Kunming University, referred to as "Kunming College", located in Kunming, Yunnan Province, is a full-time ordinary institution of higher learning approved by the Ministry of Education. It has been selected into the first batch of "three-round education" comprehensive reform pilot universities, Yunnan province application-oriented overall transformation pilot universities, and Yunnan province application-oriented talent training demonstration universities. It is the chairman of Yunnan Applied University Alliance, a member of the National Alliance of Newly-built Undergraduate Colleges, the National Alliance of Local Colleges' Teacher Education and the Yunnan Provincial Alliance of College Teachers Education. The school's predecessor was Kunming Teachers College, which was established in May 1980, and Kunming College was established in March 1984. Approved by the Ministry of Education, Kunming College was merged from Kunming Normal University and Kunming University in May 2004. In July 2009, Kunming Agricultural School and Kunming Health School merged into Kunming College. As of September, 20021year, the college has a total area of 2,439.18 mu, including Yangpu main campus area of 18 17.73 mu, off-campus practice base of 62 1.45 mu, and total assets of teaching and scientific research instruments and equipment of 340/kloc. There are 20 teaching units and 65 undergraduate majors; Teaching staff 1565, including full-time teachers 1 135. [18] The total number of full-time students is 235 12, including 22,078 undergraduates.