Why Study in Jinggangshan University
Located at the Ji'an city of Jiangxi province in China, Jinggangshan University has 27000 student and also near about 200 foreign student.
History
Jinggangshan University was established in 1958 in the Jinggangshan Mountains.Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong and his colleagues established the first rural base of the revolution in the Jinggangshan Mountains in 1927. It was closed due to poor national economy of China in 1963. It was closed five years later when China faced economic difficulties. In 1978, to initiate the Jinggangshan University, Branch of Jiangxi Normal University and Jiangxi Medical University in Jinggangshan was joint together. In the April 1982, and the March 1993, they were renamed respectively 'Jinggangshan Teacher College' and 'Jinggangshan Medical School". In the March of 2000, approved by the Education Ministry of China, Jinggangshan Teacher College was renamed as Jinggangshan University after merging with Ji'an Educational Institute. In the July of 2003, approved by the Education Ministry of People's Republic of China, Jinggangshan Normal University was renamed as Jinggangshan University by joining with Jinggangshan Medicine College and Jinggangshan Vocational Technical College.
2007 re-opening
China's education authorities have re-established Jinggangshan University in the area known as the cradle of Chinese revolution 44 years after it was closed. The Ministry of Education and the provincial government of Jiangxi have signed an agreement to provide more support for Jinggangshan University.
Teachers & Students
The university of 27,000 students and 974 teaching staff was upgraded from the former Jinggangshan College and the campus covers 170 hectares.
University Library
The library has electronic periodicals in Chinese or foreign languages and other net services such as foreign language database, diskette database, on-line database with a total storage of 1,030,000 volumes of books .
University Journal
The university publishes its own academic monthly journal, The Journal of Jinggangshan University, including philosophy & social science, and nature science editions. The university also has modern language labs and computer centers. There are altogether 194 practice bases including humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, modern engineering, technological sciences, education and medicine sciences.
Invention
A new type of inorganic–organic hybrid materials – zirconium oligo-styrenyl phosphonate hydrogen phosphate (ZSPP) is discovered in the Chemistry & Chemical Engineering department of Jinggangshan University. In this invention there is contribution of Xiangkai Fu (Jinggangshan University) , Jingrong Chen (Nanjing University) & Liyang Yin (Southwest University).
