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Tibet University

Coordinates:29°38′45″N91°08′43″E/ 29.64590°N 91.14541°E/29.64590; 91.14541
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Tibet University
Tây Tạng đại học
Motto
Đoàn kết, chăm chỉ, cầu thực, sáng tạo
Motto in English
United, Diligent, Realistic, Innovative
TypePublic
Established1985;39 years ago(1985)
PresidentJin Yongbing ( kim vĩnh binh )
Party SecretaryNima Tsering ( nima thứ nhân )
Administrative staff
1,119
Students10,685
Undergraduates9,417
Postgraduates1,268
Location
Lhasa
,
Tibet
,
China
CampusUrban; 4 campuses
Websitewww.utibet.edu.cnEdit this at Wikidata
Tibet University
Chinese name
Simplified ChineseTây Tạng đại học
Traditional ChineseTây Tạng đại học
Tibetan name
Tibetanབོད་ལྗོངས་སློབ་གྲྭ་ཆེན་མོ་

Tibet University(UTibet;Chinese:Tây Tạng đại học;lit.'University of Tibet') is a regional public university inLhasa,Tibet,China.It is affiliated with the Tibet Autonomous Region and co-funded by the regional government and theMinistry of Education.The university is part ofProject 211and theDouble First-Class Construction.

The university is one of China'snational key universitiesand the largest university in the Tibet Autonomous Region.[1]With an internationally renowned department ofTibetan studiesand a majorityethnic Tibetanstudent body, the university maintains a focus on local communities and cultures.

The school has four campuses in Lhasa: Na Jin campus, He Ba Lin campus, Financial School campus, and Medical School campus.

History[edit]

Gateway of Tibet University (2011)

The precursors to Tibet University were informal classes established by Tibet Military District Cadre School in 1951.[2]In 1956, the school was renamed the Tibet Local Cadre School. In 1961, the Tibetan Administrative Cadre School was established on the basis of the former Tibetan Local Cadre School, withNgapoi Ngawang Jigmeas its principal, and in October 1965, the school was renamed the Tibetan Teacher Training School, with 755 children of farmers and herdsmen enrolled in the following year. In 1975, the school was transformed into the Tibetan Teacher Training College, with departments of political science and language, mathematics and physics, and arts and physical education. In 1982, the Department of Tibetan Language was merged to the school.[3]

In May 1983, theState Council of the People's Republic of Chinaofficially approved the creation of the University of Tibet on the basis of the existing Teachers College in Lhasa. Tibet University was formally established on 20 July 1985, as one of43 Aid Projects to Tibet.[4][5]By 1989, it had eight departments of Tibetan language and literature, language, political history, art, Tibetan medicine, mathematics and science, chemistry, biology, economics and management, as well as a Tibetan language training department.

Since 1999, various institutions of higher education, including the art school of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Tibet Medical College, the Medical Department of the Tibet Institute for Nationalities and the Tibet Autonomous Region Finance School have all been incorporated into Tibet University, giving it a more rounded profile of academic departments.[6]In March 2001, with the approval of theMinistry of Education,Tibet University and Tibet College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry merged to form a new Tibet University.[7]

In December 2008, Tibet University was selected as a beneficiary of the nationalProject 211.[1]In 2017, the university was included by the central government of China in theDouble First Class University Plan,with Double First Class University identity.[8]

Student life[edit]

Tibet University Auditorium (2007)
Tibet University Campus (2016)
Tibet University's library on the new Lhasa campus

About 7,500 students are enrolled at the university. Nearly 20% of students study in the renowned Department ofTibetan Studies,which drawsinternational studentsas well as locals, although the majority of instruction is delivered in Chinese.[9]The university requires all students to pass aTibetan languageexamination before graduation.

TU started accepting foreign students in 1993. They can learn Tibetan as a foreign language and enroll in specific courses such as Tibetan music and fine arts.[10]

Ranking and reputation[edit]

Tibet University is consistently ranked the best in Tibet Autonomous Region and since 2020, it has been ranked among the top 300 nationwide by theBest Chinese Universities Ranking.[11]As of 2022, theBest Chinese Universities Ranking,also known as the "Shanghai Ranking",placed Tibet University 189th in China.[12]

Tibet University was ranked # 2111 in the world by theUniversity Rankings by Academic Performance2023-2024.[13]

Administration[edit]

The university has 14 colleges: College of Letters, College of Science, College of Engineering, College of Medicine, College of Arts, College of Economics and Management, College of Foreign Languages, College of Political Science and Law, College of Education, College of Finance and Economics, College of Information Science and Technology, College of Marxism, College of Ecology and Environment, and Institute of Chinese National Community.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ab"Tibet university made a China priority project".Tibetan Review.9 May 2014.Retrieved9 May2014.
  2. ^Zhang, Cheryl (12 November 2008)."Tibet University witnesses to development of TAR education".China Tibet Information Center. Archived fromthe originalon 21 July 2011.Retrieved19 November2010.
  3. ^Giáo dục đại từ điển biên soạn ủy ban biên (1991).Giáo dục đại từ điển đệ 3 cuốn, giáo dục cao đẳng, chức nghiệp kỹ thuật giáo dục, giáo dục dành cho người lớn, quân sự giáo dục.Thượng Hải: Thượng Hải giáo dục nhà xuất bản. p. 212.ISBN7-5320-2397-4.
  4. ^"ShanghaiRanking-Tibet University".shanghairanking.Retrieved18 July2023.
  5. ^Lý tuệ sinh (2003).Trung Quốc đại học đồ điển Tứ Xuyên, Trùng Khánh, Vân Nam, Quý Châu, Tây Tạng cuốn: Vân Nam, Quý Châu, Tây Tạng tập.Thành đô: Thành đô hồng đại nhà xuất bản. p. 124.ISBN7-80548-895-9.
  6. ^Lý tiến dân, Lý hiểu manh biên (2022).Rong chơi Trung Hoa lịch sử văn hóa danh thành đệ 3 sách.Bắc Kinh: Luyện kim công nghiệp nhà xuất bản.ISBN978-7-5024-9270-0.
  7. ^Tây Tạng khu tự trị chính phủ nhân dân tin tức văn phòng biên (2005).Tây Tạng đại học.Bắc Kinh: Năm châu truyền bá nhà xuất bản. p. 5.
  8. ^"Notice from the Ministry of Education and other national governmental departments announcing the list of double first class universities and disciplines".
  9. ^"Tibet University World's Biggest Cradle of Tibetan Studies".Xinhua.14 June 2004.Archivedfrom the original on 21 November 2010.Retrieved19 November2010.
  10. ^ATCHINA
  11. ^"ShanghaiRanking's Best Chinese Universities Ranking".shanghairanking.Retrieved20 July2022.
  12. ^"【 mềm khoa xếp hạng 】2022 năm mới nhất mềm khoa Trung Quốc đại học xếp hạng | Trung Quốc tốt nhất đại học xếp hạng".shanghairanking.cn.Retrieved18 July2023.
  13. ^"URAP - University Ranking by Academic Academic Performance".urapcenter.org.Retrieved20 January2024.
  14. ^"Tây Tạng đại học".utibet.edu.cn.Retrieved29 February2024.

External links[edit]

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