吉首大学 | |||||||
Motto | 以人名校,以业报国 | ||||||
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Type | Public university | ||||||
Established | 1958 | ||||||
President | Liao Zhikun (廖志坤) | ||||||
Academic staff | 1,000 (2019) [1] | ||||||
Students | 30,000 (2019) [1] | ||||||
Location | Jishou and Zhangjiajie , Hunan , China 28°17′15″N 109°43′19″E / 28.287414°N 109.721872°E | ||||||
Campus | Urban | ||||||
Website |
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Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 吉首大学 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 吉首大學 | ||||||
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Jishou University ( Chinese: 吉首大学; sometimes abbreviated as JSU) is a university located in Jishou, Hunan, China. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The university consists of 23 colleges, with 71 specialties for undergraduates, 2 specialties for the second bachelor's degree. At present, the university has 15 provincial engineering research centres and 4 provincial key laboratories.
Jishou University was formed in April 1958 by the CPC Government of the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture and was initially called "Jishou College".
In August 1978, Hunan Medical University and Xiangtan University, Xiangxi merged into the university.
In August 2000, Jishou Health College merged into the university.
In October 2002, Wuling College merged into the university.
Jishou University Library's total collection amounts to more than 2.3 million items.
The Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the " Shanghai Ranking", placed the university 294th in China. [7] The university ranked # 1840 in the world out of nearly 30,000 universities worldwide by the University Rankings by Academic Performance 2023–2024. [8]