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Yunnan University was founded in 1922 as a private Donglu University. It was renamed the Provincial Yunnan University in 1934 and the National Yunnan University in 1938. It was one of the first comprehensive universities established in the western frontier of my country. In 1937, the famous mathematician and educator Xiong Qinglai became the principal. A large number of famous scholars were hired to teach in the school, which laid the foundation for the school's higher development and profound academic background, and created the first glorious period in the history of Yunda. In the 1940s, Yunnan University has developed into a large-scale and internationally influential one of China's famous universities, including liberal arts, law, science, engineering, agriculture, and medicine. In 1946, "Encyclopedia Britannica" listed Yunnan University as one of the 15 most influential universities in the world in China.
In the 1950s, the departments were adjusted, and some important and distinctive departments of Yunnan University, such as aviation, civil engineering, law, railway, etc. were removed and merged into the Beijing Institute of Aeronautics, Sichuan University, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Changsha Railway Institute, etc. Colleges and universities; engineering, medicine, agriculture, etc. successively established independent schools, and gradually developed into today's Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming Medical University, Yunnan Agricultural University, Southwest Forestry University and other universities. In 1958, Yunnan University was placed under the administration 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 key universities in the country.
After the reform and opening up, Yunnan University has made considerable progress. In 1996, it was listed among the first batch of national "211 Project" key universities. In 2001, it was listed as a key university for the development of the western region. In 2004, it became a key university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Yunnan Province. All 19 secondary indicators were assessed as A, and it was rated as an excellent school for undergraduate teaching by the Ministry of Education. In 2012, it became a national implementing institution of the “Basic Ability Construction Project for Midwestern Universities” and the “Elevation of Comprehensive Strength Project for Midwestern Universities” in 2016. The national institution for implementing the “One Province, One School” project. In 2017, it became one of the first batch of 42 “first-class universities” construction universities in China. In 2018, it ranked among the 14 universities in the central and western regions that were “mainly ministries and jointly built by ministries and provinces” .
In the new historical period, Yunnan University will closely focus on the goal of building a world-class university, actively integrate into the national strategy, actively serve the economic and social development of Yunnan, and follow the development concept of "open cooperation, integrated innovation, coordinated progress, and characteristic development". Based on Yunnan, serving the country, radiating both Asia and the world, the school is guided by "first-class party building", focused on connotation construction, and driven by institutional reforms, vigorously implements the strategy of "prospering the school by academics" and "strengthening talents" “School” strategy, focusing on promoting the “Trees and People Plan” and “Yunnan University’s Service to Yunnan Action Plan” to comprehensively improve the school’s strength and level of running schools, and contribute to regional economic and social development.
Yunnan University has 26 colleges, 10 research institutes, 2 independent colleges, 1 affiliated hospital, and graduate school. Yunnan University currently has 3,023 faculty and staff, including 2,582 professional and technical positions. There were 2017 teaching and research personnel in professional technical positions, 507 with senior professional titles, 675 with associate senior titles, and 1,219 teaching and research personnel with doctoral degrees. The school has 16,816 full-time undergraduate students, 8,159 postgraduate students, 1,215 doctoral students, and 1,545 foreign students for academic education. The school covers an area of 4363.64 acres and is distributed in Chenggong campus and Donglu campus. The public school building area is more than 1 million square meters; the total assets of teaching, scientific research equipment and information equipment are more than 938 million yuan, and the library has more than 3.82 million books. book. The school is the main node unit of China Education and Research Computer Network (CERNET) in Yunnan.
Yunnan University has 79 undergraduate majors, 17 undergraduate majors are selected for the national "Double Ten Thousand" program, 13 majors are selected for the provincial "Double Ten Thousand" program, there are 12 national characteristic majors, 6 majors "Elite Class", and 10 majors "Excellence Class", 3 "National Quality Online Open Courses"; 21 first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization, 42 first-level discipline master degree authorization, 22 professional master's degree authorization. In the fourth round of subject evaluation by the Ministry of Education, the school has 30 subjects ranked in the top 70% of the country, including 2 A-type subjects (A+ for ethnology and A- for ecology) and 14 B-type subjects. Chemistry, botany and zoology are among the top 1% of the global ESI. The school has formed a comprehensive university with ethnology, ecology, biology, characteristic resource development and environmental protection, as well as border issues and Southeast Asia and South Asia international issues research as its advantages. The disciplines are relatively complete and the talents are intensive.
