Introduction. Chongqing University

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1 Chongqing University Introduction Chongqing University, founded in 1929, is a nationally famed key university, which is directly under the State Ministry of Education, and boasts of its extraordinary strength in engineering disciplines while maintaining harmonious development in disciplines of economics, management, arts and humanities, etc. Currently, Chongqing University runs 26 schools or colleges perched on 4 beautiful campuses where students are provided with good learning and living facilities. Over nearly 80 years of development, Chongqing University has built a very good reputation in China s higher education with its quality academic staff and quality education, hence become an important base for talents cultivation and scientific research in China, particularly in Western China. study, 182 programs for master's degree study as well as 9 specialized master's degree programs, namely MBA, EMBA,MPA, master of engineering, and 82 bachelor's degree programs. Currently, the university has a total number of 5,742 faculty and staff members, among which 2,709 are full-time teachers, 10 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and of the Chinese Academy of Science (including academicians engaged from other institutions), 5 members of the Subject Appraisal Team of the Degree Committee under the State Council, 15 titled the state-level middle-aged or young experts with distinguished contribution, 277 doctoral tutors, 330 experts awarded the governmental allowance, 1,530 full professors and associate professors. Chongqing University began to accept international students from late 1980s, and was appointed by the State Ministry of Education as one of the universities to accept Chinese Government Scholarship Students. Currently, more than 500 international students from over 80 countries are studying at Chongqing University either for degree or non-degree programs. All students from the world are welcome to study at Chongqing University. Chongqing University covers a total area of 5,700 mu (about 178 hectares), with 1.68 million square meters of construction space. The university library is well equipped with modern facilities of large scale, with a collection of 3.27 million volumes, 6000 kinds of Chinese and foreign periodicals, and 500,000 volumes of E-books. In addition to electronic reading rooms, the China Education At present, Chongqing University runs 26 colleges or faculties, plus the Graduate school, the City College of Science and Technology, the College of Continuing Education, the College of Networking Education. The University now has a total enrollment of 52,000 students, of which 16,000 are master's and doctoral students. The university owns 18 mobile workstations for postdoctoral study, 16 preliminary-level programs and 60 secondary-level programs for doctoral

2 Research Network (CERNET) Chongqing Central Node is set up in the library. Chongqing University is in possession of 12 state level key subjects and key constructed subjects under the state "211 Project", 80 provincial or ministerial level key subjects. The university sets up 9 specially appointed professor posts under the "Yangtze River Scholar Award Program". It has established 3 national teaching bases for fundamental courses and a national quality education base for college students, 8 national key labs and ministerial key labs, 42 provincial key labs, and 93 labs of different specialties. Moreover, Chongqing University has constructed the distance education center, multi-media classrooms of large scale and interactive audio-visual classrooms, labs or training centers in cooperation with world famous enterprises such as Siemens, Microsoft, IBM, Rockwell, Omron, etc. The university has a national key publishing house, a national firstclass architectural designing institute, and a firstclass institute for planning and design. In 2001, Chongqing University Technology Park came into being, being one of the 22 state-level university technology parks in China. Now a unique schoolrunning pattern has been formed in the university which is characterized by offering a wide category of disciplines, rationalizing its disciplinary structure, maintaining its prominent advantage in engineering disciplines, increasingly enriching science disciplines, and further developing such lisciplines as economics, management, and humanities and social sciences. In recent years, the university has undertaken over 100 national key scientific projects of different types, and won 13 National Awards for Invention, 40 Awards for Scientific and Technological Advancement, 4 Awards for Natural Science, 968 ministerial and provincial awards, 283 Awards for Teaching Achievement. Chongqing University attaches importance to international academic exchange and cooperation. It has established inter-school exchange links with 40 institutions of higher education in 20 countries such as the USA, England, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Australia, Holland, Japan, South Korea, Russia, etc. Since the implementation of the reform and opening-up policy, Chongqing University has sent nearly 3000 teachers abroad for further study, attending international academic conference, or for academic visit or inspection; and received over 7200 overseas scholars including some world famous scholars like Dr. Z. N. Yang, Dr. Z. D. Li, Dr. C. L. Tien, Dr. L. R. Klein. Besides, the university has forged cooperative relations with about 20 prestigious international corporations or institutions such as Siemens, Rockwell Automation, IBM, Microsoft, Lipo Group, New York Life Insurance, Omron, FUNUC and etc. Chongqing University is a university specified by the Ministry of Education to receive overseas students who are granted the Chinese Government Scholarship. Up to now, overseas students from over 20 countries including South Korea, Tailand, the U.S., Japan, Vietnam, Syria, Ghana, Mali, Iraq, etc. have come to Chongqing University for study. In 2008, there

