Why Study in Zhengzhou University
Zhengzhou University has an abundance of resources. The University now has four main campuses, namely, New Campus, South Campus, Technological Institute and Medical School, occupying an area of 1070 acres (6493 mu), of which the New Campus (located in New High-tech Zone) comprises 799 acres (4845 mu). Construction of the New Campus has a construction budget of 1.97 billion RMB and a total construction area of 1.651 million square meters.
Zhengzhou University has a grand running scope and rich faculty resources. At present, the enrolled number of full-time students is over 36,000, with 6，639 graduate students and 342 international students. The University has a teaching and administrative staff of 5,861 of which 3056 are academic staffs of teaching and research, 15 are academicians with the Chinese Academy of Science and Engineering (among which 3 of them are full-time and 12 are part-time scholars), 529 professors, 1,019 associate professors, 221 Ph.D. tutors, and more than 1,500 Masters Degree tutors. Of the teachers, 960 have Ph.D. degrees that account for 31.4% of the total professional teachers. There are 15 national experts of distinguished contributions, 171 experts are winners of special government allowance, 81 excellent specialists of Henan province, 228 excellent provincial youth backbone teachers, 9 teachers chosen into National hundred ten-million talented people projects, 121 cultivated objects of the new century academic and technical guides.
Zhengzhou University’s development has received great care and support from the Central Government, State Department of Education, and the Henan provincial government and all the people in Henan Province. The national leaders Jia Qinglin, Li Changcun, Luo Gan, Li Lanqin, members of the Standing Committee of the Central Political Bureau of the CPC Liu Yunshan, etc, have visited Zhengzhou University respectively. The leaders of the State Ministry of Education, Henan Provincial Communist Party Committee, and Henan Provincial Government frequently come to visit the university. Under the care and support of the leaders from the higher level, the university has achieved trans-normal development in the areas of intellectuals’ cultivation, academic disciplines, faculty, new campus, teaching scientific research, etc.
Zhengzhou University insists on scientific and fast development, and centers on the construction of academic disciplines and new campus, optimizes the university’s structure, develops special features, strengthens the innovation system, and enlarges the policy of openness. It is located in central China where it faces the nation and prepares for the world. The university is adapting to the economic and social conditions of the country and the region as well. The university follows the world’s scientific technology and cultural development and fully promotes the university’s modernization and internationalization and aims to establish a first-class comprehensive university in China, being internationally well known as well, and demonstrating a strong function in the region.