The school vigorously implements the strategy of “strengthening the school with talents”, and high-level talents are growing rapidly. There are 9 academicians (including double appointments and special appointments), 11 selected for various projects of the National "High-level Talent Introduction Program", 14 special-appointed professors and lecture professors of the "Changjiang Scholars Award Program" of the Ministry of Education, and the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars 14 winners, 2 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund, 13 winners of various projects of the National "Ten Thousand Talents Program", 5 chief scientists of the National Key Basic Research and Development Program, and winners of the National "Ten Thousand Thousand Talents Project" 15 people, 4 members of the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council, 13 members of the "Hundred Talents Program" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 3 national model teachers, Ministry of Education "New Century Excellent Talents Training Program", "Cross-Century Excellent Talents Training Program" and " 15 people were selected for the Funding Program for Key Teachers in Institutions of Higher Learning, 1 winner of the Ministry of Education “Outstanding Young Teacher Award for Colleges and Universities”, 1 winner of the “Tenth China Young Female Scientist Award”, and 3 ideological and cultural young talents from the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China There are 4 national-level teaching teams, 1 innovation team in key areas of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and 1 innovation team in the Ministry of Education.
The school vigorously implements the "Academic Rejuvenation" and has achieved remarkable results in scientific research and platform construction. The school has successively presided over 2 national "973 Program" projects, 4 "863 Program" projects, 2 national water special major projects, 2 national key research and development plans, 2 national science and technology support plans, and 21 major bidding projects of the National Social Science Fund Projects, 4 major research projects in the humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, 2 Marxist theoretical research and construction projects, 4 National Social Science Fund Achievements Library, 2 "New Engineering" Research and Practice Projects, National Natural Science Foundation of China's major bidding 1 item. Won the first prize of the National Natural Science Award, the first prize of the National University Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award, the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the Whitaker Outstanding Ecologist Award, the International Young Paleontologist "Hodson Award" and many other awards . Won 3 outstanding contribution awards and 3 special awards of Yunnan Science and Technology Award. There are 15 papers published in the world-renowned academic journals "Nature" and "Science". Nine papers were published in the top domestic academic journal "Chinese Social Sciences". The school sponsors academic journals such as "Ideological Front" and "Journal of Yunnan University". "Ideological Front" is one of the first eleven journals selected for the Ministry of Education's "Prestigious Journal Project".
The school has 1 provincial and ministerial national key laboratory, 1 national-level international joint research center, 1 national technology transfer center, 2 national-level crowd-creation spaces, and 1 four ministries and commissions to establish a research base for the consciousness of the Chinese nation’s community. 1 key humanities and social science research base of the Ministry of Education, 2 collaborative innovation centers jointly established by the Ministry of Education, 1 International Joint Research Center of the Ministry of Education, 1 Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, 1 Field Science Observation Station of the Ministry of Education, 2 provinces The Ministry of Education jointly established a key laboratory of the Ministry of Education, a national Linux technology training and promotion center, a national cultural industry research center, 7 regional country research centers filed by the Ministry of Education, and a "China-Africa Think Tank 10+10 partner" The Plan" is a Chinese-African twin academic institution, a base for the inheritance of Chinese excellent traditional culture of the Ministry of Education, a key research base for the construction of national textbooks by the Ministry of Education, a national cultural quality education base for college students, and a national scientific decision-making consulting research center. There are 4 national-level talent training bases, 4 national-level experimental teaching demonstration centers, 3 national-level outstanding engineer training program projects, 1 national-level applied and compound excellent legal professional talent education and training base, and 4 national-level talent training Model Innovation Experimental Zone and National Demonstration Software College. The school is the first batch of demonstration universities for deepening the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education by the Ministry of Education.
Based on geographical advantages, the school continuously strengthens international cooperation and exchanges. Established a joint laboratory for optoelectronic materials with the School of Engineering of the University of Cambridge, UK, and established a joint laboratory of the Ministry of Science and Technology along the "Belt and Road"-the "China-Nepal Joint Laboratory of Geographical Resources" with Tribhuvan University of Nepal and Sichuan Mountain Research Institute, etc. Research institutes; 4 overseas Confucius Institutes have been established in Iran, Bangladesh and Myanmar, the Hanban "One Belt One Road South and Southeast Asian Countries Chinese Language Promotion Base", and the establishment of the "South Asia and Southeast Asian University Alliance" has been initiated.
The school actively serves national and regional economic and social development. Undertook the translation, publication and promotion of "Xi Jinping on State Administration" (Volumes 1, 2, and 3) in five languages including Myanmar and Laos; "China-Myanmar Oil and Gas Pipelines and China's Energy Security" report, Southern Silk Road Economy Achievements such as the Great Corridor have risen to major national decisions. The "South China Sea Ancient Map Research" provides a physical basis for China's South China Sea sovereignty dispute; "Yangzonghai Arsenic Pollution Control", "Cross-border Ecological Security and International River Research", "Digital Yunnan" Research, Dianchi Lake Scientific research results such as "lakes—the core technology system for the treatment of non-point source pollution in the rural areas of the river basin" directly serve to solve major practical problems.
Facing the future, Yunnan University will continue to uphold the Yunda spirit of "Huize Hundreds of Experts and Make the Public the World", overcome difficulties, forge ahead, and continuously improve talent training, scientific research, social services, cultural inheritance and innovation, and international exchanges and cooperation capabilities. As soon as possible, it will be built into a comprehensive, international, and research-oriented world-class university based on the southwestern frontier of the motherland and facing South Asia and Southeast Asia.