3 are more than 200 international students enrolled to Chongqing university, doing PhD degrees, or Master's degrees, or bachelor's degrees, or just studying Chinese language. The growth of Chongqing University has received much attention and concern from the state leaders. Jiang Zemin, Li Peng, and Li Lanqing once inspected the university and fully affirmed its achievements. Graduates from Chongqing University are very much welcomed by employers for their high overall quality and strong capability. Every year there are a large number of well noted enterprises or organizations coming to the university for employing its graduates, which makes the university keep a good trend in the employment of its graduate students. Since its founding, Chongqing University has become an important education base as well as a research center, providing the country with more than 10,000 advanced professionals who have become the backbone in the nation's economic construction. There are over 40 schoolfellows of the university who are now members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering or members of the Chinese Academy of Science. Famous schoolfellows who are engaged in social sciences include Yang Mingzhao (a famous poet), Yan Su (a famous lyricist) and Qian Rongkun ( a famous economist). Looking on the future, catching the historical opportunity of the West Development and of the joint financial support from the state Ministry of Education and Chongqing Municipal government, Chongqing University is fully committed to implementing the strategy of "prospering the country and Chongqing city with science-andtechnology and education", sticking to its education philosophy of "taking root in Chongqing, finding a foothold in the Southwest, facing the West, Serving the whole nation, stepping towards the world", carrying forward its excellent schooling tradition, striving for the realization of its goal of developing Chongqing University into a first-class comprehensive research university in China, with unique characteristics and international fame. Programs Information Bachelor Degree Programs ( 4-5 academic years) 1. Acting 2. Broadcasting & Hosting Art 3. Directing 4. Broadcasting & Television Composing and Directing 5. Theater, Film & TV Literature 6. Photography 7. Theater, Film & TV Art Design 8. Costume & Makeup Design 9. Artistic Design 10. Painting 11. Industrial Design 12. Animation 13. Dancing 14. Music Performing 15. Broadcasting & Television Journalism 16. Chinese Language & Literature 17. Journalism (in direction of international news and media management) 18. Sports Education 19. Law 20. Economics 21. International Economy and Trade 22. Administrative Management 23. Marketing 24. Public Administration 25. Applied Psychology 26. Finance 27. Information Management and Information Systems

4 28. Accounting 29. Business Administration 30. Logistic Management 31. Human Resource Management 32. E-Commerce 33. English (taught in English) 34. Japanese (taught in Japanese) 35. German (taught in German) 36. Project Management 37. Project Costing 38. Real Estate Management 39. Financial Management 40. Mathematics and Applied Mathematics 41. Information and Computing Science 42. Statistics (in direction of finance and actuary) 43. Applied Physics 44. Electronic Information Science and Technology 45. Physics 46. Industrial Engineering 47. Automobile Engineering 48. Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation 49. Mechanical & Electronic Engineering 50. Testing & Monitoring Technology & Apparatus 51. Optical & Electronic Information Engineering 52. Electronic Science and Technology 53. Material Forming and Control Engineering 54. Metallurgical Engineering 55. Material Science & Engineering 56. Thermal and Power Engineering 57. Nuclear Engineering & Nuclear Technology 58. Software Engineering 59. Electrical Engineering & Its Automation 60. Telecommunication Engineering 61. Electronic Information Engineering 62. Integrated Circuit Design & Integrated System 63. Automation 64. Logistic Engineering 65. Computer Science and Technology 66. Networking Engineering 67. Information Security 68. Architecture (5 academic years, painting skills required) 69. Urban Planning (5 academic years, painting skills required) 70. Landscape Architecture (5 academic years, painting skills required) 71. Civil Engineering 72. Survey Engineering 73. Exploration Technology & Engineering 74. Water Supply and Drainage Engineering 75. Building Environment and Facility Engineering 76. Environmental Engineering 77. Applied Chemistry 78. Material Chemistry 79. Chemical Engineering & Technology 80. Pharmaceutical Engineering 81. Pharmacy 82. Biomedical Engineering 83. Bioengineering 84. Mining Engineering 85. Engineering Mechanics 86. Environmental Science 87. Safety Engineering 88. Bioscience in Agriculture 89. Chinese Literature (for Foreigners) Master s Degree Programs ( 2-3 years) 1. Philosophy of Marxism 2. Philosophy of Science and Technology 3. Economics of Population, Resources and Environmental 4. Regional Economics 5. Industrial Economics 6. International Trade 7. Higher Education 8. Applied Psychology 9. Administrative Management 10. Social Security 11. Applied Economics 12. Financing 13. Industrial Economics 14. Quantitative Economics 15. Managerial Science & Engineering 16. Business Administration 17. Accounting

