Tibet University for Nationalities, located in Xianyang, an ancient capital on the Weihe River, is the first batch of institutions approved by the State Council to confer bachelor's degrees. It is a university founded by the People's Government of Xizang Autonomous Region and the State Committee for Ethnic and Religious Affairs. The first phase of the basic capacity building project of universities in the central and western regions was selected as universities, and East China Normal University provided counterpart support to universities.
This school is the first institution of higher learning established by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in China for Tibet after the peaceful liberation of Tibet. Its predecessor was 1957, the "Tibet public school" established by the central government, and 1958 opened in September. On April 30th, 1965, it was renamed "Tibet Institute for Nationalities" with the approval of the State Council. On April 28th, 20 15, it was renamed "Tibet University for Nationalities" with the approval of the Ministry of Education.
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195 1 year, Tibet was peacefully liberated. After peaceful liberation, Tibet urgently needs a large number of ethnic minority cadres with a certain cultural foundation. 1956 after the founding of preparatory committee for the tibet autonomous region, the upper reactionary groups in Tibet strongly opposed the reform of the social system in Tibet. According to the reality of the struggle in Tibet, in order to preserve the basic strength, train ethnic cadres and prepare for future democratic reforms.
1957 In March, according to the instructions of Premier Zhou Enlai, Comrade Deng Xiaoping presided over a meeting of the Central Secretariat. According to the situation in Tibet at that time, the meeting decided that Tibet should be run by the mainland. According to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's decision, the Tibet Working Committee began to build Tibetan public schools in June of the same year. In September, the school was officially named "Tibet Public School". In June+10, 5438, the central government approved the relocation of the former Northwest Institute of Technology in Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province to Tibet as the campus of Tibet Public School.
1958 65438+ 10, with the approval of the central government, Comrade Zhang Guohua, deputy secretary of the Tibet Working Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, concurrently served as the president of Tibet Public School. On September 15, Tibet Public College held a grand opening ceremony in Xianyang (the former site of Northwest Institute of Technology). At that time, * * * had 34 students15 and 7 faculty members16.
1In September, 959, Tibet Public College opened a specialized course in Tibetan language, which was the earliest specialized course in Tibetan history and marked the beginning of higher education in Tibet. From 65438 to 0960, Tibet won a great victory in democratic reform, and Tibet entered a historical period of transition to socialism. In order to adapt to the new situation of revolution and construction in Tibet, while continuing to train political cadres, public schools have begun to train professional and technical personnel urgently needed in Tibet.
On the basis of offering Tibetan language courses, teachers' training, health, agriculture, animal husbandry and veterinary medicine, accounting, post and telecommunications and other majors have been set up successively. A large number of ethnic cadres with professional knowledge have been sent to Tibet, filling the gap in the lack of professional and technical personnel among Tibetan ethnic cadres. 1963 10, public schools set up special departments, and the direction of running schools gradually developed to professional education and comprehensive colleges. On July 1965 and 1 day, with the approval of the State Council, Tibetan public schools were renamed Tibet Institute for Nationalities. Comrade Guo Moruo inscribed the name of the college.
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