Inner Mongolia University

Historical evolution: Inner Mongolia University is located in Hohhot, the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and a famous historical and cultural city. It is more than 400 kilometers away from Beijing. It is the first comprehensive university established by the party and the state in ethnic minority areas after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The school was founded at a high starting point in 1957. The then Vice Premier of the State Council and Chairman of the Autonomous Region Ulanhu served as the first president (1956-1968). Yu Beichen, the former deputy director of the Comprehensive University Department of the Ministry of Higher Education, served as the vice president, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a well-known biologist, Mr. Li Jitong, a first-class professor of Peking University and a doctor of Yale University, came to the school to teach and served as the academic vice president. The party and the government selected a group of well-known academic leaders and academic backbones from more than a dozen well-known domestic universities such as Peking University to form a high-level faculty team at the beginning of the school’s establishment, bringing the long-established academic tradition and lofty university spirit of prestigious universities to serve the school. The follow-up development has laid a solid foundation for running a school and an excellent school spirit.

The school enrolled postgraduates in 1962. It was designated as a national key university in 1978. It was granted the right to grant doctorate degrees in 1984. It was approved as a key construction institution of the “211 Project” in 1997. In 2004, it became the People’s Government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the Ministry of Education. The university was jointly established by the provinces and the ministry. In 2012, it was selected as a university in the National "Middle and Western Universities to Enhance Comprehensive Strength Plan" ("One Province, One School"). In 2016, it became a first-class university construction support university in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In 2018, it became a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

[Institutions, Disciplines and Majors] The school is composed of the school headquarters, the School of Transportation, and the Manzhouli College. There is also an independent college-Entrepreneurship College. The school has 21 colleges.

The school's disciplines cover 11 university disciplines of philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, management, and art. It has 2 national key disciplines of Chinese minority language and literature, and zoology, ecology Study 1 national key cultivation discipline; there are 18 autonomous region key disciplines and 8 autonomous region key cultivation disciplines. There are 12 first-level disciplines authorized for doctoral degree, 1 second-level discipline authorized for doctoral degree, 23 first-level disciplines authorized for master's degree, and 2 second-level disciplines authorized for master's degree, 15 types of professional master degree authorization, 8 A post-doctoral research mobile station. Biology was selected as the national "double first-class" discipline, and biology, ecology, chemistry, ethnology, Chinese language and literature (Mongolian language and literature), and Chinese history were selected as the autonomous region's "double first-rate" construction discipline.

The school is a national-level college student innovative experimental plan school, an innovation and entrepreneurship training plan school approved by the Ministry of Education, and the first batch of demonstration colleges in the country to deepen the innovation and entrepreneurship education reform. There are now 95 undergraduate majors, 130 undergraduate teaching laboratories, and 97 teaching practice bases both inside and outside the school. There are 4 national-level basic scientific research and teaching talent training bases, 1 national university student cultural quality education base, 1 national western excellent basic-level legal talent training base, 1 national professional comprehensive reform pilot, and 2 national-level talent training models Innovative experimental area, 8 national characteristic majors, 16 national first-class undergraduate major construction sites, 2 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 2 national off-campus practice education bases for college students, 6 national quality courses, 3 national quality courses Resource sharing courses, 7 national quality video open courses, 2 national bilingual teaching demonstration courses, 1 brand-name course taught in English for studying in China, 1 national online first-class undergraduate course, 5 national offline first-class undergraduates Courses, 1 national-level first-class undergraduate course in social practice, and 4 national-level teaching teams. There are 2 national virtual simulation experimental teaching projects, 4 new engineering research and practice projects of the Ministry of Education, and 2 new agricultural research and reform practice projects of the Ministry of Education.

[Talent training] There are 27,300 students of various types in the school. Among them, there are 15,834 undergraduates, 812 doctoral students, 6741 postgraduates, 13744 undergraduates, 812 doctoral students, 6491 postgraduates, and 450 international students in China. Among the students in the school, ethnic minority students such as Mongolian, Daur, Ewenki, and Oroqen account for about 30%. Since the establishment of the school, a number of outstanding alumni such as Xurigan and Liu Yao, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Zhang Jie and Zhao Jincai, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have emerged.

[Teachers] There are 1,955 faculty members in the school. Among them, there are 1,286 teaching and research personnel, 276 professors, and 462 associate professors; there are 1125 teaching and research personnel in the school headquarters, accounting for 75.73% of doctoral degree holders, and 262 professors and 396 associate professors. 3 national-level teaching teachers, 1 national outstanding professional and technical talent, 1 distinguished professor and 1 chair professor in the "Changjiang Scholars Award Program" of the Ministry of Education, 1 winner of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, "Ten Thousand Talents Program" ”2 leading talents in philosophy and social sciences, 1 leading talent in scientific and technological innovation, 2 top-notch young talents support program, 9 national "Hundreds and Thousands of Talents Project", 11 talents in the New Century Excellent Talents Support Program of the Ministry of Education, the country has made outstanding contributions 13 young and middle-aged experts, 62 experts enjoying special government allowances from the State Council, 9 Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Outstanding Talent Award, 42 Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Outstanding Contribution Experts, 2 Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Outstanding Teachers, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Colleges and Universities Excellent Ideological and Political Theory Teachers 2 There are 144 candidates for the "Grassland Talents" project in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and 88 candidates for the "New Century 321 Talents Project" in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. One was selected as a key field innovation team in the Ministry of Science and Technology Innovation Talent Promotion Program, two research teams in the "Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Team Development Program" of the Ministry of Education, one national professional and technical talent advanced collective team, 14 science and technology innovation teams in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and a teaching team 26 and 22 innovation teams for the "Prairie Talents" project in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. There are 2 members of the State Council Discipline Appraisal Group, 3 members of the Science and Technology Committee of the Ministry of Education, 12 members of the Teaching Steering Committee of Higher Schools of the Ministry of Education, and 1 member of the National University Health Education Teaching Steering Committee.

[Scientific research] The school currently has one State Key Laboratory of Grassland Animal Reproductive Regulation and Breeding jointly established by the province and the ministry, and one Mongolian Intelligent Information Processing Technology National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center. The other is in Mongolian Studies, Ethnology, Biology, There are 13 key research platforms (10 in science and engineering, 3 in humanities and social sciences) in the fields of ecology, chemistry and other disciplines. There are 42 key laboratories in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Engineering Technology Research Center, and Humanities and Social Sciences Key Research Bases (32 for science and engineering and 10 for humanities and social sciences). Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a total of 546 national and ministries scientific research projects in science and engineering have been completed, and 606 newly approved projects have been approved. They have presided over or undertook the national key research and development plan, the national science and technology major project, the national science and technology support plan and other major national key natural science projects. 68 items. Completed 805 scientific research projects in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and obtained 867 new approvals. Won 1 second prize of the National Technical Invention Award, 35 natural science awards and scientific and technological progress awards of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region; 1222 approved humanities and social science projects, including 17 major projects of the National Social Science Fund, 14 key projects, education The Ministry of Humanities and Social Sciences has 3 major research projects and 1 major commissioned project. Won 5 outstanding achievements in scientific research awards (humanities and social sciences) from the Ministry of Education (including 3 second prizes and 2 third prizes), and 286 outstanding achievements in philosophy and social sciences government awards of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (including first prizes) 17 items), one third prize for national united front theoretical and policy research innovation achievements, one third prize for outstanding achievements in the 4th national ethnic research, and two second prizes for national civil policy theory research. The school's chemistry, engineering, and environment/ecology are among the top 1% of ESI in the world. Based on the results of WOS statistics, the international influence of the school's academic achievements in 2020 will increase to 8.57 times that of 2012.

[Social Services] The school's ability to serve local development has been significantly improved, in modern agriculture and animal husbandry, ecological environment construction, innovation and breeding of grassland livestock germplasm resources, energy and new materials, utilization of mineral resources, biomedicine, food safety, and a new generation of information technology , A number of results have been achieved in the fields of integrated development of cultural tourism industry, strategic decision-making and consulting, and have produced important economic, social and ecological benefits. Build a "grassland livestock germplasm innovation and breeding base", comprehensively promote the research and development of cattle and sheep innovative seed production technology, and improve the autonomous region's grassland livestock germplasm resources protection, innovative utilization and improved breed breeding capabilities; realize the cattle and sheep breeding biotechnology system and intelligent animal husbandry The improvement and industrial application of the service technology system, the establishment of a new ecological breeding model of cattle, sheep and camels, the development of research and pilot promotion and demonstration of the beef cattle industry model combined with the meat and milk industry, and cooperation with local superior enterprises to carry out beef cattle purification and rejuvenation and dairy sheep breeds Breeding work; completed the general survey and distribution map of soil minerals and sheep nutrition of 900 million mu of natural grassland, innovated big data on grassland nutrition, explored the establishment of a "healthy pasture" technology certification system; integrated grassland adaptive grazing utilization technology, comprehensive improvement of degraded grassland To carry out the construction of a comprehensive demonstration area for ecological animal husbandry of modern family pastures and to carry out the construction of a comprehensive demonstration area for the ecological animal husbandry of modern family pastures; to promote the comprehensive management of water ecology of "one lake and two seas" in Inner Mongolia, and to propose ecological restoration, water resources regulation and ecosystems of degraded rivers and lakes in northern China Multi-functional maintenance plan and countermeasures; relying on the national science and technology support plan project, research and solve the common key technologies in the potato industry; on the basis of traditional Mongolian medicine, use modern pharmacy technology to develop innovative Mongolian medicine; address the key technical issues of purification and separation of raw ore impurities and minerals Developed a series of patented technologies for deep processing of bentonite; developed key catalysts and core technologies for the production of isobutanol from syngas for the clean utilization of coal resources; leveraged disciplinary advantages to develop strategic emerging photovoltaic industries, build photovoltaic towns and modern agriculture for the autonomous region Animal husbandry integration demonstration base provides important technical support; developed the first domestic Mongolian speech recognition and speech synthesis system, AI Mongolian intelligent platform, Mongolian OCR system that supports multiple fonts, Mongolian-Chinese machine translation system, Mongolian and Siri Mongolian interconversion system, Mongolian handwriting recognition system, etc.; take advantage of humanities such as ethnology, strengthen the construction of scientific research platforms such as the Chinese National Community Research Center, and provide theoretical support for strengthening the Chinese national community awareness and doing national work in the new era ; Participate in the customization of the cultural tourism industry standards of the autonomous region, and provide intellectual support for the development of the cultural tourism industry of the autonomous region. In recent years, the school has focused on serving the “Belt and Road” initiative and the construction of the “China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor” and established the “Mongolia Research Center” and the “China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Research Institute”, and jointly established the “Neidai Think Tank” with the General Office of the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region. In 2017, the school was selected as the governing unit of the “Belt and Road” think tank cooperation alliance, and the Mongolian Studies Center and the Mongolian Research Center were successively selected as the source think tanks of the China Think Tank Index (CTTI).

