masters program.
The University maintains a
strong commitment to providing quality education through
its efforts in improving teaching and research. Discipline
development has a high priority on university's agenda.
A series of important guiding principles of the university
include "sticking to the right direction, maintaining
appropriate position, maximizing competitive advantages,
developing resource potentials, deepening education reforms,
strengthening administrative management, and improving
university quality." As a result, a new model was
established for training qualified personnel with solid
foundation, superior quality, special skills and broad
adaptability." The university has received one First
Level and six Second Level State-funded Excellence in
Teaching Awards, as well as 32 provincial "Excellence
in Teaching Awards. In the area of research, the university's
achievements are also remarkable. Since 1991, the University
has been approved to conduct 68 state scientific research
projects, thirty-five of which are sponsored by the 863
Project and by the National Natural Science Fund, and
thirteen are funded through the National Social Science
Foundation. Moreover, the university has been granted
442 provincial and municipal projects. It has received
74 Science and Technology Progress Awards, 50 projects
passed the evaluations, 18 patents were approved, and
190 contracts were signed for technology or service transfer.
The university has a significant publication record that
includes 890 books and 8,536 academic articles. The number
of articles included in SCI ranked number 85 among Chinese
universities and colleges. In 2001, the university was
rated by the Ministry of Education as the "Advanced
Entity in Management through Science and Technology".
Progress was also made in areas of international exchanges
and cooperation. LNNU has established a collaborative
relationship with 51 universities and research institutions
in 14 countries or regions. Since 1986, the CPC Party
committee of the University has consecutively been awarded
the provincial and municipal "Model Party Committee".
The university has won the title of "Civilized University"
issued by Liaoning Provincial Government and Dalian Municipal
Government. In 1993, the University was named "The
Advanced University in Party Construction and in Ideological
and Political Work" by the CPC Central Committee's
Department of Organization and Department of Propaganda.
LNNU has made its tenth five-year
plan and the long-term objectives for 2015 as it is entering
the 21th century. As an overall objective, the University
is determined to make the institution a first-class teachers
training center with local features and characteristics
of the time, and to become one of the first-rate comprehensive
normal universities that combine both teaching and research.
Furthermore, the University will strive to become a training
center for teachers at various levels, a consulting station
for education science and research, a mainstay for continuing
education, and a research stronghold that serves the need
for local economic construction and social development.
LNNU's goal is to become the Province's largest center
for teacher education that serves as a role model for
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