5 18. Corporate Management 19. Technical Economics & Management 20. MBA 21. Public Administration 22. Administrative Management 23. Educational Economy & Management 24. Library, Information & Archives Management 25. Regional Economics 26. Water Conservancy Construction in Civil Engineering 27. Managerial Science & Engineering 28. Technical Economics & Management 29. Administrative Management 30. Management of Land Resources 31. Curriculum & Methodology (taught in English) 32. English Language & Literature (taught in English) 33. Japanese Language & Literature (taught in Japanese) 34. Foreign Linguistics & Applied Linguistics (taught in English) 35. Art 36. Music 37. Fine Arts 38. Design Art 39. Dancing 40. Fundamental Mathematics 41. Computational Mathematics 42. Probability & Mathematical Statistics 43. Applied Mathematics 44. Operational Research & Cybernetics 45. Theoretical Physics 46. Atom & Molecule Physics 47. Agglomerate State Physics 48. Optics 49. Optical Engineering 50. Material Physics & Chemistry 51. Mechanical Manufacture & Its Automation 52. Mechanical & Electronic Engineering 53. Mechanical Design & Theory 54. Automobile Engineering 55. Industrial Engineering 56. Construction Machinery 57. Automobile Electronic Engineering 58. Power Machinery Engineering 59. Environmental Engineering 60. Managerial Science & Engineering 61. Optical Engineering 62. Precision Instrumentation & Machinery 63. Testing & Measuring Technology & Apparatus 64. Microelectronics & Solid Electronics 65. Pattern Recognition & Intelligence System 66. Material Science & Engineering 67. Material Science 68. Material Processing Engineering 69. Metallurgical Engineering 70. P o w e r E n g i n e e r i n g & E n g i n e e r i n g Thermophysics 71. Electrical Engineering 72. Architectural Electrics 73. Control Theory & Engineering 74. Electric Circuits & System 75. Telecommunication & Information System 76. Signaling & Information Processing 77. Control Science & Theory 78. Traffic Information Engineering & Control 79. Structure of Computer System 80. Computer Software & Its Theory 81. Computer Application Technology 82. Traffic Information Engineering & Control 83. Design Arts 84. History and Theory of Architecture 85. Architectural Design & Its Theory 86. Urban Planning & Design 87. Architecture Technology & Science 88. Interior Design 89. Landscape Architecture 90. Solid Mechanics 91. Engineering Mechanics 92. Civil Engineering 93. Surveying Science & Technology 94. Geological Resources & Geological Engineering 95. Transportation Engineering 96. Municipal Engineering 97. Heating and Gas Supply, Ventilation and Air- Conditioning 98. Urban Environment & Ecological Engineering

