Yanbian University

Yanbian University(YBU;Duyên biên đại học) is a public university atYanji,Yanbian,Jilin,China.It is affiliated with the Province of Jilin, and co-funded by the provincial government and theMinistry of Education.The university is part ofProject 211and theDouble First-Class Construction.

Yanbian University

Duyên biên đại học(Chinese) 연변대학(Korean)
Yanbian University
Type	Public
Established	1949(1949)
Location	Yanji, Jilin , China
Language	Chinese
Website	www.ybu.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	Duyên biên đại học
Traditional Chinese	Duyên biên đại học
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yánbiān Dàxué
Korean name
Hangul	연변대학
Hanja	Duyên biên đại học
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Yeonbyeon Daehak McCune–Reischauer Yŏnbyŏn Taehak

History

Yanbian University Library

Founded in 1949, Yanbian University was one of the earliest founded universities by CPC in the ethnic minority region. Since then, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have paid close attention to its development, and many Party and State leaders, such asZhou Enlai,Zhu De,Dong Biwu,Hu Yaobang,Jiang Zemin,Jia Qinglin,Li LanqingandZhang De gian ghave successively inspected the university.

It consists of 21 colleges offering 73 undergraduate specialties under 12 disciplinary branches except military science, which contains 6 first level disciplines authorized to offer doctorate degree with more than 50 doctoral programs, 24 first level disciplines authorized to offer master's degree with 149 master’s programs and 4 centers for post-doctoral studies. It has 1 key state-level disciplines and 12 key provincial-level disciplines.

The university has a faculty body of 2338, among whom there are about 1318 full-time teachers, more than 789 full professors and associate professors. It has also engaged over 300 noted domestic and overseas scholars and experts as its honorary professors, part-time professors or guest professors, one of whom isDr. Yang Chen Ning,the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics.

It is the only university in China that employsKoreanas an officialmedium of instructionin addition toChinese.

Programs

The university offers eleven programs in economics, philosophy, law, pedagogy, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine and management. It consists of twelve colleges, which offer 70 bachelor's degree programs, 78 master's degree programs and 22 doctoral degree programs.

Faculty

In 2004, the student body included 16,000 undergraduates, 3,000 postgraduates, 143 doctoral candidates, 700 foreign students and 4,674 adult students. Most foreign students come fromSouth Korea,Japan,theUnited StatesandRussia.The faculty comprises 1,300 full-time teachers of whom 700 are professorsand associate professors.

External links

• Yanbian University official website(in Chinese, English, and Korean)