Yunnan University, abbreviated as YNU, is located in Kunming City, Yunnan Province. It is a national key university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province, with the Ministry as the main body and the Ministry as the province. It is a national "Double First Class" construction university, a 211 Project, one province, one university, and a basic capacity building project for universities in central and western China. It is also a key supported national first-class university construction university in Yunnan Province. YNU is a member of the "111 Plan", the Excellent Legal Talent Education and Training Plan, the Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan, the National High Level University Public Graduate Program, the Chinese Government Scholarship for International Students in China, and a demonstration university for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform in China. YNU is the leading unit of the "One Province, One University" National Key Construction University (Z14) Alliance in central and western China and the South Asia Southeast Asia University Alliance. The sentence is:
Yunnan University was founded in 1922 as a private Donglu University. In 1930, it was renamed as Provincial Donglu University. In 1934, it was renamed as Yunnan Provincial University. In 1938, it was renamed as National Yunnan University. In 1946, the Encyclopedia Britannica listed Yunnan University as one of the 15 most influential universities in the world in China. In 1950, it was named Yunnan University. In 1958, Yunnan University was placed under the management of Yunnan Province by the Central Ministry of Higher Education. In 1978, Yunnan University was designated by the State Council as one of the 88 national key universities. The first batch of universities included in the national "211 Project" key construction in 1996. In 1999, Yunnan Political Science and Law College was merged into Yunnan UniversityAs of November 2023, the school has two campuses, Chenggong and Donglu, covering an area of 4367 acres with a building area of over 1.33 million square meters. The library has 4.3088 million printed books; There are 28 colleges and 84 undergraduate majors; There are 22 first level discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 1 professional doctoral degree authorization, 42 first level discipline master's degree authorization points, and 26 professional master's degree authorization points; There are 2177 full-time teachers, 16887 full-time undergraduate students, 13358 full-time master's students, and 1955 doctoral studentsFormer Presidents
Fang Jingyun Term: 2019 present
Lin Wenxun Term: 2013-2019
He Tianchun Term: 2007-2013
Wu Song Term: 2001-2007
Zhu Weihua Term: 1996-200149>
Wang Xueren's term of office: 1992-1996
Yang Guangjun's term of office: 1983-1992
Zhao Ji's term of office: 1980-1983
Liu Piyun's term of office: 1978-1979
Hu Pansheng's term of office: 1964-1977
Gao Zhiguo's term of office: 1960-1964
Li Guangtian's term of office: 1957-1960
Zhou Baozhong's term of office: 1951-1957
Qin Zan's term of office: 1950-1951
Xiong Qinglai's term of office: 1937-1949
He Yao's term of office: 1932-1937
Hua Xiusheng's term of office: 1930-1932
Dong Ze's term of office: 1922-1930
Historical evolution
- Private Donglu University
- At the beginning of the 20th century, the trend of opening universities across the country gradually became popular. After the liberation of Yunnan in the third year of Xuantong (1911), there was an urgent need to develop education and cultivate talents
- Provincial Donglu University
- In 1930, the private Donglu University was renamed as Provincial Donglu University
- Yunnan University
- From 1951 to 1958, there was a nationwide adjustment of departments. In September 1950, the private Wuhua College of Arts and Sciences, except for the Chinese and Foreign Language Departments, and Yunnan Provincial English Vocational College were merged into Yunnan University. National Yunnan University was renamed Yunnan University
Educational Conditions
Departments and Majors
As of June 2023, the university has 28 colleges, 10 research institutions, 1 affiliated hospital, and a graduate school. As of November 2023, the university offers 84 undergraduate majors, covering 12 disciplines including literature, history, philosophy, economics, management, law, science, engineering, agriculture, education, art, and medicine
| College | Undergraduate major |
|---|---|
| Yunnan University School of Art and Design/Changxin International Art College | Painting |
| Fine Arts | |
| Musicology | |
| Visual Communication Design | |
| Yunnan University School of Art and Design | Environmental Design |
| Yunnan University Changxin International Academy of Arts | Dance |
| School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Yunnan University | Pharmaceutical Engineering |
| Chemistry | |
| Chemical Engineering and Technology | |
| Polymer Materials and Engineering | |
| School of Software, Yunnan University | Software Engineering |
| Digital Media Technology | |
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| Artificial Intelligence | |
| School of Business Administration and Tourism Management, Yunnan University | Financial Management |
| Business Administration | |
| Tourism Management | |
| Human Resource Management | |
| Logistics Management | |
| Accounting | |
| School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University | Biotechnology |
| Biological Sciences | <34|
| School of Ecology and Environment, Yunnan University | Environmental Science and Engineering |
| Ecology | |
| Plant Science and Technology | |
| School of Mathematics and Statistics, Yunnan University | Mathematics and Applied Mathematics |
| Statistics | Information and Computational Science |
| Data Science and Big Data Technology | |
| Physical Education | |
| Yunnan University School of Foreign Languages | French |
| Japanese | |
| English | |
| Thai | |
| Vietnamese | |
| Burmese | Hindi |
| Sinhalese Language | |
| Bengali | |
| Cambodian | |
| Laotian | |
| Nepali | |
| School of Literature, Yunnan University | Chinese Language and Literature | School of Physics and Astronomy, Yunnan University | Physics |
| Basic Science of Mathematics and Physics | |
| Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering | |
| Astronomy | |
| Yunnan University New School of Journalism | Journalism |
| Radio and Television | |
| School of Information, Yunnan University | Electronic Information Engineering |
| Communication Engineering | |
| Computer Science and Technology | |
| Internet of Things Engineering | Intelligent Science and Technology | Yunnan University School of Medicine | Clinical Medicine | <503
| School of Pharmacy, Yunnan University | Pharmacy |
| School of Government Administration, Yunnan University | Philosophy |
| Political Science and Administration | |
| Public Utility Management | |
| Administrative Management | |
| School of Ethnology and Sociology, Yunnan University | Ethnology | Social Work |
| Sociology | |
| Yunnan College of History and Archives | History |
| Archives | |
| Information Resource Management | School of Economics, Yunnan University | International Economics and Trade |
| Finance | |
| Economics | |
| Finance | |
| School of Architecture and Planning, Yunnan University | 7>Urban and Rural Planning|
| Architecture | |
| Law School of Yunnan University | Law | School of Earth Sciences of Yunnan University | Atmospheric Science |
| Geographic Information Science | |
| Geophysics | |
| Geographic Science | |
| Geology | |
| School of Marxism, Yunnan University | Master of Marxism Theory of Meaning |
| School of Chinese International Education, Yunnan University | Chinese |
| School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University | Materials Science and Engineering |
| New Energy Science and Engineering [72] |
Faculty Strength
As of November 2023, there are 2177 full-time teachers, with a student teacher ratio of 18.84; Among them, there are 12 academicians (including dual appointment), nearly 90 national high-level talents such as Changjiang Scholars, National Outstanding Youth Fund winners (outstanding youth), and National Excellent Youth Fund winners (outstanding youth), and Chief Scientist of the National Key Basic Research Development Program