6 99. Safety Engineering in Urban Construction 100. Environmental Science 101. Environmental Engineering 102. Chemistry 103. Environmental Science 104. Material Physics & Chemistry 105. Chemical Engineering & Technology 106. Science of Foodstuff 107. Medical Chemistry 108. Biology 109. Biomechanics in Biomedical Engineering 110. Cell / Tissue Engineering & Biomaterial in Biomedical Engineering 111. Biomedical Electronics & Information Technology in Biomedical Engineering 112. Biopharmaceutical Engineering 113. Pharmacy 114. General Mechanics & Fundamentals of Mechanics 115. Solid Mechanics 116. Fluid Mechanics 117. Engineering Mechanics 118. Mining Engineering 119. Mineral Processing Engineering 120. Safety Technology & Engineering 121. Comprehensive Utilization of Resources 122. Safety Management 123. Environmental Science & Technology 124. Physical and Humanistic Sociology 125. Athletic Somatology 126. Physical Education and Scientific Training 127. National & Traditional Athletics 128. Filming 129. Law Theory 130. The Constitution and the Administrative Law 131. Criminal Law 132. Civil & Commercial Law 133. Procedural Law 134. Economic Law 135. Environment & Resource Protection Law 136. International Law 137. Master of Law 138. Software Engineering 139. Theory of Literature & Art 140. Classic Chinese Literature 141. Journalism 142. Mass Communication 143. Radio & TV Art Doctor s Degree Programs (3-5 years) (Most doctorate programs can be taught in English) Senior Visiting Scholar (1 year) 1. Quantitative Economics 2. Managerial Science & Engineering 3. Business Administration 4. Accounting 5. Enterprise Management 6. Tourism Management 7. Technical Economics & Management 8. Managerial Science & Engineering 9. Computational Mathematics 10. Agglomerate State Physics 11. Mechanical Engineering 12. Managerial Science & Engineering 13. Optical Engineering 14. Instrument Science & Technology 15. Material Science & Engineering 16. Metallurgical Engineering 17. P o w e r E n g i n e e r i n g & E n g i n e e r i n g Thermophysics

7 18. Electrical Engineering 19. Electric Circuit & System 20. Telecommunication & Information Systems 21. Control Theory & Control Engineering 22. Computer Science & Technology 23. Architecture 24. Civil Engineering 25. Municipal Engineering 26. Heating, Gas Supply, Ventilation & Air Conditioning 27. City Environment & Ecological Engineering 28. Environment Science & Engineering 29. Botany 30. Biomechanical Engineering 31. Cell/Tissue Engineering & Biomaterials 32. Biomedical Electronics & Information Technology 33. Biopharmaceutical Engineering 34. Mechanics 35. Mineral Engineering 36. Environmental Science & Engineering 37. Environment & Resource Protection Law Costs of Self-financed International Students Studying in Chongqing University (Subject to Change) Registration fee: RMB400 Tuition fee: Language Students: RMB13 000/year Undergraduates: RMB /year Masters: RMB /year International Masters: RMB /year Doctors: RMB /year General Visiting Students: RMB /year Senior Visiting Students: RMB /year International Master Programs: RMB /year Textbooks: about RMB per year, varying according to different majors and individual needs. On-campus Accommodation: RMB / month.room (This price is only for international students stay for at least 1 semester or longer, and does not include electricity, gas, and water fees) Estimated food expenses: about RMB 600~900, varying with individuals. International Master Programs Programs Degrees Tuition Fees (RMB) Minimum viable number of students Electrical Engineering Master of Engineering 60,000 in total 10 Software Engineering Master of Engineering 70,000 in total 10 Electronics and Communications Engineering Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering Master of Engineering 60,000 in total 10 Master of Engineering 70,000 in total 10 Mechanical Engineering Master of Engineering 60,000 RMB in total 10 Chinese Law L.L.M 70,000 RMB in total 10 International MBA IMBA 98,000 RMB in total 20 Architecture Master of Engineering 70,000 RMB in total 10

8 passport and be in good health and under the age of 45. Academic requirements: Prospective students must hold a recognized bachelor's degree or above, or equivalent. English proficiency: Minimum requirement is 550 or above for TOEFL, 75 for Internet-based TOEFL (ibt), or 6.0 or above for IELTS, or other certificate of English proficiency from an approved authority. Native English speakers are exempt from this requirement; other candidates whose university courses are taught in English will be considered case by case. Professional backgrounds: Prospective students who are able to show relevant professional experience deemed appropriate to the program applied for will be given prior consideration. Program duration: Two academic years for full time study Teaching language: English Academic calendar: 1 st Semester: Autumn/Fall semester from September to January 2 nd Semester: Spring semester from March to July Application fee: 400 RMB (non-refundable). Application requirements Prospective students should have a non-chinese Contact Information: International Student Section, Office of International Cooperation and Exchanges 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing P.R China Tel: , , Fax: admissions@cqu.edu.cn, rexgao@cqu.edu. cn, jiangyan@cqu.edu.cn Website: