Two. Brief Introduction of Science and Technology College of Gannan Normal University
Gannan Normal University is located in Ganzhou, a national historical and cultural city on the Beijing-Kowloon line in the south of Jiangxi Province. Founded in June 1958, the school is the only provincial-level normal college in the marginal areas of Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and Hunan provinces with the right to award master's degrees. Over the past 50 years, the school has sent more than 60,000 qualified graduates to the country.
In 2007, the school passed the evaluation of undergraduate teaching level of the Ministry of Education with "excellent" results, and the evaluation expert group of the Ministry of Education praised the school as "an undergraduate normal college with distinctive school-running characteristics and good development prospects, which is in the forefront of similar local normal colleges in teaching quality and school-running strength".
The school has a complete range of disciplines, covering eight disciplines such as law, economics, history, literature, science, engineering, teaching and management, forming a school-running pattern in which normal education and arts and sciences develop simultaneously and harmoniously. The school has 14 teaching colleges, including the College of Literature and Journalism, the College of Political Science and Law, the College of History, Culture and Tourism, the College of Foreign Languages, the College of Music, the College of Fine Arts, the College of Mathematics and Computer, the College of Physics and Electronic Information, the College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, the College of Physical Education, the College of Business, the College of Educational Sciences, the College of Continuing Education and the College of Higher Vocational Education. At present, there are 50 undergraduate majors, among which the history major has been approved as a national university specialty, and the majors of chemistry, mathematics and applied mathematics, physical education, Chinese language and literature, musicology, etc. 14 have been rated as brand majors in Jiangxi universities, and four majors of art, physical education, physics and educational technology have been rated as characteristic majors in Jiangxi universities. Eight provincial key disciplines such as professional history, organic chemistry, basic mathematics, physical education and training; Professional history, organic chemistry, physical education and training, curriculum and teaching theory, etc. 16. At present, there are more than 2 1000 full-time students and more than 5,300 adult students, and students from Korea, Thailand, Ukraine and other countries are enrolled in 29 provinces and cities. The school has complete modern teaching facilities and rich books and materials. The campus covers an area of 2 100 mu, the school building area is more than 700,000 square meters, the total value of teaching and research instruments and equipment is nearly 65.438+0.2 billion yuan, the library has more than 65.438+0.77 million books, more than 400,000 e-books and 65.438+05 literature databases. There are a large number of advanced teaching facilities. Modern educational technologies such as campus network, computer and multimedia have been widely used in education and teaching practice and management.
The school has a team of high-quality teachers. There are more than 250 faculty members/kloc-0, including more than 400 senior professional and technical personnel; More than 500 teachers with doctoral and master's degrees; Selected into the national "New Century Million Talents Project", the Ministry of Education's "New Century Million Talents Plan" and Jiangxi Province's "New Century Million Talents Project" 15 people; 9 experts who enjoy special allowances from the State Council and the provincial government; It has trained 56 academic and technical leaders of major disciplines in Jiangxi Province, young scientists in Jiangxi Province (the star of Beijing-Hong Kong), famous teachers in Jiangxi Province, young and middle-aged academic leaders and young and middle-aged backbone teachers in Jiangxi Province. The school has hired a group of well-known experts at home and abroad as honorary professors or part-time professors, and hired a number of foreign teachers from the United States, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Ukraine and other countries.
The school has a strong academic atmosphere and high academic research level. The school has undertaken more than 630 national, provincial and ministerial scientific research projects, including the National 863 Program, the National Science and Technology Support Program, the National Innovation Fund for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, the National Natural Science Fund, the National Social Science Fund and the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project of the Ministry of Education. At present, there are five provincial key laboratories, namely Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Organic Medicinal Chemistry, Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Numerical Simulation and Simulation Technology, Jiangxi Research Center of Magnesium Alloy Materials Engineering Technology, Jiangxi Research Center of Navel Orange Engineering Technology and Jiangxi University Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry. There are two key research bases of humanities and social sciences in Jiangxi universities, namely, Hakka Research Center and Central Soviet Area Research Center, and 25 university-level scientific research institutions, including Education Development Research Center, Marginal Area Development Research Center and Campus Culture Research Center. It has formed remarkable research characteristics in Hakka studies, the history of the Central Soviet Area, organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, rare earth metal material chemistry, campus culture, ancient literature and other fields, and has exerted great influence at home and abroad. Journal of Gannan Normal University, edited and published by the school, has been rated as a national excellent social science journal for many times.
The school insists on serving the society, actively adapts to the needs of local basic education and economic and social development, and actively carries out after-service education and training while cultivating high-quality basic education teachers and various senior professionals. Has obtained the qualification of postgraduate study in colleges and universities, and successfully applied for the right to train master of education in China; At present, there are training institutions such as "Jiangxi Primary and Secondary School Principals Training Base (Ganzhou)", "Jiangxi Primary and Secondary School Teachers Training Base (Ganzhou)" and "Ganzhou SME Senior Management Training Center".
The school insists on winning by quality, actively promotes teaching reform and innovation of personnel training mode, and constantly improves the education and teaching system of "classroom teaching-campus culture-social practice". Students' basic theory is solid, and their basic skills and comprehensive quality are constantly improving. Over the past three years, more than 3,600 students have participated in various competitions at or above the provincial level, and groups have won prizes. Among them, 1 16 people have won the first prize in national competitions such as the National Mathematical Modeling Competition for College Students, the National Dance Competition for College Students, and the National Art Exhibition for College Students. In 2008, the first basic skills competition for normal students (undergraduate level) in Jiangxi Province, the school team won the first place in calligraphy, speech, courseware making and group total score. In recent years, graduates are very popular not only in Jiangxi, but also in the developed coastal areas such as the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta.
The school spirit is pure and the environment is beautiful, forming an excellent school spirit of "respecting morality, seeking knowledge, being realistic and innovative". It has been awarded the honorary titles of National Civilized Unit, National Model Greening Unit, National Advanced Unit of College Students' Mental Health Education, National Advanced Unit of National Fitness Activities, National May 4th Red Flag Youth League Committee, Jiangxi Civilized Unit of School Spirit Construction, Jiangxi First Safe and Civilized Campus, Jiangxi Garden Unit, etc. At present, the whole school takes studying and implementing the spirit of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China as the driving force and Scientific Outlook on Development as the guide, vigorously promotes the unique "spirit" of Jiangxi teachers, and fully implements the four strategies of "building a school with brand, strengthening the school with talents and managing the school scientifically", and makes unremitting efforts to build the school into a normal university with high quality, distinctive features, harmonious campus and high reputation both inside and outside the province!