HISTORY
Hebei North University is a provincial-administrated multi-faculty university, which can grant Batchlor Academic Degree and Master Academic Degree. The University was founded in May 2003, approved by Ministry of Education and combined from former three provincial-administrated institutions of higher learning in Zhangjiakou: Zhang jiakou Medical College(ZJKMC), Zhangjiakou Teacher’s College(ZJKTC), Zhangjiakou Advanced Postsecondary Agronomy School(ZJKAPAS). It’s only multi-faculty university in the north of Hebei Province.
The former of Zhangjiakou Medical College(ZJKMC) was Bethune Hygiene Health School with Jinchaji Military Command, promoted to undergraduate college in 1982 and successfully passes undergraduate course teaching evaluation sponsored by the Ministry of Education. The former Zhangjiakou Teacher’s College was founded in 1923 and the former Zhangjiakou Advanced Postsecondary Agronomy School(ZJKAPAS) in 1954. All the three colleges have long history of school-running and contribute greatly to talents education, knowledge creation and social development. The main courses of the university focus on full-time undergraduate education together with postgraduate, postsecondary and adult education. At present, all the registered students are 31,000. Up to now, the university has educated more than54,000 students for the nation and more than one hundred oversea students for 29 countries.
The university boasts ten colleges, they are: Medical Technology College, Medical College, the first Clinical Medicine College, the Second Clinical Medicine College, Literature College, Science College, Agronomy and Horticulture College, Veterinary Medicine College, Foreign Language College and Adult Education College. And also three teaching departments, two scientific research center as well as eight affiliated teaching departments exist in the university.
The university posses a strong teaching force with 2900 on staff. It owns equipment for teaching and scientific research valued $ 13 million, books 150millon volumes in the library, as well as two affiliated hospitals and two non affiliated hospitals with 3000 patient beds. The first affiliated hospital, situated at the intersection of Hebei Province, Shanxi Province, Beijing and Inner Mongolia, is the first-class hospital with excellent environment and advanced infrastructure and equipment.
The existing academic areas of the university cover ten academic classifications, which are medicine, agronomy, literature, pedagogy, law, management science, history, economics, science and engineering, belonging to 76 academic areas of undergraduate and postsecondary specialized schooling.Theclinical medicine is a traditional and specialized academic area, and while medical laboratory test and medical information management and information system were first set up among the universities in Huabei District, so did the forensic medicine among the universities in Hebei province. The graduates have been appreciated by the employers all the time, and schooling quality have been approved by the society. Up to now, the employment rate for medicine undergraduates occupies front rank among the universities, while the employment rate of medical laboratory test undergraduates is 100% and the supply of all agronomy undergraduates falls short of demand.
The staff of the university actively investigate and study the teaching methods of improving students’ ability of blazing new trails and raising their quality, and have been receiving better result. According to the talents’ education requirements of Broadening the Knowledge, Enforcing the Basic Knowledge, Improving the Ability, Raising the Quality, the courses teaching plan has been revised, the ratio between the compulsory courses and elective courses has been adjusted and the content of quality education has been increased, so the structure of the courses has been modified. In the university, the university elite courses and provincial elite courses have been constructed. After necessary investment and implement of the policy, not only were twenty-five courses elected the university elite courses, but also the quality of teaching staff has been improving. Experimental diagnostics and pathophysiology are two provincial elite courses.
At present, the university possesses eleven research institutions, which are pharmaceuticals research institution, lymph microcirculation and serious illness research institution, aetiology and immunology research institution, psychiatry and psychology research institution, medical imaging institution, food-science research institution, animal husbandry research institution, economy research institution, culture resource and property research institution, applied chemistry research institution, art study and designing research institution. All the institutions plays important role in the social development.
The university possesses a strong teaching force, with mentors of graduates at core and professors and associate professors as back bone. The university owns 150 professors and 450 associate professors, while engaging more than 80 famous scholars from home and abroad as honorable professors or part-time professors. Among teachers on staff, 30 persons are provincial-managed excellent experts, government-subsidized experts, or middle-aged or young experts with prominent achievements. Professor Zhangjing, the only winner of the First National University and College Excellent Teaching Prize, was elected outstanding contributing expert in Zhangjiakou, and Niu Chunyuand Zhang Danshen were elected provincial excellent talents.
