Yichun University

Introduction

Yichun University (YU) was set up in Yichun City of Jiangxi Province, where Cofucianism has been prosperous long and academy of classical learning had stood in great numbers in Tang and Song Dynasties. YU provides mostly undergraduate education, and keeps improving its administration and increasing economic efficiency in order to set up a new university with distinctive characteristics.

The new school covers 1,250 square metres, which is constructed by high standard. After 4 years’ construction, a modern garden-like campus appears in Jiangxi. It is located at the foot of a mountain and alongside a river. Now, there are more than 19,779 full-time registered and adult students, and1,000 staff members, 633 of whom are teachers (including 233 full or associate professor, 10 specialists entitled to State Funds and 17 Provincial Subject Leaders or Backbone Teachers ).

YU is made up of 11 faculties. They are School of Humanities, School of Science, School of Engineering, School of Agriculture, School of Medicine, School of Business and Law, School of Foreign Languages Studies, School of Physical Education, School of Art, School of Adult Education, and School of Vocational and Technical Education.