The Fujian Provincial Department of Education issued the "Public Notice on the Matters to be Declared for the Establishment of the First Batch of Ordinary Colleges and Universities in 2023", and it is planned to declare to the Ministry of Education that Fujian Institute of Engineering will be renamed Fujian University of Engineering.
Fujian Institute of Technology began to apply for renaming on 20 19. 2065438+In September 2009, entrusted by Fujian Provincial Department of Education, the expert group of Fujian Provincial Higher Education Establishment Review Committee went to Fujian Institute of Technology for field investigation, and declared its name changed to Fujian Institute of Technology.
The expert group believes that Fujian Institute of Technology has distinctive school-running characteristics and a high school-running level. The application of Fujian Institute of Technology to change its name to Fujian Institute of Technology is the need to further improve the level of running a school and build a high-level application-oriented university with industry-oriented, integration of science and engineering and coordinated development of multiple disciplines. Fujian Institute of Engineering successfully passed the examination and evaluation of the application for "Renaming University" by the Accreditation Committee of Fujian Higher Education Institutions.
According to the first batch of basic information forms of colleges and universities to be declared in 2023, Fujian Institute of Technology applied to set up a school named "Fujian Institute of Technology", located in Fuzhou, with 20,945 full-time students, a campus area of 20 12.4 mu, a construction area of 695,800 square meters, and teaching instruments and equipment worth 496.258 million yuan. There are 2,306,200 books and 65,438 full-time teachers.
Brief introduction of Fujian Institute of Technology:
Fujian Institute of Technology is located in Fuzhou, a famous historical and cultural city. 1896 was founded by Yu, Sun Baoyu, Lin Shu, a famous Fujian scholar, and Chen, the last emperor, creating a precedent for modern new education in Fuzhou.
1907, started engineering education, offering two courses: railway and telegraph. Before liberation, he was a prestigious "Fujian Senior Engineer". 1953 was divided into Fujian electromechanical school and Fujian Institute of Civil Engineering. In 20 13, it was approved as a master's degree authorized unit and added as a key construction university in Fujian province. In 20 18, it was selected as a demonstration application-oriented undergraduate university in Fujian Province, a doctoral degree awarding and training unit in Fujian Province, and a first-class discipline construction university in Fujian Province. 202 1 A new round of doctoral degree awarding training units in Fujian Province was approved.
In the past 2022, Fujian Institute of Technology's civil engineering, materials science and engineering, and transportation engineering were listed as doctoral programs in Fujian Province and selected as first-class applied disciplines in Fujian Province. Engineering discipline ranks before the global ranking of ESI discipline 1%. The National Natural Science Foundation approved the project 12, with a direct subsidy of 4.57 million yuan, a record high; Four projects were funded by the National Social Science Fund, and the number of projects reached a record high. 12 achievements won provincial science and technology awards, including 2 first prizes.
In June 5438 +2023 10, Professor Chen, Dean of the School of Communications of Fujian Institute of Technology, was elected as a foreign academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.