2. Introduction of Xinjiang Institute of Technology Over the past 60 years, the school has inherited the red gene of the people's army's loyalty and dedication, condensed into the spirit of "hard work, selfless dedication, seeking truth and being pragmatic, and carrying forward with heavy burdens", and formed the school motto of "unity of knowing and doing, pursuit of Excellence". With the goal of building a first-class application-oriented university in Xinjiang, the Party Committee of the school put forward the development strategy of "seizing five opportunities, enhancing five competitiveness, carrying forward five spirits, doing five services well and achieving three five-year goals" according to the working ideas of "maintaining stability, seeking development, welcoming evaluation, promoting transformation, improving quality and creating first-class".
The school covers an area of 2032 mu, and its main campus is located in Urumqi's rapidly developing national economic development zone. The school adheres to the idea of integration of production and education, interaction between schools and places, and cooperation between schools and enterprises. Relying on the location advantages of being located in national economic and technological development zones and the resource advantages of well-known enterprises at home and abroad, we will strive to cultivate high-quality applied talents and continuously improve the ability and level of serving regional and local economic development.
The school has 14 secondary colleges (departments); 34 undergraduate majors; There are 19 experimental centers, 145 laboratories and 2 engineering training centers.
There are more than 900 teaching and administrative staff in the school, including nearly 600 full-time teachers, 32% of teachers with sub-high school or above, and 70% of teachers with master's and doctoral degrees. At present, the autonomous region has nearly 40 high-level talents such as government experts, second-level professors, "Tianshan scholars" and "Tianshan talents", and there are 8 "Tianshan scholars" teams.
Schools continue to strengthen the construction of professional connotation. At present, there are/kloc-0 majors in "excellent engineer education and training plan" of the Ministry of Education, 2 first-batch "new engineering" research and practice projects of the Ministry of Education, 2 key majors in autonomous regions, 6 majors with shortage of talents in key industries in autonomous regions and 4 specialties in autonomous regions. There are three key laboratories in the autonomous region.
The school actively adapts to the development needs of local economy, society and industrial enterprises, and constantly strengthens scientific research infrastructure and research work. The school has Xinjiang unconventional energy development collaborative innovation center, geothermal research and development center and energy refined management technology research center and other key scientific research platforms. Undertake more than 70 scientific research projects/kloc-0 at various levels such as the state and autonomous regions. He has published more than 1 100 academic papers and granted patents 18 1. Won more than one teaching achievement award and scientific and technological progress award 10 in the autonomous region and municipal level. There are 9 prizes for outstanding papers in natural sciences in the autonomous region and 2 prizes for outstanding achievements in philosophy and social sciences in the autonomous region.
The school has nearly 15000 full-time students. The school attaches great importance to the construction of school spirit and style of study, quality education and the cultivation of students' innovative ability. Students have won more than 100 times in national competitions such as "Invention Cup" and "Challenge Cup", and the mechanical design innovation team has won the "Xiaoping Science and Technology Innovation Team" of national college students, which is the only university in the autonomous region to win this honor. The employment rate of school graduates has remained above 94% for many years, and won the honorary title of "National Advanced Collective for Employment of College Graduates".
Over the past 60 years, the school has trained more than 60,000 talents of all kinds for the country and society, and most of them have grown into scientific and technological elites, management backbones and leading figures in modernization and industry development, making positive contributions to social stability and economic development in Xinjiang and winning wide acclaim from all walks of life.
The demand of the country, the trend of the industry, the horn of "engineering innovation" has sounded, and the era of "new engineering" has arrived. Looking forward to the future, Xinjiang Institute of Technology will take "running an applied university well" and "cultivating applied talents" as the main line, adhere to the leadership of the Party, adhere to the fundamental task of moral education, focus on the overall goal, gather knowledge and gather strength, and work hard to build a first-class applied university in Xinjiang!
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