兰州大学 | |
Motto | 自强不息 独树一帜 |
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Motto in English
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Constantly Improving, Blazing Our Own Path |
Type | national key university of P.R.China Project 985 & Project 211 |
Established | 1909 |
President | Wang Cheng 王乘 |
Academic staff
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1,758 |
Administrative staff
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2,444 |
Undergraduates | 19,756 |
Postgraduates | 6,921 |
Location | Lanzhou, Gansu, People's Republic of China |
Colors | Blue Black |
Nickname | 兰大 LanDa |
Website | http://www.lzu.edu.cn |
Coordinates: 36°2′47.8″N 103°51′29.0″E / 36.046611°N 103.858056°E
Lanzhou University (simplified Chinese: 兰州大学; traditional Chinese: 蘭州大學; pinyin: Lánzhōu Dàxué) is a major research university in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China. Founded in 1909, it is one of the key universities under China's Ministry of Education (Project 985 & Project 211). It provides programs for undergraduate, graduate students on four campuses—three in Lanzhou city centre and one in Yuzhong County, about 30 miles away from the main campus. Total enrolment is approximately 20,000. Undergraduate students study at the Yuzhong campus. There are 6 National Bases for the Training of Researching and Teaching personnel for Fundamental Disciplines. The University operates an additional 35 institutes along with 1 national key Laboratory of the Applied Organic and 3 key laboratories of Arid and Grassland Ecology, West China Environment, Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education, a key laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystem of the Ministry of Agriculture. Lanzhou University was one of the first universities entitled to enroll Bachelor Master’s and Doctoral degree candidates in 1981. Lanzhou University is one of the top ten universities in contributions to academic publications in international journals frequently cited by ongoing research from around the world.