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Jinggangshan University

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Jinggangshan University
井冈山大学
File:Logo of jgsu.jpg
Motto精神的教育
Motto in English
spirit of education
TypePublic
Established1958
President张泰城 (Zhāng tài chéng)
Academic staff
974
Students27,000
Location
Ji'an
,
Jiangxi
,
 People's Republic of China
CampusUrban, 421 acre
Websitewww.jgsu.edu.cn Template:Zh icon
www.jgsu.edu.cn/english Template:En icon

Jinggangshan University (Chinese: 井冈山大学; pinyin: Jǐnggāngshān Dàxué) is located at the Ji'an city of Jiangxi province in China. Ji'an is located in the foot of Jinggangshan Mountains.

The university has approximately 27,000 students and about 200 foreign students.

History

Jinggangshan University was established in 1958 in the Jinggangshan Mountains.Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong and his colleagues established the first rural base of the revolution in the Jinggangshan Mountains in 1927.[1] It was closed due to poor national economy of China in 1963. It was closed five years later when China faced economic difficulties. In 1978, to initiate the Jinggangshan University, Branch of Jiangxi Normal University and Jiangxi Medical University in Jinggangshan was joint together. In the April 1982, and the March 1993, they were renamed respectively 'Jinggangshan Teacher College' and 'Jinggangshan Medical School". In the March 2000, approved by the Education Ministry of China, Jinggangshan Teacher College was renamed as Jinggangshan University after merging with Ji'an Educational Institute. In the July 2003, approved by the Education Ministry of People's Republic of China, Jinggangshan Normal University was renamed as Jinggangshan University by joining with Jinggangshan Medicine College and Jinggangshan Vocational Technical College.

2007 re-opening

China's education authorities have re-established Jinggangshan University in the area known as the cradle of Chinese revolution[2] 44 years after it was closed. The Ministry of Education and the provincial government of Jiangxi have signed an agreement to provide more support for Jinggangshan University.

Introduction

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Jinggangshan University Lake

Teachers & Students

The university of 27,000 students and 974 teaching staff was upgraded from the former Jinggangshan College and the campus covers 170 hectares.[3]

University Library

The library has electronic periodicals in Chinese or foreign languages and other net services such as foreign language database, diskette database, on-line database with a total storage of 1,030,000 volumes of books .

University Journal

The university publishes its own academic monthly journal, The Journal of Jinggangshan University, including philosophy & social science, and nature science editions. The university also has modern language labs and computer centers. There are altogether 194 practice bases including humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, modern engineering, technological sciences, education and medicine sciences.

Invention

A new type of inorganic–organic hybrid materials – zirconium oligo-styrenyl phosphonate hydrogen phosphate (ZSPP) is discovered in the Chemistry & Chemical Engineering department of Jinggangshan University. In this invention there is contribution of Xiangkai Fu (Jinggangshan University), Jingrong Chen (Nanjing University) & Liyang Yin (Southwest University).[4]

Major scientific fraud

On 19 December 2009, Acta Crystallographica Section E published an online editorial[5] announcing the retraction of 70 papers from two groups of Jinggangshan University, led by Dr. H. Zhong and Professor T. Liu. The corresponding authors for the papers, Zhong Hua and Liu Tao, have been fired by the University.[6]

Departments

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In Front of IT Building of Jinggangshan University
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Music Building of Jinggangshan University

14 departments are in this University:

  • Politics and Law
  • IT
  • Arts
  • Commerce
  • Maths and Physics
  • Medicine
  • Industry
  • Chemistry and Chemical Industry
  • Life & Science
  • Nurse
  • Art and Music
  • Physical

Medical School

Graduation Batch of International Students, 2012

This university includes Jinggangshan University Medical School (Chinese: 井冈山大学医学院; pinyin: jǐng gāng shān dàxué yīxuéyuàn). There is an affiliated hospital with 522 sick beds and 35 medical departments and sections. The affiliated hospital is "Jinggangshan University Affiliated Hospital".

Recognition

This medical school is listed by Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER).[7] It is also listed in the AVICENNA Directory for medicine.[8]

See also: List of medical schools in China

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mao Zedong and his colleagues establishment of rural base of revolution". Manta. 2007-10-29.
  2. ^ "cradle of chinese revolution". People's Daily. 2007-10-30.
  3. ^ "University re-established in cradle of Chinese revolution". People's Daily. 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
  4. ^ "Grafting polyethylene glycols molybdenum(VI) complexes on ZSPP and their catalytic epoxidation of cyclohexene". Science Direct. 2008-07-25.
  5. ^ "editorial". Acta Crystallographica Section E. 2009-12-19.
  6. ^ Nature 463, 142-143 (2010)
  7. ^ http://www.gfmer.ch/Medical_search/Countries/China.htm
  8. ^ http://avicennadb.ku.dk/avicenna/viewSchool.php?school=M01865&type

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