The university has been reinforced cooperation with foreign higher learning institutions. Up to now, many scholars from the institutions of American, Canada, Australia, Japan and other countries have been invited guest professors in the university, while schooling cooperation agreements between the university and the universities of German, Australia, Mongolia and other countries have been reached. Lots of teachers have been sent to the overseas institutions to study, so the overall knowledge standards of the teaching staff have been raising
The Journal Of Hebei North University ( medicine edition, social science edition and natural science edition ) has been publishing and distributing in the whole country.
Coming in the new era, the teaching management system reform and inter management system are strengthened. At the same time, all the conditions are being improved, including teaching and equipment, technology and so on, so the whole teaching environment ameliorated. For the time being, in accordance with “ basing on graduate’s education, actively developing postgraduate’s education, adapting to social needs, serving local economy, reinforcing science construction, improving teaching quality, making best to build the university into a modern and open multi-faculty university ’’ the whole staff are working hard to realize the great plan. We believe that a vigorous multi-faculty university will be outstanding in the north of China in the future.
Fee Structure
1. For first year 5000 USD (which include Tuition fee,
Accommodatio and all other extra fee.)
2. From 2nd year to 5th year shown below
| Tuition fee : | 2000 USD/academic year |
| Accommodation fee: | 500 USD shared room/ year |
| Residence permit fee: | 100USD |
| Application fee: | 100 USD Non-Refundable |
| Insurance premium: | 100 USD |
| Physical Examination: | 100 USD |
Hostel
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# HeBei North University has a very good hostel system with fully furnished rooms, quite study environment and surrounded with recreation center. The International Office provides a guarantee of accommodation placement services to all international students who receive an academic offer
# HeBei North University hostel can accommodate 4 students in a room. All rooms are equipped with bed, mattress, pillow, blanket, desk, chair, central heater, water heaters. Cup board, telephone set, T.V and suitable lighting for both study and relaxation. There are common areas where students can play and mingle. Upon the students arrival on campus, specific accommodations are assigned and after a satisfactory health report the student will be accommodated to the room which is allotted to him.
# The HeBei North University places a very high emphasis on the safety and security of students. The University and the Residences have rules and regulations regarding safety and security that cover an entire range of issues, and that are designed to protect every student in residence.These are to ensure that everyone can live together happily and safely, so include such things as no noise after 11pm and showing consideration for others.
Advantage
1. According to the statistics issued by the Ministry of Education, Hebei North University remained one of the 20 top universities for 7 consecutive years in terms of the total number of achievements and awards in scientific research.
2. Hebei North University was awarded "Unit of Great Contributions "by AVIC and "Advanced Group of Scientific and Technological Work in National Institutions of Higher Learning" by the former Ministry of Education and the former National Commission of Science of China.
3. It is hoped that by 2010, Hebei North University will have become the nation's first-class university enjoying worldwide renown.
4. The University offers the courses both in English Medium and Chinese medium.
5. Hebei North University has taken great interest in international academic exchanges and scientific cooperation. Since 1987, over 1,000 persons have been sent to as many as 34 countries and regions for advanced studies, academic exchanges and cooperation.
6. Hebei North University now has over 13,100 students pursuing degree programs at different levels. Among them.11, 100 are undergraduates and about 2,000 postgraduate students.
7. The University has a staff strength of 2, 450, among whom 1,380 are faculty members and researchers with 160 being professors and 540 being associate professors.
9. Hebei North University consists of 10 colleges. NUAA has set up as many as 50 research institutes.
10. There are as many as 27 programs with 50 majors, among which, 42 offer master's degrees and 21 doctor's degrees.
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2. Hebei North University was awarded "Unit of Great Contributions "by AVIC and "Advanced Group of Scientific and Technological Work in National Institutions of Higher Learning" by the former Ministry of Education and the former National Commission of Science of China.
3. It is hoped that by 2010, Hebei North University will have become the nation's first-class university enjoying worldwide renown.
4. The University offers the courses both in English Medium and Chinese medium.
5. Hebei North University has taken great interest in international academic exchanges and scientific cooperation. Since 1987, over 1,000 persons have been sent to as many as 34 countries and regions for advanced studies, academic exchanges and cooperation.
6. Hebei North University now has over 13,100 students pursuing degree programs at different levels. Among them.11, 100 are undergraduates and about 2,000 postgraduate students.
7. The University has a staff strength of 2, 450, among whom 1,380 are faculty members and researchers with 160 being professors and 540 being associate professors.
9. Hebei North University consists of 10 colleges. NUAA has set up as many as 50 research institutes.
10. There are as many as 27 programs with 50 majors, among which, 42 offer master's degrees and 21 doctor's degrees.
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