Hangzhou Normal University
| 杭州师范大学 | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1908 |
| President | Dr. Gaoxiang Ye (叶高翔) |
| Location | Hangzhou, People's Republic of China |
| Website | http://www.hznu.edu.cn/ |
Hangzhou Normal University (simplified Chinese: ); traditional Chinese: 杭州師範大學; pinyin: Hángzhōu Shīfàn Dàxué), or Hangzhou Teachers College, is a public university located in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, China. It is a comprehensive university with an excellence in teacher training and professional development.
Having merged with Hangzhou Education College and Hangzhou Medical Junior College, HNU comprises nine campuses with a combined area of 513,590 m².
HNU has nearly 12,000 full-time students, 9,000 of whom are undergraduates. Of over 1,000 teachers, over 100 have a doctorate degree or are Ph.D. candidates, and 283 have a master's degree. There are nearly 490 professors (researchers) and associate professors (associate researchers).
In 1905, the governor of Zhejiang Province founded a teaching school, aimed at training teachers for high schools and primary schools for the entire province. In 1908, the school was named as Zhejiang Official Secondary Normal School (浙江官立两级师范学堂) and located in the original address of Zhejiang Gongyuan (浙江贡院). Shen Junru was appointed as supervisor in 1909.
In 1912, under the guidance of the Education Department of the Republic of China, the school became one of the six well-known higher teacher education schools at that time. It issued its own publications, such as "Baiyang" (白阳) and "Zhejiang Trendy" (浙江新潮), and set up clubs, such as Music Rock Club (乐石社), Lakeside Poetry Club (湖畔诗社), and Mingyuan Club (明远学社). Educationist Jing Hengyi (经亨颐) was the Principal then; famous masters such as Li Shutong (李叔同) and Lu Xun (鲁迅) once taught there; Feng Zikai (丰子恺), Qian Xuesen (钱学森), and Pan Tianshou (潘天寿) once studied in this school.
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