Xiangfan University is a national second-class multi-disciplinary public university. The college is located in Xiangfan, a famous historical and cultural city in China, the second largest city in Hubei Province and one of the three major tourist cities in Hubei Province. The college is located in Gulong, a national scenic spot-Zhuge Liang's former residence. Elegant environment, pleasant scenery and profound cultural heritage are ideal places for students to study and further their studies. Xiangfan College currently covers an area of 898,000 square meters, with a building area of 377,000 square meters and a library of more than 800,000 books. At present, there are nearly 1 1470 full-time students and college students. The college has staff 1306, including 7 19 full-time teachers; There are 2 17 teachers with the titles of professors and associate professors, and more than 200 teachers with doctoral and master's degrees. Xiangfan College now offers: ideological and political education, educational technology, sports, radio and television journalism, Chinese language and literature, English, musicology, fine arts, mathematics and applied mathematics, physics, chemistry, geography, mechanical design and manufacturing and its automation, automation, electronic information science and technology, computer science and technology, chemical engineering and technology, international economy and trade, art design, civil engineering and tourism management. Information and computing science, music performance, industrial engineering, preschool education, electronic information engineering, project management, marketing, Japanese, science education, 32 undergraduate majors, construction engineering technology, applied English, mechatronics technology, biotechnology and application, and industrial and commercial enterprise management, which belong to 8 disciplines including education, literature, history, science, engineering, economy, law and management. Xiangfan College pays attention to quality education and adheres to the school-running tenet of "all for students, all for students, all for students". In 2004, 12 students won the first prize in national competitions such as national english contest for college students, 55 students won other prizes in national competitions and 34 students won important prizes in provincial competitions. In 2004, the initial employment rate of graduates reached 96. 19%, ranking the fourth in the province, and the employment coverage radiated across the country. Xiangfan College has hired foreign teachers to teach and give lectures all the year round, signed a joint school agreement with new york Institute of Technology in the United States, and sent international students to Yi 'an Institute of Technology and Kostroma National University of Science and Technology in Russia all the year round. Development goal of Xiangfan College: Through three to five years' efforts, Xiangfan College will be built into a comprehensive university with a scale of10.5 million students, which will cultivate high-quality senior talents for social development and economic construction and have certain influence among similar universities in China. Xiangfan College Address: No.7 Longzhong Road, Xiangfan City, Hubei Province Postal Code: 44 1053 Tel: 07/KLOC-0-3590904 Fax: 07 10-359 1655 Website: E-mail :hbxfuzjc@vip.sina.com.