[International Exchange and Cooperation] The school has established exchanges and cooperation with 106 universities and scientific research institutions abroad (overseas), and the international cooperation and exchanges between teachers and students have been expanding and deepening. In cooperation with Arizona State University in the United States, the Inner Mongolia Research Center for Sino-US Ecology, Energy and Sustainability Sciences has been established; in cooperation with Aichi University in Japan, the Sino-Japanese Joint GIS Application and Regional Economic Industry Research Center has been established; in cooperation with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom British Enterprise Digital Laboratory. The school has the Mongolian Studies Center, the Russian Language and Culture Center, the Canadian Studies Center, the Japanese Studies Center, the Australian Studies Center, the American Studies Center, the Hohhot Sino-Japanese Exchange Window, and the Confucius Institute is established in cooperation with the Kalmyk State University in Russia. The school is the first batch of national demonstration bases for studying in China approved by the Ministry of Education, the Chinese preparatory education base for Mongolian students in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and the new Chinese proficiency test site for international students from Hanban in China. It accepts Chinese government scholarships, international Chinese teacher scholarships and Inner Mongolia Autonomous region government scholarship for international students in colleges and universities in China. The school has an international education college, which annually accepts Mongolia, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Laos, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, India, Pakistan, Ukraine, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, and Spain from the four continents of Asia, Europe, the United States and Africa. Nearly 700 students from 26 countries including Nigeria, Rwanda, Togo, etc. came to China.

[School conditions] The school covers an area of 4,058,18 acres, with a construction area of 884,200 square meters, and the total value of teaching and research equipment is 1.216 billion yuan. Among them, the school headquarters covers an area of 2,108.18 mu, with a construction area of 738,900 square meters, and the total value of teaching and research equipment is 1.156 billion yuan. The library is a B-level member library of the Mongolian Literature Information Center for Ethnic Subjects of the Ministry of Education, a Science and Technology Novelty Search Station of the Ministry of Education, a National Patent Document Service Network and a CALIS (China Higher Education Document Security System) joint catalog project, a provincial central library, and a Chinese university One of the 16 sponsors of the Institutional Repository Alliance (CHAIR), the school has 3.5266 million copies of printed documents (3.1172 million copies of the school headquarters), 109 Chinese and foreign language databases, 747,800 electronic books, and 76,100 full-text electronic journals. The campus network covers the entire school's teaching, research, office and life services. The campus network center is the main node of China Education and Research Computer Network (CERNET) and Next Generation Internet (CNGI-CERNET2) in Inner Mongolia.

[School goals] The school adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping’s thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, earnestly implements General Secretary Jinping’s important instructions to Inner Mongolia and inspects the spirit of the important speech of Inner Mongolia University, fully implements the party’s educational policy, and implements the fundamentals of morality The mission, adhering to the school motto of "seeking truth and being pragmatic", carrying forward the spirit of "advocating true knowledge and pursuing excellence", rooted in the frontier, facing the whole country, looking at the world, speeding up the construction of "double first-class" and "co-construction of ministries and regions", and run it well First-class universities with distinctive characteristics make greater contributions to promoting the high-quality development of the country and local economy and society!