The Introduction of Anyang Normal University
    Anyang Normal University is located in Anyang City, one of the eight ancient Chinese capitals. Anyang Normal University originated from Zhangdefu Normal Institute in 1908. She has gone through Normal School of Anyang County, Anyang Normal School of Pingyuan Province, and Anyang Normal School of Henan Province. In 1958, Anyang Normal Training School of Henan Province was established by the approval of the People’s Government of Henan Province. The State Council dispatched an official document in which it was named Anyang Normal Training School in 1978. On April 5, 2000, the school was upgraded to an undergraduate institution by the approval of the Ministry of Education.
    The university covers an area of 1,637 mu with a floor space of 600,000 square meters. She has various kinds of laboratories with advanced experiment equipments and complete instruments, the total value of which is 80 million yuan. The university library houses 1.78million books.
    The university possesses 1,258 staff workers, and it also engages over 96 experts and scholars as part-time professors from different universities and research institutes both home and abroad.
    The university is a comprehensive university with 8 branches of learning: literature, science, law, engineering, agriculture, history, education and administration. There are 12 schools, 7 departments, 2 teaching department, 1 teaching center, 1 college in the university, namely Literature School, Politics and Law School, History and Social Development School, Foreign Language School, Music School, Art School, Mathematic Science School, Computer and Information Project School, Chemical Industry School, Physical Education School, Resource Surroundings and Tourism School, Adult Education School; Pedagogy Department, Physical Education Department, Electronic Information Department, Education Technology Department, Industrial and Commercial Management Department, Civil Engineering Department, Economic and Trade Department; Teaching Department of Ideology and Political Theory, Teaching Department of Computer for Common learning; Five-year System Education Center and Humanity and Management College.
    Talent training is essential to the development of the University. Therefore, the University has focused on teaching quality which has been greatly improved. According to the comprehensive assessment of Chinese universities published in China Youth Daily, Anyang Normal University ranks the 147th among 487 universities in China. It is also one of the 123 fastest developed universities in China in 2007 .Its influence is becoming much stronger among universities of this field.
    There is an Oracle Bone Science and Shang Dynasty Cultural Research center, which is a leading humanity and sociology science research base assigned by Henan Province Education Office. There are also 20 research institutes such as Anyang Medical and Chemical Engineering Technology Research Center, Shang Dynasty Culture Research Institute and Dong Zuobin Oracle Bone Research Center. Three academic publications, Yindu Academic Periodic, Anyang Normal University Journal and Anyang Normal University newspaper, are published to public in the school.
    Academic exchanges with other schools and institutes are greatly developed and inter-university relationship has been established with more than 20 well-known universities in this country. In 2005, the China-Japan Oracle bone inscription calligraphy exhibition was held here in cooperation with External Friendship Association and Chinese Shang Dynasty Cultural Society. In 2006, the university undertook the mission of national popularizing Chinese language. Many famous specialists and scholars at home and abroad were invited to give lectures and 96 specialists were invited as part-time professors and 10 foreign scholars are teaching in the university.
    In recent years, the university has gained many a glorious titles, e.g. the civilized unit at provincial level, advanced collective in education quality year activity, advanced party committee of ordinary higher institution of Henan Province, five-excellent party organization of higher institutions of Henan Province, advanced unit of student management work, etc.


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